FBI reveals broader use of grand jury subpoenas in Clinton email probe
Source: Politico
A court filing discloses the bureau employed a legal tool to seek emails from accounts of some she corresponded with.
By JOSH GERSTEIN 09/13/2017 08:32 PM EDT
The FBI revealed Wednesday that it used grand jury subpoenas more broadly than previously known in the course of the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email account and server.
A top FBI official disclosed in a court filing that grand jury subpoenas were used to try to obtain records not only from Clinton’s account but also from accounts belonging to people she was in contact with.
“In instances where the FBI discovered evidence of the potential unauthorized transmission of classified information from the [Clinton] personal email servers to private third party email accounts of individuals with whom Secretary Clinton corresponded and could establish sufficient probable cause, the FBI sought additional legal process, to include grand jury subpoenas, in order to obtain additional e-mails relevant to the FBI’s investigation,” Bill Priestap, the bureau’s assistant director for counterintelligence, wrote in a declaration filed in federal court in Washington. Priestap did not elaborate on which of Clinton’s associates had their email accounts targeted for grand jury subpoenas or whether they were notified of the requests.
The disclosure comes as Republicans, including President Donald Trump. have publicly renewed doubts about the thoroughness and propriety of the inquiry led by FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump fired in May.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/13/fbi-clinton-email-probe-subpoenas-242689
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