House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., a top member of the House Oversight committee, said the inspector general report on the FBI’s probe of Hillary Clinton’s private email server showed the agency gave special treatment to the former Democratic presidential nominee.
“Right from the beginning, it’s clear that Secretary Hillary Clinton was treated differently, and not for good reason,” Meadows said in a statement Thursday.
Goodlatte said the FBI and Justice Department overseeing the email probe “didn’t treat her like any other criminal suspect and didn’t follow standard investigative procedures.”
Meadows said Congress should have learned months ago about emails written by FBI agent Peter Strzok pledging to stop Donald Trump from becoming president.
“Peter Strzok should not have a job anywhere near our Justice Department,” Meadows said.
Meadows said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein “must be held accountable for his obstructionist conduct” for not turning the information over to Congress. He also said former FBI Director James Comey, who the report slammed for deviating from department policy, “should come before Congress and answer for his deeply improper handling of this investigation.”
Goodlatte said the Judiciary and Oversight panels will have a joint hearing on the report next week.
