The Clinton campaign is rejoicing following the FBI's announcement that they won't recommend charges for her use of a private email server in office. | Getty Top Clinton aide: Today's a 'great day'

Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta didn't try to contain his glee at the FBI's decision to not recommend criminal charges against her: "It's a great day," he told reporters Tuesday.

Despite the timing of FBI Director James Comey’s announcement of Hillary Clinton’s private email server investigation, it's still “a great day” for her, Podesta said.


When asked if Comey's statements would overshadow Clinton and President Barack Obama’s first campaign appearance together, he said, “Hardly.”

Comey delivered a scathing assessment about Clinton and her aides' “extremely careless” handling of classified information, but he said “our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.”

"We are pleased that the career officials handling this case have determined that no further action by the Department is appropriate,” Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said in a statement earlier Tuesday.