Members of Congress recently received the FBI’s notes from the agency’s July 2 interview with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton about her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state, but many portions were redacted, according to Fox News.
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The FBI is turning over to Congress interview notes and files from its investigation into whether Mrs. Clinton mishandled classified information through her private email set-up. “This information is highly classified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is in conflict with what Ms. Clinton and the State Department have said is contained on the server.” former military intelligence personnel Tony Shaffer said.
Clinton has repeatedly said that the answers she gave to the FBI’s questions about her email were truthful and that those answers were consistent with what she has said publicly about the matter.
The FBI has handed over a “number of documents” to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, a spokesman said Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Clinton initially said there was no classified material in her emails, and later changed that statement to say she didn’t send or receive material that was marked classified at the time.
A spokeswoman for the Republican-led House oversight panel said staff is reviewing documents that are classified as secret.
This post has been seen 5 times. He says Republicans should not be allowed to “mischaracterize” the information “through selective, partisan leaks”. The material contains classified information and was provided “with the expectation it will not be disseminated or disclosed” without the FBI’s agreement, the agency said Tuesday. After the subsequent FBI investigation, criminal charges were not pursued at the recommendation of director James Comey.
The report to the Congress, among others, includes notes from the interviews of Clinton, 68, and other witnesses in the investigation.
A congressional aide said she did not expect anything from the documents to be made public for at least a few days.
“The FBI already determined unanimously that there is insufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing, ” said Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings, Oversight’s top Democrat.
The Clinton campaign communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, scolded: “Would remind all that this material is classified”.
But Herring also asserted that investigators found no evidence Clinton meant to mishandle classified information, noting that even three emails marked as classified did not originate with her and that State had determined two of them did not contain classified information. “You cannot say one day this is unclassified “nothing to see here” and the next day, only certain people can see this and you must not be able to take it outside of a secure facility”.
The documents were submitted amid Republicans’ assertion that Clinton may have committed perjury during her congressional hearing last October. “My understanding is that we have not received them”.
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Judicial Watch has also announced the State Department will hand over to them “all emails sent or received by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that were uncovered by the FBI in its investigation”.
