The timing fueled speculation over Clinton’s potential wrongdoing and tipped the scales in Trump’s favor, Democrats say. The review ended with the FBI maintaining its July conclusion that Clinton should not face criminal charges, a fact that was declared only two days before polls opened. That investigation saw FBI Director James Comey break long-standing tradition against potentially influencing elections, issuing a public letter to Congress 10 days before the election announcing potential new evidence in the case. The warring statements are the latest twists in an extraordinary standoff between the Democrats and federal investigators that reached a fever pitch over the bureau’s probe into Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
When BuzzFeed News attempted to reach the official after the FBI statement came out, he declined to comment. The DNC source also brushed off the idea that it was the DNC that refused to let FBI access the server. “I just don’t think that that’s really material or an important thing,” the source continued. The fact that the FBI didn’t have direct access to the servers was not “significant,” the source said. The DNC said the FBI had never asked for access to their hacked servers, BuzzFeed News reported on Wednesday.Ī DNC source familiar with the investigation tried to downplay that report on Thursday, hours before the FBI statement was issued. “These actions caused significant delays and inhibited the FBI from addressing the intrusion earlier.” This left the FBI no choice but to rely upon a third party for information,” a senior law enforcement official told BuzzFeed News in a statement.
“The FBI repeatedly stressed to DNC officials the necessity of obtaining direct access to servers and data, only to be rebuffed until well after the initial compromise had been mitigated. WASHINGTON - The FBI struck back at the Democratic National Committee on Thursday, accusing it of denying federal investigators access to its computer systems and hamstringing its investigation into the infiltration of DNC servers by Russia-backed hackers.
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