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Saturday, December 02, 2017

Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting report triggered FBI hunt for leaker

The revelation last year of an unorthodox tarmac meeting between former President Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch set off a frenzied scramble at the FBI to track down the source, newly released documents show.

Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, which on Thursday released 29 pages of FBI emails related to the 2016 meeting, said the messages show officials were more concerned about the leak than the substance of the report.

“These new FBI documents show the FBI was more concerned about a whistleblower who told the truth about the infamous Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting than the scandalous meeting itself,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.

The FBI initially claimed it had no documents pertaining to the meeting..

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2 comments:

Jim said...

Now let's see.. wasn't it Comey that was in charge at that point? Hmm..

Anonymous said...

Why would they care that the meeting was leaked? Why would they even know that the meeting was taking place unless they were part of the planning for the meeting itself. The whole thing continues to smell.