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In reply to the discussion: State Dept. intensifies email probe of Hillary Clinton's former aides [View all]wishstar
(5,268 posts)"A former senior U.S. official familiar with the email investigation described it as a way for Republicans to keep the Clinton email issue alive. The former official said the probe was a way to tarnish a whole bunch of Democratic foreign policy people and discourage if not prevent them from returning to government service.
The probe is being carried out by investigators from the State Departments Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), have been pressing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to complete the review of classified information sent to Clintons private emails and report back to Congress.
State Department officials said they were bound by law to adjudicate any violations.
Former Obama administration officials, however, described the probe as a remarkably aggressive crackdown by an administration with its own troubled record of handling classified material. Trump has improperly disclosed classified information to foreign officials and used phones that national security officials warned were vulnerable to foreign surveillance, according to current and former officials."