Grill's still hot at the House
FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch are taking a turn in the hot seat.
Comey (left) will get grilled on Thursday by angry Republican members of the House Oversight Committee who want him to explain how he concluded that an “extremely careless” Hillary Clinton shouldn’t be prosecuted in the e-mail debacle.
“The FBI’s recommendation is surprising and confusing,” said committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah).
“The fact pattern presented by Director Comey makes clear Secretary Clinton violated the law. Individuals who intentionally skirt the law must be held accountable. Congress and the American people have a right to understand the depth and breadth of the FBI’s investigation,” his statement continued.
“I thank Director Comey for accepting the invitation to publicly answer these important questions.”
Lynch (right) will testify before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, after a week of questions about her private meeting with ex-President Bill Clinton at the Phoenix airport.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Paul Ryan said the FBI’s decision seems to be the result of preferential treatment and “raises more questions than provides answers.”
He called on the State Department to take “administrative action” against Clinton for sending top-secret messages over a private e-mail server as secretary of state.
“[Comey] did say that short of prosecution, some kind of administrative action might be in order,” Ryan said during a press conference at the Republican National Committee.
“I think it’s the least we can do, given how she was so reckless in handling classif ied material and sending classif ied information on insecure servers.
“I think that’s something that the administration should do on its own, but [Congress] will look into seeing if that’s something we can do as well,” he added.
When asked if a special prosecutor should investigate Clinton, Ryan said: “We’re not going to foreclose any options.”
He also urged Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to prevent Clinton from receiving classified information during the campaign.
“After the convention, you get the full, deep classified information,” Ryan said. “I think the [Director of National Intelligence James] Clapper should deny Hillary Clinton access to classified information during this campaign given how she so recklessly handled classified information.”