At a press conference this afternoon, FBI Director James Comey said the agency is completing its yearlong probe of Mrs Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state.
Mr Comey said "no charges are appropriate" even though the FBI found she was "extremely careless" in her handling of confidential information, the New York Daily News reports.
The FBI will refer its findings to the Justice Department for a decision on whether it merits prosecution.
Mr Comey said: "We are expressing to the Justice Department that no charges are brought."
He added that there had been 'no outside influence' on the investigation, which has dogged Mrs Clinton for months.
Mrs Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, gave a voluntary three and a half hour interview with the agency on Saturday in Washington.
The FBI found no evidence of intentional misconduct from Clinton and her aides, Mr Comey said, and "no reasonable prosecutor" could bring a criminal case against her.
But he still chastised Clinton for her email habits — many of which, according to the investigation, violate her own statements about the scandal.
He said Mrs Clinton and her staff sent at least 110 emails containing information that was classified at the time.
Dozens of other emails included information that was secret or confidential at the time.
Mrs Clinton has repeatedly said she never sent classified information through her private server — only information that was "retroactively" classified during the investigation.
Her likely rival in the presidential race Donald Trump was quick to criticise the decision on Twitter.
The system is rigged. General Petraeus got in trouble for far less. Very very unfair! As usual, bad judgment.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 5, 2016
FBI director said Crooked Hillary compromised our national security. No charges. Wow! #RiggedSystem— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 5, 2016
(Daily Mirror)
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