Watch: Local Experts Sound Off On Clinton E-mail Decision

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Sixteen months and 30,000 e-mails later, the FBI will recommend that presumptive democratic nominee Hillary Clinton not be indicted on any criminal charges connected with her use of private e-mail servers during her time as secretary of state.

Legally, local experts say Clinton is in the clear.

Attorney Jay Bender says, “It would be astonishing to me if there would be a prosecution.”

But, from a political perspective, South Carolina GOP Chair Matt Moore says this is not a clear cut victory for the Clinton campaign.

Moore tells ABC Columbia, “At every opportunity over the past 16 months Hillary Clinton has said she didn’t send any classified e-mails that she released every document related to this matter and that’s simply not true.She’s lied to the American people continually about this. That’s a big problem going forward.”

According to FBI findings 110 of the 30,000 emails Clinton’s team turned over to the State Department contained classified information.

This is an issue Moore says will stifle Clinton’s show of support.

He explains, “Top democratic politicians in North Carolina are not campaigning with her today they want nothing to do with Hillary Clinton and her campaign. Hillary Clinton is dishonest and untrustworthy. She can’t be trusted to with the highest office in the land.”

Meanwhile, the South Carolina Democratic Party argues the opposite.

In a statement party chair Jamie Harrison says Clinton has consistently admitted that she made a mistake in handling her e-mal, but has also consistently said that her mistake was not criminal misconduct that would warrant prosecution.

On Friday Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who has final say on filing charges, said that she will follow the recommendations of the FBI.