11
Jan
2016
Friday, January 8, 2016
Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement after the latest release of emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request and subsequent court case. The Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over the Freedom of Information Act.
“The State Department’s latest Freedom of Information Act release contains a disturbing email that appears to show the former Secretary of State instructing a subordinate to remove the headings from a classified document and send it to her in an unsecure manner. It raises a host of serious questions and underscores the importance of the various inquiries into the transmittal of classified information through her non-government email server. How long has the State Department been aware of this email? Why is it just now being released? Was her instruction actually carried out? If so, has the FBI opened a criminal inquiry into these circumstances? President Obama’s State and Justice Departments owe the American people swift and accurate answers to these questions. The former Secretary of State needs to finally come clean and be transparent about the email practices she used during her tenure at the department.”
