Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C. Credit: Associated Press

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"We are glad that this matter is now resolved," was the Hillary Clinton campaign reaction to the FBI's decision to not recommend criminal charges for her use of a private email server while secretary of state. No. The fact she won't be indicted while she is asking voters to elect her president hardly resolves the issues raised.

The FBI findings call into question Clinton's judgment as well as her regard for government transparency and fundamental honesty. They further undermine faith in a candidate who already had serious trust issues with the public. Outside of her staunchest supporters, Clinton has much work to do to earn voters' trust.

In an unusually strong statement, FBI Director James Comey said that Clinton was "extremely careless" in using a private email address and server. He raised questions about her judgment, contradicted claims she made about classified information, and said it was possible hostile foreign entities had gained access to her account.

Comey, however, said the FBI could not find evidence that she intentionally broke laws regarding classified information and, as a result, no "reasonable prosecutor" would bring criminal charges. On this, we defer to the judgment of the professional investigators of the FBI and their director, a highly respected former prosecutor.

Republicans and Donald Trump will make as much hay of this as they can, with House Speaker Paul Ryan holding hearings to sound out the FBI's investigation. Comey's report gives the GOP plenty of ammunition for political shots — and legitimate criticism — but don't expect much to come out of all that. There is a lot going on in this race and the presumptive Republican nominee has enormous credibility issues of his own.

But Clinton's critics are right about this: Her record on transparency and accountability is abysmal. In the email server case, as U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan noted this spring, "We're talking about a Cabinet-level official who was accommodated by the government for reasons unknown to the public And I think that's a fair statement: For reasons heretofore unknown to the public. And all the public can do is speculate.

"This is all about the public's right to know," Sullivan rightly added.

As we noted in a March editorial, Clinton has a long history of trying to sidestep the citizens she is supposed to serve, including secrecy around trades made with the help of Tyson Foods in Arkansas, closed health care commission meetings, mysterious foreign foundation donors and expensive private speeches to Wall Street firms.

Trump, who still refuses to release basic tax return information, is even worse. Which makes this fall's prospects especially disturbing: two presumptive nominees who fail to understand the importance of government transparency in a democracy.

Maybe the FBI report will help Clinton finally understand that "extremely reckless" is an unacceptable character trait for the nation's highest office — and persuade her to demonstrate that understanding to the public starting now.