State Department Reveals Its Response to FBI’s Clinton Investigation
Days after the FBI announced its recommendation following an investigation into presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, what was on its face good news for the former secretary of state has since offered her critics more reason to oppose her.
FBI Director James Comey this week revealed the bureau would not recommend an indictment against Clinton for her use of a private email server while conducting official State Department business. The announcement, however, was preceded by a thorough denouncement of her careless and potentially dangerous behavior.
While her surrogates focus on the story’s silver lining, Clinton’s detractors remind voters of the dark cloud of corruption and incompetence they say plague her public record. According to recent reports, the executive department she once led apparently has some questions of its own in the wake of the FBI’s investigation.
State Department spokesman John Kirby released a statement on Thursday announcing an internal investigation into Clinton’s email use has been relaunched.
“Given the Department of Justice has now made its announcement,” he advised, “the State Department intends to conduct its internal review. Our goal will be to be as transparent as possible about our results, while complying with our various legal obligations.”
The departmental investigation’s scope, reports indicate, will include whether Clinton and/or her closest aides mishandled classified data. No end date has been set for the review, which Kirby explained could result in “administrative sanctions” against State Department officials involved in any wrongdoing.
Top Clinton aides Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills and Jake Sullivan are among those being named as likely to be of particular interest to department investigators. (For more from the author of “State Department Reveals Its Response to FBI’s Clinton Investigation” please click HERE)
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