IGs call for criminal investigation of Hillary's Emails
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:24 am
Report: Officials seek criminal probe of Hillary Clinton e-mail account
Two inspectors general have asked the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation into whether Hillary Clinton mishandled sensitive information through her private e-mail account, according to the New York Times.
The Times, citing unnamed “senior government officials,” said Thursday night that the requests had come from the inspectors general for the State Department and intelligence agencies. They concluded that Clinton’s private account contained “hundreds of potentially classified emails,” according to the Times.
The Department of Justice has made no decision on whether to comply with the requests, the paper said.
Clinton’s use of a private e-mail account was revealed in March. She set up an exclusive and private e-mail server for all of her departmental communications, but has said she did not use it for classified information.
The State Department is currently reviewing some 55,000 pages of e-mails. About 3,000 have been made public so far, with many of them including redactions that might indicate the presence of sensitive, if not classified, information.
According to the Times, “In the course of the email review, State Department officials determined that some information in the messages should be retroactively classified,” though it was not explicitly labeled classified at the time.
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign did not offer any comment Thursday night on the Times report.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/07/24/report-officials-seek-criminal-probe-of-hillary-clinton-email-account/
Two inspectors general have asked the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation into whether Hillary Clinton mishandled sensitive information through her private e-mail account, according to the New York Times.
The Times, citing unnamed “senior government officials,” said Thursday night that the requests had come from the inspectors general for the State Department and intelligence agencies. They concluded that Clinton’s private account contained “hundreds of potentially classified emails,” according to the Times.
The Department of Justice has made no decision on whether to comply with the requests, the paper said.
Clinton’s use of a private e-mail account was revealed in March. She set up an exclusive and private e-mail server for all of her departmental communications, but has said she did not use it for classified information.
The State Department is currently reviewing some 55,000 pages of e-mails. About 3,000 have been made public so far, with many of them including redactions that might indicate the presence of sensitive, if not classified, information.
According to the Times, “In the course of the email review, State Department officials determined that some information in the messages should be retroactively classified,” though it was not explicitly labeled classified at the time.
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign did not offer any comment Thursday night on the Times report.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/07/24/report-officials-seek-criminal-probe-of-hillary-clinton-email-account/
