Congressional Dems send State Dept. letter about allegations of bias against Hillary Clinton

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Brian Fallon ?@brianefallon 1h1 hour ago
The Hill: Congressional Dems send State Dept. letter about allegations of bias against Clinton http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272591-congressional-dems-send-state-dept-letter-about …

A group of lawmakers on Thursday raised concerns with the State Department Inspector General's office about allegations of an internal bias against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

In a letter to Inspector General Steve Linick, the lawmakers asked for clarity on the investigations being conducted around Clinton's use of a private email account during her time at State. The claims of internal bias were first reported in The Hill.

"Day after day, we hear more allegations that harm the ability of federal Inspectors General to do their jobs," Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, wrote in the letter. "Questions about bias and over classification are fanning the flames of an already politicized situation.

"My colleagues and I are raising questions that will help shine a light on the process and make sure these reviews and investigations can go forward in a transparent, thorough, and unbiased manner. We must make sure that Inspectors General remain apolitical and are not used as partisan bludgeons to attack one individual."

The letter was also signed by Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).

The letter comes on the heels of a source who contacted The Hill claiming the OIG office has grown increasingly partisan and that the deputy inspector general, Emilia DiSanto, is working with an "active partisan mandate to undermine both the State Department as a federal agency and Secretary Clinton as a presidential candidate."

DiSanto, a former aide to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Linick, a two-time appointee of President Obama, have adamantly denied such claims.

Last week, Engel called on DiSanto to recuse herself from the reviews and investigations dealing with Clinton.


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Allan Brauer ?@allanbrauer 54m54 minutes ago
Congressional Dems should demand State release all emails between Emilia DiSanto, Trey Gowdy, & Chuck Grassley http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272591-congressional-dems-send-state-dept-letter-about …

[Lucinda]

1. Wow. Very interesting development!

Thanks for the link.

[NWCorona]

2. This guy was appointed by Obama

If Hillary would have approved an IG when she was at State none of this would have happened.

[Recoverin_Republican]

3. I've been wondering about this for some time. Good to hear Dems are finally calling for DiSanto to

recuse herself. OF course, it won't happen. But you gotta make the effort. Republicans have become so partisan (and have so demonized Clinton) they feel justified in doing ANYTHING to keep her from being nominated. They don't consider anything they do as corruption.

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