Rare move by Congress could start another Clinton investigationMaybe I missed the trial of HRC? Did somebody else catch it? What happened?
July 11, 2016Republicans in the House of Representatives asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Clinton had lied to Congress.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., the House Judiciary Committee chairman, sent a rare criminal referral Monday to the Justice Department asking investigators to review Clinton’s sworn testimony that she didn’t jeopardize government secrets by setting up her own personal server while she was secretary of state.
Chaffetz and Goodlatte said they were asking for an inquiry as a result of testimony by FBI Director James Comey that he had investigated the email matter but had not looked into whether Clinton had lied to Congress.
“The evidence collected by the FBI during its investigation of Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal email system appears to directly contradict several aspects of her sworn testimony,” the chairmen wrote Channing D. Phillips, the U.S. attorney in Washington. “In light of those contradictions, the department should investigate and determine whether to prosecute Secretary Clinton for violating statutes that prohibit perjury and false statements to Congress.”
The chairmen also requested the FBI’s investigative file for its review of Clinton’s misuse of an email server.
Separately, more than 200 House Republicans sent a letter to Comey asking for more information on the decision not to charge Clinton or her aides.
heh heh
There’s nothing official about such referrals, and the DOJ isn’t required to respond to them at all.
Does anyone know of a Congressional referral that resulted in an indictment?
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