Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that the panel received “FBI witness interview reports, including that of Secretary Clinton’s interview, along with other materials from the FBI’s now closed investigative file”.
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“The fact that portions of the FBI investigative file are heavily redacted and must be held and read by lawmakers in a secure facility on Capitol Hill shows how classified the material remains, despite claims made by the Clinton campaign”, Fox noted.
Republicans are also calling on the Justice Department to conduct an investigation into whether Clinton committed perjury during her October testimony before House Select Committee on Benghazi.
The notes were released at the same time the State Department announced it would release previously undisclosed emails that the FBI uncovered in their investigation.
FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Oversight Committee to explain his agency’s recommendation to not prosecute Hillary Clinton, over her private email setup during her time as secretary of state.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Thursday accused the FBI of “improperly commingling” unclassified material and classified material in the documents it turned over related to the Clinton email investigation.
The demand could undermine the restrictions placed on the materials by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has sought to limit the number of people with access to the files.
The FBI, in a statement, made clear that it expected lawmakers to use the documents for oversight and not to selectively leak details three months before the election.
As Hillary Clinton faces new scrutiny over her use of a private email server, she’s diverting attention instead to Donald Trump’s tax plan.
FBI Director James B. Comey testified last month that Mrs. Clinton, a former secretary of state, US senator and first lady, might not have been sophisticated enough to understand the markings.
After the August recess concludes, the House Judiciary Committee will probe law enforcement officials on whether they will press forward with perjury charges, a Republican House Judiciary Committee aide confirmed to Independent Journal Review.
The FBI should make as much of the material available as possible, he said. She faces Republican nominee Donald Trump in the November 8 election.
The agency wanted to review any documents relating to the interview before they are provided to Congress, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said.
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