Emails. And then the letters comey sent to the hill, one saying we found more emails on Anthony Weiners laptop that could be pertinent to our investigation, we need to look at those, and then his followup letter a few days before the election in which he said, weve done that review and we havent had anything. Hillary clinton herself has said she thinks that first letter in late october changed the course of the election. So, the Inspector General is going to look at that and a couple of ancillary things. There have been allegations that an fbi Deputy Director should have taken himself off part of this case because of some connections to the campaign or his wifes connections to the political to politics in virginia. Some allegations that an Assistant Attorney General for legislative affairs passed information along to the Clinton Campaign, and other employees disclosed nonpublic information. The Foeklecal Point is the two actions by the fbi director, the letter to the hill in late
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former civil rights attorney at the department of justice. thank you for coming in in a hurry. i know you had to rush to get here. let s talk about the reaction. we just heard joel benenson. we actually heard from republican congressman jason chaffetz say he supports this investigation. you served at the justice department. first of all, are you surprised the inspector general would get involved or does this seem seem, in your view, an appropriate use of time? yes, it s unusual. but the entire episode he s investigating is unusual. the thing pete williams talked about is the thing to keep in mind. are you investigating the substance and the prosecutorial, the answer is no, apparently. or are you talking about how it was handled, the publication of documents. that is appropriate for the i.g., the inspector general to use. apparently, that s what he s going to focus on. what he s focused in part on
october and november. thanks so much. former clinton campaign senior adviser joel benenson weighing in on today s news of the inspector general review. here s what he told my colleague katie can tur a few minutes ago. the real question here, is it appropriate for the fbi and the fbi watchdog to investigate behavior they think violated fbi practices in the course of conducting investigations and engaging in public conversation about that? i think that s appropriate. no one s trying to get a do-over in the election. that s not going to happen. nobody says it s going to happen. but when public officials abuse or potentially abuse their authority and their office, that investigation there s not a statute of limitations that says when the election is over we re not going to go back and look at the behavior of a prosecutor who was advised not to do this 11 days out, who was criticized by former fbi professionals from both parties for doing so, to look into that. for more on all thi