“It is absolutely unacceptable for the FBI to leak unsubstantiated — and in some cases, false — information about one presidential candidate to benefit the other candidate,” Rep. John Conyers, the ranking minority member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking minority member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wrote in a Friday letter to Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general.
The letter cited comments by Rudy Giuliani, one of the Trump’s top advisers, about obtaining internal information on the FBI’s probe of Clinton’s emails. Giuliani bragged on TV about a “pretty big surprise coming” two days before FBI Director James Comey announced to Congress last week that investigators would review new emails.
On Friday, Giuliani said on Fox News, “You’re darn right I heard about it,” when asked about the Comey letter, although he indicated that his information came from former agents. The congressmen also pointed to a Wednesday report by Fox News anchor Bret Baier that said FBI sources told him the bureau was “actively and aggressively” investigating the Clinton Foundation and that an indictment was “likely.”
Baier partially retracted the story on friday, saying his report of a “likely” indictment was a “mistake".
“These unauthorized and inaccurate leaks from within the FBI, particularly so close to a presidential election, are unprecedented,” the congressmen wrote. “For these reasons, we are calling on your office to conduct a thorough investigation to identify the sources of these and other leaks from the FBI and to recommend appropriate action.”
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