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Comey Influenced by Classified Intel in Clinton Email Probe, Declassified Appendix Shows<\/strong><\/p>\n

A newly declassified appendix to a 2018 Justice Department watchdog report reveals that then-FBI Director James Comey was influenced by classified intelligence in his decision to close the bureau\u2019s investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a private email server. The disclosure sheds new light on one of the most contentious actions of the 2016 election cycle.<\/p>\n

The appendix, released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), also indicates that FBI officials failed to examine potentially crucial thumb drives related to the case. These devices may have contained evidence about Clinton\u2019s handling of classified information during her tenure as Secretary of State, but were apparently left unreviewed during the \u201cMidyear Exam\u201d investigation.<\/p>\n

Comey announced in July 2016\u2014just four months before the presidential election\u2014that the FBI would not recommend criminal charges against Clinton. Simultaneously, the FBI launched the \u201cCrossfire Hurricane\u201d investigation into alleged collusion between Donald Trump\u2019s campaign and Russian operatives, a probe later discredited in part by the unverified Steele dossier.<\/p>\n

Grassley blasted the FBI\u2019s approach as politically motivated and lacking investigative rigor. He said intelligence reports that suggested Obama administration officials worked to protect Clinton\u2019s candidacy were ignored. The appendix cites communication reports involving then-DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and members of the Soros Open Society Foundations.<\/p>\n

The release also revisits the controversial June 2016 tarmac meeting between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton. Days later, Comey announced that while Clinton had been \u201cextremely careless,\u201d no charges would be filed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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