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Justice Department to 'Expeditiously' Tackle Revived Clinton Email
Probe
司法部“迅速”解决了克林顿邮件调查
The U.S. Justice Department says it is working with the FBI to conduct the
revived investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails "as expeditiously as
possible."
Senior Justice Department official Peter Kadzik sent assurances in a letter
Monday to several leading Senate Democrats, who are angry that the FBI announced
the renewed probe so close to the presidential election.
"We assure you that the department will continue to work closely with the
FBI and together dedicate all necessary resources and take appropriate steps as
expeditiously as possible," Kadzik wrote. "We hope this information is
helpful."
FBI Director James Comey informed Congress on Friday that law enforcement
officials will examine a new batch of Clinton emails found on a computer during
the probe into former Congressman Anthony Weiner. He is the estranged husband of
close Clinton aide Huma Abedin.
Weiner is accused of exchanging sexually explicit emails with a 15-year-old
girl. Weiner and Abedin may have shared the same computer.
Comey said investigators found emails that may be germane to their earlier
probe into emails sent and received by Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of
state.
Clinton and Democrats were delighted when Comey suspended his investigation
in July, saying that while Clinton was "sloppy" with the way she handled her
emails, she did nothing criminal.
Comey has so far given no information about what investigators found to
spark the new probe, and its timing close to Election Day has left Democrats and
many Republicans scratching their heads and wondering what is going on.
Clinton’s response
"There's no case here," Clinton shouted at a campaign stop Monday in Ohio.
She accused the FBI of getting involved in the election "with no evidence of any
wrongdoing." She challenged investigators to look at the Abedin emails "by all
means."
"I think most people decided a long time ago what they think about all of
this," she said.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, not surprisingly, welcomed
Comey's decision, telling a rally in Michigan that "it took a lot of guts."
"What he did was the right thing," Trump said as he again accused Clinton
of corruption. Trump campaign officials say if Comey decided to take another
look at Clinton's emails at this time, then something is going on.
While the race for the White House has gotten tighter since the email
controversy resurfaced, polls give Clinton as much as a 3-point lead over Trump
nationwide.
Voter intimidation
Meanwhile, Democratic Party officials in four states — Arizona, Nevada,
Ohio and Pennsylvania — are suing the Trump campaign for alleged voter
intimidation.
The officials say Trump is breaking two longstanding federal laws intended
to prevent voter intimidation.
They say Trump has used "noise and distractions" to try to keep likely
Democratic voters away from the polls, especially in heavily African-American
neighborhoods.
In the case of Pennsylvania, Trump has said law enforcement is needed in
"certain areas" to make sure people do not vote five times. He also called for
"poll watchers" to prevent cheating.
Many states allow poll watchers, but they must be highly trained and
actually live in the areas where they are working.
Philadelphia journalist Solomon Jones writes: "By threatening to use police
to monitor voters, Trump not only ignores the numerous studies proving that
voter fraud is virtually nonexistent, he also resurrects the history that
created the enmity between African-Americans and law enforcement."
The Trump campaign has yet to comment on the lawsuits. |
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发表于 2016-11-16 18:24:36