Jason Chaffetz of Utah, is using the committee’s resources and taxpayer dollars “to engage in an astonishing onslaught of political attacks” against Clinton.
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“It is crystal clear that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is now deeply regretting its decision to make a rare exception in this case and provide access to its internal interviews and documents because nothing will ever satisfy Chairman Chaffetz and his Republican colleagues”, Oversight member Elijah Cummings said in a statement.
Cummings calls the accusation “ludicrous” and part of a Republican pattern of “accuse, investigate, fail, repeat”. But, he added, he’s sure the Clinton email investigation will likely come up, and the memo [full text at the end of this story] appears to be an attempt to get in front of questions he may face from lawmakers.
He again defended his decision not to prosecute Clinton, assuring them that the “case was not a cliff-hanger; despite all the chest-beating by people no longer in government, there really wasn’t a prosecutable case”. The ICIG determined that classified, national security information in Clinton’s emails may have been “compromised” and shared with a “foreign power or an agent of a foreign power”.
The notes showed that an unnamed computer specialist wiped emails from Clinton’s private server even after Congress had requested that all documents be preserved. “Then you rush to subpoena them to testify without any debate or vote, virtually guaranteeing that some will invoke the Fifth Amendment when their attorneys advise them to steer far clear of our committee”.
Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonMcCain challenger touts record in first TV ad of general election Trump: Clinton gave “disastrous” news conference Oversight, State Dept. spar over Clinton schedules MORE was never asked about her controversial private email server or her family’s foundation during her first formal press conference in 278 days on Thursday.
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Kirby’s assertion that Clinton not only received an “in person orientation” but worked “daily with qualified professional staff” undercuts Clinton’s contention that classified marking are “too arcane for most people”, a statement she made in an unaired remarks from an interview with ABC News, as reported by the Daily Caller.
