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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department said Friday it has received a request to examine the handling of classified information related to the private emails from Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, but it is not a criminal referral.
The department's statement followed a report by the New York Times that Justice Department officials had received a request to open a criminal investigation into the Clinton emails.
A separate memo disclosed Friday from government inspector generals expressed concern about how the emails were being handled as they were prepared for release to the public.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/clinton-double-capital-gains-tax-short-term-investments-145246456--sector.html
Another excellent job by the NYTimes. I can hardly wait until they tell us Iraq has WMDs..... oh wait, they already did that
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) is rebutting reports that the State Department has formally requested a federal criminal investigation into Hillary Clintons use of a private email server while she was secretary of State.
"I spoke personally to the State Department inspector general on Thursday, and he said he never asked the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation of Secretary Clinton's email usage, Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on Benghazi, said Friday in a statement.
Instead, State Inspector General Steve A. Linick, told me the Intelligence Community IG notified the Justice Department and Congress that they identified classified information in a few emails that were part of the [Freedom of Information Act] review, and that none of those emails had been previously marked as classified."
The Democratic presidential candidate has faced repeated criticism for her private email use, with Benghazi panel members refusing to schedule her testimony until records they've demanded are handed over.
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In that initial group, portions of some emails were redacted because they became classified, but none were marked as classified at the time Clinton handled them.
The inspectors general told Kennedy in a July 17 memo that at least one released email contained information that was classified, but did not identify what it was.
For his part, Cummings said the select committee has obtained zero evidence that any emails to or from Secretary Clinton were marked as classified at the time they were transmitted, although some have been retroactively classified since then.
This is the latest example in a series of inaccurate leaks to generate false front-page headlines ? only to be corrected later ? and they have absolutely nothing to do with the attacks in Benghazi or protecting our diplomatic corps overseas, said Cummings, who also serves as ranking member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
still_one
(92,422 posts)NY Times reported
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)He still won't retract most of the story. Didn't even mention Cummings. He wanted to emphasize the fact that the Clinton people called the paper and demanded they change the story.
still_one
(92,422 posts)Is wrong, what is their problem?