by Jerry Dunleavy at Just the News
Bombshell declassified docs show how Comey FBI mishandled its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s illicit private email server and buried key evidence.
Anewly-declassified appendix to a years-old Justice Department watchdog report shows that then-FBI Director James Comey was swayed to preemptively announce the end of the bureau’s investigation into Hillary Clinton based on mysterious classified intelligence reports – and that the FBI failed to investigate thumbdrives containing potentially key information about use of an illicit private email server.
The details are part of a classified appendix to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s 2018 report criticizing the politicized conduct of the FBI’s Midyear Exam investigation into Clinton’s mishandling of classified information through the use of a private server while she was secretary of state.
Comey unilaterally announced in a July 2016 speech – about four months before Election Day for the Democratic presidential nomine – the investigation had been concluded with charges being brought against her.
At about the same time, the FBI formally launched its Crossfire Hurricane investigation into claims that the campaign for the GOP presidential nominee, Donald Trump, was colluding with Russia to influence the outcome of the election.
“This document shows an extreme lack of effort and due diligence…
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