Grassley: FBI Should Release Evidence Gathered In Clinton Email Probe

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Tuesday called on the FBI to release all information gathered in its year-long investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state.

In a statement released hours after FBI director James Comey announced that Clinton was “careless” in handling classified information over email but that he would not recommend criminal charges against her, Grassley wrote that Comey had to make all evidence public or risk “the impression that the FBI was pulling punches.”

“Even Director Comey said there should be extraordinary transparency,” Grassley said. “That means more than simply giving the public a brief of the facts. It should include the actual evidence so the public can make an educated decision on its own about the judgment and decision-making of all the senior officials involved.”

Comey said he publicly addressed the FBI’s findings in a hastily scheduled press conference because of the “intense public interest” in the case.

Other Republican officials were quick to criticize the results of the investigation, with Donald Trump calling them proof of a “rigged” system and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) saying the decision not to bring charges against Clinton “defies explanation.”

Read Grassley’s full statement below courtesy of Des Moines Register reporter Jason Noble.

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