不会对希拉里就邮件问题提起公诉

James Comey, the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has told Congress that his agency stands by its July decision not to recommend prosecution of Hillary Clinton over the scandal involving her use of a private email server as secretary of state.

美国联邦调查局(FBI)局长詹姆斯.科米(James Comey)告诉国会，该局维持7月的决定，即不建议因为希拉里.克林顿(Hillary Clinton)担任国务卿时使用私人电子邮件服务器的丑闻而对她提起公诉。

Mr Comey sparked massive controversy two weeks ago when he informed Congress that the FBI was examining new emails related to its prior investigation of Mrs Clinton, amid concerns that the agency was getting involved in the politics of the election.

两周前，科米通知国会，FBI正在审查与之前调查希拉里相关的新一批电子邮件，此举引起了巨大争议。人们担心FBI介入了选举政治。

While the examination of the new emails — which were found on the computer of Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin — was expected to take weeks, Mr Comey on Sunday wrote to Congress to inform them that his agents had completed their investigation.

尽管此前预计对新邮件的审查将需要数周，但科米周日致函国会称，他手下的探员已完成了调查。这些邮件是在希拉里的顶级幕僚胡玛.阿贝丁(Huma Abedin)的已分居丈夫安东尼.维纳(Anthony Weiner)的计算机上发现的。

“Based on our review, we have not changed our conclusions that we expressed in July with respect to Secretary Clinton,” Mr Comey said in the letter.

科米在信中称：“基于我局的审查，我局没有改变7月对国务卿希拉里的问题所表达的结论。”

In response to the development, which came two days before the election, Brian Fallon, the Clinton team press secretary, tweeted: “We were always confident nothing would cause the July decision to be revisited. Now Director Comey has confirmed it.”

这一事态发生在距离大选投票只剩下两天之际。作为回应，希拉里竞选团队发言人布赖恩.法伦(Brian Fallon)在推特上发言称：“我们始终相信，没有任何事情会导致7月的决定被重新讨论。现在科米局长确认了这一点。”

The development will help remove a cloud from over Mrs Clinton and could reverse some of the slide in the polls that followed the emergence of the first Comey letter.

此事将有助于驱散笼罩在希拉里头上的阴云，并可能在一定程度上扭转在科米第一封信出炉后她的支持率下滑的局面。