“No one at the White House received advance notice of [FBI Director James Comey’s] comments; in fact, no one at the White House received advance notice that he was planning to make comments today,” Earnest told reporters aboard Air Force One.

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Earnest declined to provide an official reaction to the news because Justice Department prosecutors have yet to make a determination about the FBI’s findings.

"We've gone to great lengths to avoid interference,” Earnest said.

Likewise, President Obama will not do so during his first campaign event with Clinton on Tuesday afternoon in North Carolina.

“I do not anticipate that the president will discuss directly the findings and recommendations announced by Director Comey today,” Earnest said.

Instead, the president will make a “forceful case about Secretary Clinton’s qualifications and values that she’ll bring to the job as president of the United States.”

Comey announced Tuesday morning that the FBI would not recommend charges against Clinton for the private email server that she used while secretary of State under Obama.

Comey’s announcement overtook the campaign debate. Despite his damning description of Clinton’s handling of classified information on her private email account, his decision was still welcome news to the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Nevertheless, Earnest said Obama is going out of his way not to speak about it with Clinton during their ride on Air Force One.

“I am confident that the president and Secretary Clinton are not discussing the FBI investigation that is being completed,” the spokesman said.

Despite Earnest's comments, Obama has generated controversy by wading into the debate over Clinton's email server.

“I continue to believe she has not jeopardized America’s national security,” the president said during an April interview on "Fox News Sunday."

“There’s a carelessness in terms of managing emails that she has owned and she recognizes," he added. "But I also think it is important to keep this in perspective.”