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The State Department secretly pressured the FBI to get
Hillary Clinton’s confidential emails declassified! A senior official at the State Department proposed a “quid pro quo” to the FBI in an attempt to declassify an email from Clinton’s private server in exchange for “allowing the bureau to operate in countries where it was banned,” newly released documents reveal, according to the
New York Post.
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The revelation comes from an FBI interview with an official who was a part of its records management division. The anonymous official said in the interview — which reportedly occurred while the FBI was investigating Clinton’s private email server use — that Under Secretary of State Patrick F. Kennedy allegedly bribed the agency.
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“[REDACTED] received a call from [REDACTED] of the International Operations Division (IOD) of the FBI, who ‘pressured’ him to change the classified email to unclassified,” the notes say. “[REDACTED] indicated he had been contacted by PATRICK KENNEDY, Undersecretary of State, who had asked his assistance in altering the email’s classification in exchange for a ‘quid pro quo.’”
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The interview notes then state that “[REDACTED] advised that, in exchange for marking the email unclassified, STATE would reciprocate by allowing the FBI to place more Agents in countries where they are presently forbidden,” according to
Politico.
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Kennedy subsequently followed up on his request by seeing if the FBI would be able to “see their way to marking the email unclassified?” the unnamed official claims. “According to [REDACTED], KENNEDY spent the next 15 minutes debating the classification of the email and attempting to influence the FBI to change its markings,” the notes say.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before Congress about her knowledge of the even
But Kennedy didn’t quit there. He then went to the assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism division, Michael Steinbach, but the latter denied Kennedy’s request to make the change from classified to unclassified. The State Department inspector general informed the FBI that Kennedy’s “tone and tenor were definitely not positive when dealing” with the agency.
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But State spokesman Mark Toner vehemently denied that any quid pro quo occurred. “This allegation is inaccurate and does not align with the facts. To be clear: the State Department did upgrade the document at the request of the FBI when we released it back in May 2015,” Toner said in a statement. He told reporters, “Any assertion that this was somehow a tit for tat or quid pro quo or exchange in that manner, frankly, is insulting.”
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Donald Trump has entered into the conversation saying, "The FBI documents show that Under-Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy made the request for altering classification as part of a 'quid pro quo,' in other words a deal." He told supporters, "This is felony corruption. Under-Secretary Kennedy needs to resign," according to
Fox News.
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