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Hillary Clinton email scandal (view source)
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===Cambotta immunity===
===Cambotta immunity===
On September 8, 2016, Congress discovered that Paul Combetta of Platte River Networks was granted immunity by the Department of Justice in relation to information he provided to the FBI in its investigation into the Clinton email server. On September 13, 2016, Combetta appeared before a Congressional oversight committee and invoked the [[Fifth Amendment]] privilege against self-incrimination, refusing to testify.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/22/how-reddit-ruined-the-hillary-clinton-campaign/ </ref>
On September 8, 2016, Congress discovered that Paul Combetta of Platte River Networks was granted immunity by the Department of Justice in relation to information he provided to the FBI in its investigation into the Clinton email server. On September 13, 2016, Combetta appeared before a Congressional oversight committee and invoked the [[Fifth Amendment]] privilege against self-incrimination, refusing to testify.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/22/how-reddit-ruined-the-hillary-clinton-campaign/ </ref>
==Inspector General investigation==
A protracted 18 month Inspector General investigation found:
:*The fix was in by September 2015, a few weeks after the investigation began. DOJ prosecutors determined by a tortured reading of the [[Espionage Act of 1918]] (18 USC Sec. 793(f)). Intent is not required to prove culpability, yet DOJ prosecutors told the Inspector General (IG) that the Department interpreted the provision to require that the person accused must possess knowledge that the information is classified, and that the conduct must be so gross as to almost suggest deliberate intention. This misapplied standard needed a burden of proof that would require a smoking gun text or email to prove intent which was unlikely.
==Associated scandals==
==Associated scandals==