Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is demanding that the Department of Justice (DOJ) provide information regarding revelations from last week’s Inspector General report that former FBI Director James Comey used personal email accounts to conduct official business:
On June 14, the Committee received the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General report entitled, “A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election.” The report found that FBI employees Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, and even former Director James Comey used personal e-mail accounts and devices to conduct official government business in violation of FBI policy. The revelation about Mr. Comey’s use of personal email for work was new. Thus, it is important to understand what steps the FBI has taken, if any, to retrieve work-related communications from former Director Comey’s personal email account -Chuck Grassley
As a reminder, the disclosure in last week’s OIG report that Comey was also abusing his personal email account prompted Hillary Clinton to troll Comey:
But my emails. https://t.co/G7TIWDEG0p
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 14, 2018
Grassley asked four questions of the DOJ, requesting a response by next Friday, June 29:
- Has the FBI requested that former Director Comey provide any official work-related material from his personal devices and email accounts or access to those accounts? If not, why not? If so, did he cooperate?
- Has the FBI conducted or attempted to conduct searches of non-FBI-issued communications devices or non-FBI email accounts associated with former Director Comey for official work-related material? If not, why not?
- Do you agree with former Director Comey that the question of whether he transmitted classified information on unclassified systems is “frivolous”?
- Has the FBI taken any steps to secure, retrieve, or clean any classified information transmitted by former Director Comey off of any unclassified computer systems? If so, please explain in detail what steps were taken and when. a. If the answer is yes, then please describe how that answer is consistent with the FBI’s claim that there was no “indication” that classified information “ever” transited Director Comey’s personal email.
As a reminder, the disclosure in last week’s OIG report that Comey was also abusing his personal email account prompted Hillary Clinton to troll Comey:
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