Grassley released the contents of a classified appendix to a years-old Justice Department watchdog report earlier Monday, which showed then-FBI Director James Comey was swayed to preemptively announce the end of the bureau’s investigation into Clinton based on mysterious classified intelligence reports.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is condemning the FBI’s investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s classified email scandal as a “complete coverup” and suggested it was part of a larger pattern of “conspiracies to get Trump.”
Grassley released a newly declassified appendix to a years-old Justice Department watchdog report earlier Monday, which showed then-FBI Director James Comey was swayed to preemptively announce the end of the bureau’s investigation into Clinton based on mysterious classified intelligence reports.
The evidence that was ignored by Comey’s FBI included thumb drives with sensitive information allegedly extricated from State Department computers on Clinton’s watch and intelligence suggesting that President Barack Obama quashed the investigation into her mishandling of a private email server where classified secrets were improperly transmitted, the memos show.
Comey announced in July 2016 that an investigation into Clinton was complete and that charges would not be brought against the former secretary. AND at the same time, the FBI launched its Crossfire Hurricane investigation into allegations of Russia collusion against Trump.
“We’re talking about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also at the same time, candidate for President of the United States, and a person that ought to know better than to keep emails and official correspondence on a server that’s not protected in their own home,” Grassley said on the “Just The News, No Noise” TV show. “What we’re making public today is this fact that the FBI knew about it. They got some thumb drives that dealt with all these issues. They didn’t even bother to go through it.