24.06.2017 - 12:20 [ usatoday.com ]

Senators investigate whether Loretta Lynch tried to stifle Clinton email probe

The committee, in a statement released Friday by Grassley and Graham, cited an April story by The New York Times reporting that the FBI came into possession of a batch of hacked documents, including one authored by a „Democratic operative who expressed confidence that Ms. Lynch would keep the Clinton investigation from going too far.“ After reading that story, Grassley requested a copy of the document from the Justice Department, which he said never responded.

A month later, The Washington Post reported that…