Grassley: ‘I Assume’ FBI Could Leak Clinton Email Investigation

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2009, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens to FBI Director Robert Mueller testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. Every year, the U.S. spends mi... FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2009, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens to FBI Director Robert Mueller testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. Every year, the U.S. spends millions of dollars to send government workers to Harvard for a month, an expensive training arrangement that some in Congress are questioning. The practice came to light this spring when Grassley asked Harvard about its Senior Executive Fellows program and to explain why it costs so much. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) MORE LESS
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Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said Friday that he believed that the FBI could leak the results of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server if “political interference” gets in the way of a prosecution.

“Is there going to be political interference? If there’s enough evidence to prosecute, will there be political interference?” Grassley said among reporters during a breakfast at the Des Moines A.M. Rotary club, according to the Des Moines Register. “And if there’s political interference, then I assume that somebody in the FBI is going to leak these reports and it’s either going to have an effect politically or it’s going to lead to prosecution if there’s enough evidence.”

A reporter followed up on Grassley’s supposition, asking him if he believed the FBI should leak what it finds.

“I wouldn’t be encouraging it because if it’s a violation of law, I can’t be encouraging a violation of law,” Grassley said. “This is kind of my own opinion, this is something I’ve heard.”

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