TOP CLINTON AIDE GIVEN IMMUNITY BY FBI: LAWMAKER

WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, pictured, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange for their co-operation in the nowclosed FBI investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, says a Republican congressman.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Friday that Mills gave investigators access to her laptop on the condition that what they found couldn’t be used against her.

Chaffetz said he was “absolutely stunned” that the FBI would cut a deal with someone as close to the investigation as Mills. By including the emails recovered from the laptops in the immunity agreements, the Justice Department exempted key physical evidence from any potential criminal case against the aides.

“No wonder they couldn’t prosecute a case,” said Chaffetz, from Utah. “They were handing out immunity deals like candy.”