The Republican chairmen of three Senate committees are pressing Attorney General William Barr for details about "Highly classified information" that the FBI declined to investigate as part of the Hillary Clinton email probe.
According to the Republicans, the FBI drafted a memo in May 2016 saying that the information was "Necessary" to complete the investigation into Clinton's handling of classified information on her private email server.
As the Justice Department inspector general found in a report released last year, the FBI declined to take up the matter before closing the Clinton investigation in July 2016.
The inspector general's finding "Raises significant issues associated with the FBI's failure to review certain highly classified information in support of its Midyear investigation," reads the letter to Barr, signed by GOP Sens.
According to the inspector general's report, the FBI late in the Clinton investigation "Considered obtaining permission from the Department to review certain classified materials that may have included information potentially relevant to the Midyear investigation."
In a memo drafted for Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, the FBI said that the review of the "Highly classified materials was necessary to complete the investigation." The FBI did not submit the memo, claiming, according to the IG, "That they believed this information would not materially impact the conclusion."
The inspector general's report includes a classified appendix that further describes the "Highly classified information," how it is relevant to the Clinton probe, and the FBI's rational for not trying to access it.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/16/gop-senators-fbi-clinton-memo/
According to the Republicans, the FBI drafted a memo in May 2016 saying that the information was "Necessary" to complete the investigation into Clinton's handling of classified information on her private email server.
As the Justice Department inspector general found in a report released last year, the FBI declined to take up the matter before closing the Clinton investigation in July 2016.
The inspector general's finding "Raises significant issues associated with the FBI's failure to review certain highly classified information in support of its Midyear investigation," reads the letter to Barr, signed by GOP Sens.
According to the inspector general's report, the FBI late in the Clinton investigation "Considered obtaining permission from the Department to review certain classified materials that may have included information potentially relevant to the Midyear investigation."
In a memo drafted for Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, the FBI said that the review of the "Highly classified materials was necessary to complete the investigation." The FBI did not submit the memo, claiming, according to the IG, "That they believed this information would not materially impact the conclusion."
The inspector general's report includes a classified appendix that further describes the "Highly classified information," how it is relevant to the Clinton probe, and the FBI's rational for not trying to access it.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/16/gop-senators-fbi-clinton-memo/
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