But I thought it was just a ‘security review’, according to Hillary? But it sounds like it’s getting close now.
Via The Hill:
The State Department has halted its internal review of whether Hillary Clinton violated classification rules with her private email server, deferring to the FBI’s investigation.
Two months ago, the department launched an internal review of 22 of the former secretary of State’s emails, which had been classified at the highest level of “top secret” and weren’t released to the public even in redacted form. At issue was whether the emails should have been classified at the time they were sent or whether the information had merely become classified over time.
On Friday, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau announced that the FBI recommended last month that the department delay its review to let the bureau continue its work.
“While the ongoing law enforcement investigation is taking place, our internal review is on hold, pending the completion of that,” Trudeau told reporters.“We do not want our internal review to complicate or impede the progress of their ongoing law enforcement investigation.”
The decision to press pause, the State Department spokeswoman added, is “standard procedure in cases like this, if there’s an ongoing law enforcement investigation.”