The Justice Department sent a letter to lawmakers on Monday that promised the agency would work “as expeditiously as possible” to look into newly uncovered emails “pertinent” to the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state.
In the letter, Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik wrote that DOJ would “work closely with the FBI” to “dedicate all necessary resources and take appropriate steps as expeditiously as possible.”
The letter was sent to six lawmakers, according to a Washington Post report, including Sens. Pat Leahy (D-VT), Tom Carper (D-DE), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Ben Cardin (D-MD).
Over the weekend, the Democratic senators sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and FBI Director James Comey calling for “more disclosure without delay” regarding Comey’s Friday announcement about the newly discovered emails.
Read the letter below:
A light in the tunnel
How about somebody ask the FBI for some disclosure on possible foreign interference with our election because I really care far more about that than I do any more Hillary Clinton email.
I want to know what the FBI knows about Russia and Trump and I want to know soonest.
At this point there had better be a round the clock effort to determine anything of importance and a full accounting to the public of what is discovered - or ruled out - prior to the end of this week.
An apology to the nation for this fiasco and perhaps a resignation or two would be nice as well, but I won’t hold my breath waiting on those.
Not to mention that Comey refused to disclose the ongoing investigation of Russian hacking, saying “Octobe 8” is too close to the election, but somehow October 28th is not???
The two “weapons” the GOP has are doubt and actual “wrongdoing”. Right now, the former is much more effective. Dealing with it swiftly will have a great deal of upside for Hill at this point. Reminds me of the guy with the blowtorch in the film “Barbershop”, when the torch was cut off.
Imagine that these emails are nothings (duplicates, routine messages, etc.)…and then imagine an aroused Democratic Party on the eve of the most important election in our lifetimes.