The Utah Republican congressman tells MSNBC that Comey “is a man of great integrity, that’s why it’s mystifying” that Comey he recommended no charges against Hillary Clinton despite the FBI’s findings that classified information traveled through her homebrew email server.
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U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, grilled FBI Director James Comey on the possibility that foreign hackers breached Hillary Clinton’s private email server, telling a congressional committee that “there’s more to this story than we know”. As a result, although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case.
Gowdy: Secretary Clinton said she never sent or received any classified information over her private email.
Republican lawmakers and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have expressed outrage that the case was not being pursued.
WALBERG: But your statement on Tuesday said there is evidence to support a conclusion that any reasonable person in Secretary Clinton’s position should have known that an unclassified system was no place far conversation.
“Do you need a referral from Congress to investigate her statements under oath?”, Chaffetz asked. Lynch is likely to face questions of her own next week at a separate oversight hearing of the House Judiciary Committee.
“So you have obstruction of justice, you have intentional misconduct and a vast quantity of information”, Comey said. Mr Comey said that this was a matter previously outside his purvey.
“The FBI’s recommendation is surprising and confusing”.
GOWDY: Secretary Clinton said all work related emails were returned to the State Department. The Justice Department ultimately charged him with a misdemeanor violation, despite the Federal Bureau of Investigation recommending he be prosecuted.
CHAFFETZ: Was the Clinton foundation tied into this investigation?
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“You’ve set a precedent and it’s a risky precedent. that there’s going to be no consequences”, said Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz, who leads the House of Representatives’ government oversight panel. “Three weeks later he did it again, and two days later he retweeted a different user who’s image also included “White Genocide” – and that’s not all of them”.
