{UAH} What do we know about the emails?

There are said to be about 650,000 emails in total on the laptop. Mr Comey told Congress that investigators were reviewing them to see if they contained classified information.

At the end of the original investigation into Mrs Clinton, Mr Comey said her handling of sensitive material during her tenure as secretary of state was "extremely careless".

But until the FBI provides more details, we will not know whether the new emails are further examples of that mishandling.

At the moment, it is also unclear who sent or received the emails or what they were about.

What happens next?

FBI investigators will review the emails to "assess their importance to our investigation," according to Mr Comey.

But he declined to give a timeframe, saying he "cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work".

Mrs Clinton's campaign team have called on Mr Comey to release further information as soon as possible.

Media captionHillary Clinton said: "The American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately"

Responding shortly after news of the inquiry emerged, Mrs Clinton said she was "confident" the emails would not change the outcome of the FBI's previous investigation.

"The American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately," she told reporters.

"It's imperative that the bureau explain this issue in question, whatever it is, without any delay."

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