FBI, DOJ and State Dept. Refuse More than 30 Requests to Turn Over Documents to Senate Committee Since 2015
by Jim Hoft 52 Comments
Guest post by Joe Hoft
Today’s bombshell report from the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs implicates former President Obama in the Obamagate scandal and the Hillary Clinton email scandal. The report notes that the Committee is still waiting on information requested by the Committee from the FBI, DOJ and State Departments dating back as far as 2015!
In Appendix B of the “Majority Staff Report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs” from the United States Senate Office of Senator and Chairman Ron Johnson, the following requests remain outstanding –
• State Department guidance, instruction, training for review of classified information during Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) production of Secretary Clinton’s emails. (July 9, 2015 request).
• State Department’s efforts to mitigate the damage caused by classified information on Secretary Clinton’s private email server. (September 16, 2015 request).
• State Department legal analyses or guidance about the use of a private server for official business. (September 21, 2015 request).
• Whether the State Department created a classified email account for use by Secretary Clinton (September 21, 2015 request).
• State Department records of Secretary Clinton’s access of classified documents. (September 21, 2015 request).
• State Department records and communications sent or received by Huma Abedin, Jake Sullivan, Cheryl Mills, and Philippe Reines. (September 21, 2015 request).
• State Department’s communications with Secretary Clinton’s representatives about preserving and collecting email records on her private server. (September 22, 2015 request).
• State Department records withheld from FOIA litigation. (October 5, 2015 request).
• State Department records and communications about Secretary Clinton’s private email account, private email server, the security of her account, and preservation of records from her account. (February 22, 2016 request).
• State Department resources and costs relating to Secretary Clinton’s use of a private email server and related investigations. (July 11, 2016 request).
Justice Department
• Justice Department resources and costs relating to Secretary Clinton’s use of a private email server and related investigations. (July 11, 2016 request).
• Justice Department records and communications relating to the FBI’s investigation of classified information on Secretary Clinton’s private server. (January 31, 2018).
• Justice Department’s timing of awareness of the missing text messages exchanged between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. (January 31, 2018).
• Emails exchanged between President Obama and Secretary Clinton while Secretary Clinton was in the “territory of a sophisticated adversary.” (January 31, 2018).
Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBI’s efforts to assess classified information on Secretary Clinton’s private email server and recover classified information housed in an unauthorized location. (August 17, 2015).
• FBI resources and costs relating to Secretary Clinton’s use of a private email server and related investigations. (July 5, 2016 request).
• FBI’s basis for assessing that Secretary Clinton was “extremely careless” but not “grossly negligent.” (July 5, 2016 request).
• FBI’s basis for reviewing additional emails recovered that relate to Secretary Clinton’s use of a private email server. (October 28, 2016 request).
• FBI’s timeline for identifying and reporting newly discovered emails recovered that relate to Secretary Clinton’s use of a private email server. (November 7, 2016 request).
• FBI’s consent for the FBI to release unredacted copies of the Office of Special Counsel’s Hatch Act investigation of Director Comey. (December 13, 2017 request).
• FBI’s evidence for changing Director Comey’s statement that Secretary Clinton was “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless.” (December 14, 2017 request).
• A complete list of all FBI employees involved in the FBI’s investigation of classified information on Secretary Clinton’s private email server. (December 14, 2017 request).
• FBI’s basis for changing Director Comey’s statement to remove a reference to the Intelligence Community. (December 14, 2017 request).
• FBI’s basis for editing Director Comey’s statement to downgrade the assessment that it was “reasonably likely” that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton’s private email server to merely that it was “possible.” (December 14, 2017 request).
• FBI records destroyed connected to the FBI’s investigation of classified information on Secretary Clinton’s private server. (January 20, 2018 request).
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• ODNI’s efforts to mitigate the damage caused by classified information on Secretary Clinton’s private email server. (September 16, 2015 request).
• ODNI resources and costs relating to Secretary Clinton’s use of a private email server and related investigations. (July 11, 2016 request).
Other
• Interview request with Bryan Pagliano. (September 4, 2015 request).
• Interview request with Justin Cooper. (December 7, 2015 request).
• Interview request with John Bentel. (March 4, 2016 request).
• Interview request with Marcel Lazar (April 27, 2016 request).
• Records about Clinton Executive Services Corp. (September 18, 2015 request).
It’s time to start arresting some criminals. If they won’t provide the documents requested, throw them in jail until they do!