State Department reopens Clinton investigation

There are “no consequences’ for Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified emails, House Oversight Chair Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) declared Thursday – so the State Department reopened its probe of Clinton staffers, now that the private server mastermind has been cleared”.

But the State Department paused its review in April, as the FBI conducted its own investigation.

Mr Kirby set no deadline for the investigation’s completion.

But in his July 6 press briefing, State Department spokesman Kirby provided an explanation for the discrepancy, saying that the “markings were human error” and should not have been included in the documents, which were call sheets for Clinton.

Many of Clinton’s political critics have suggested that her use of private email servers could have endangered national security by exposing classified information to potential hacking.

According PBS, the State Department also said that that the probe will possibly look into confidants Cheryl Mills, Jake Sullivan and Huma Abedin.

Hillary Clinton’s email scandal still isn’t over. The US Department of Justice on Wednesday had closed the case and decided against filing any charges against Clinton.

The letter goes on to ask whether Clinton and her aides have active security clearance at the State Department, whether steps are being taken to impose sanctions on them and whether other agency employees had security or administrative sanctions imposed on them.

He added that the goal of the State Department’s review would be to be as “as transparent as possible about our results, while complying with our various legal obligations”.

That could range from a reprimand for current employees, to losing security clearance for both current and former employees, CNN reported.

An FBI investigation into the controversy concluded that “no charges are appropriate”.

Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said she “certainly did not believe” that she was handling classified information on her email system at the time, but emphasized that she followed the lead of her subordinates on whether information was classified.

Republican lawmakers on Thursday said they will now ask the FBI to investigate whether Clinton lied under oath about the presence of classified information in her emails.

Clinton, who has in the past stated that she “never sent or received” classified materials on her personal email server, appeared to soften that language on Friday.