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==Clinton email investigation==
==Clinton email investigation==
Lisa Page told congressional investigators the Department of Justice was ultimately responsible for the decision not to prosecute in the Clinton case. From Lisa Page's text messages the American people learned the fix was in to exonerate [[Hillary Clinton]] for [[felony|felonious]] gross negligence, [[national security]] breaches, and destruction of federal government documents.
Lisa Page told congressional investigators the Department of Justice was ultimately responsible for the decision not to prosecute in the Clinton case. From Lisa Page's text messages the American people learned the fix was in to exonerate [[Hillary Clinton]] for [[felony|felonious]] gross negligence, [[national security]] breaches, and destruction of federal government documents.
Page noted that “as soon as the planning started to begin to interview some of the more high-profile witness, not just Mrs. Clinton but also [[Huma Abedin]], [[Cheryl Mills]], [[Jake Sullivan]], and her sort of core team, the department wanted to change the sort of structure and the number of people who were involved.”
In particular, [[David Laufman]], a deputy assistant attorney general and head of counterintelligence for the DOJ’s National Security Division at the time, pushed extensively to be present for the higher profile interviews. As Page noted, this quickly spiraled into a problem for the FBI:
“Once we started talking about including David, then the U.S. Attorney’s Office also wanted to participate in the interviews, although they had participated in virtually none by that point. And so, then the U.S. Attorney’s Office was pushing to have the AUSAs [Assistant U.S. Attorney], who were participating in the Clinton investigation, also participate. And so now, all of a sudden, we were going from our standard two and two to this burgeoning number of people.”
Laufman felt so strongly that he went to his boss, [[George Toscas]], the deputy assistant attorney general in the National Security Division, who then approached McCabe directly.
The DOJ’s ongoing influence was felt in other ways as well. Cheryl Mills and [[Heather Samuelson]], both fact witnesses, were allowed to attend Clinton’s interview as her attorneys. As Page admitted, “I would agree with you, that it is not typically appropriate or operationally necessary to have fact witnesses attend the interview.”
The decision to allow attendance of fact witnesses during Clinton’s interview came from the DOJ, although Page said she wasn’t certain who had made the decision. She noted that the FBI protested the move but were overridden, so the decision must have come from a senior level within the DOJ.
Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]] announced that she would accept whatever recommendation FBI Director [[James Comey]] made about charging Clinton. Lisa Page and FBI Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) for Counterintelligence [[Peter Strzok]] exchanged messages saying that Lynch knew in advance of the FBI's decision not to recommend prosecuting Hillary Clinton.
Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]] announced that she would accept whatever recommendation FBI Director [[James Comey]] made about charging Clinton. Lisa Page and FBI Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) for Counterintelligence [[Peter Strzok]] exchanged messages saying that Lynch knew in advance of the FBI's decision not to recommend prosecuting Hillary Clinton.