FBI ordered release Clinton email probe details by judge

A federal judge ordered the FBI to make public grand jury subpoenas they obtained relating to their investigation of Hillary Clinton’s secret email. 

US District Judge James E. Boasberg on Thursday said the FBI must disclose more details about how it handled Clinton’s email account and specifically the subpoenas the FBI obtained to compel information from Clinton’s internet service providers.

The Trump administration had objected to making the information public as they said in doing so it would violate grand jury secrecy rules.

Judge has ordered the FBI to make subpoenas public relating to Hillary Clinton’s secret email. The Trump administration has objected to making the information public

‘After reviewing the document in camera, the court concludes that it largely rehashes information already made public, thus obviating any need for secrecy,’ the judge said, according to the Washington Times.

Two watchdog groups, the Judicial Watch and Cause of Action Institute, have been asking the government for more information about the Clinton emails.

‘This order makes public details submitted by the government about the FBI’s efforts to recover then-Secretary Clinton’s unlawfully removed emails. Americans deserve to know the full scope of that investigation,’ said COA President John J. Vecchione.

Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, said he didn’t understand why the Trump administration didn’t want transparency in this case.

‘President Trump ought to be outraged his appointees are protecting Hillary Clinton,’ Fitton said. ‘The State Department should initiate action with the Justice Department — and both agencies should finally take the necessary steps to recover all the government emails Hillary Clinton unlawfully removed.’

The case began after it was discovered Clinton had a secret server, and did not turn over all of the emails in it to the FBI right away. 

Clinton had said she handed over all work related emails and then wiped the server clean. 

However the FBI obtained some emailed that were work related, that Clinton did not turn over. Clinton critics have called on the FBI to make a larger effort to recover the messages on the server.