Top Republicans Call For Declassification Of Thumb Drives Containing Hillary Clinton’s Emails

Two top Republicans in the House and Senate have asked the FBI to review — for potential declassification — eight thumb drives that contain documents pertaining to the investigation into 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her use of a private email server for official business and handling classified information.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley of Iowa and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Rick Crawford of Arkansas asked FBI Director Kash Patel to review the materials. This is according to a social media post that Grassley wrote Tuesday.

The thumb drives have been stored at an “FBI offshoot office” since 2018, Grassley said. This office is likely the Washington Field Office Northern Virginia Resident Agency, about an hour’s drive outside of Washington, D.C., according to recently declassified documents.

The thumb drives contain droves of emails apparently obtained by Russian intelligence from Clinton, former President Barack Obama and members of Congress, recently declassified documents indicate.

The existence of the thumb drives was revealed in a document tranche declassified last week. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard — in collaboration with Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe — have revealed through a set of declassified materials an apparent conspiracy by Obama and his top spy agency chiefs to pin President Donald Trump to Russia.

One of the three files released in recent days is the classified annex