QUESTION ASKED: Can Hillary Clinton give a straight answer on emails?

Media fact-checkers have offered harsh reviews of Mrs Clinton’s response. The Washington Post gave it four “Pinocchios”, its lowest rating. Politifact labelled her statement “pants on fire”.

“Clinton is cherry-picking statements by Comey to preserve her narrative about the unusual setup of a private email server,” writes the Post’s Glenn Kessler. “This allows her to skate past the more disturbing findings of the FBI investigation.”

“Allowed to skate past” covers all of the Clintons’ shenanigans, legal and illegal, going back more than 30 years.