by madeline conway 11/04/16 05:57 pm edt two senior house democrats are asking the justice department's inspector general to investigate whether the fbi is leaking information that could benefit donald trump. rep. elijah e. cummings and rep. john conyers, jr., ranking members on the house committee on oversight and government reform and house judiciary committee, respectively, cited trump campaign surrogate rudy giuliani<u+2019>s suggestion on fox news on friday that he <u+201c>heard about<u+201d> a new fbi review of materials in the hillary clinton email investigation from <u+201c>former fbi agents<u+201d> and expected such an announcement to come earlier. story continued below fbi director james comey offered few details about the agency's latest review of emails that might be relevant to clinton investigation after he sent a brief letter to lawmakers notifying them of the new probe. news outlets have relied on unnamed department sources in their follow-up reporting following the bombshell revelation last friday. <u+201c>it is absolutely unacceptable for the fbi to leak unsubstantiated<u+2014>and in some cases false<u+2014>information about one presidential candidate to benefit the other candidate,<u+201d> cummings and conyers wrote to inspector general michael horowitz on friday. <u+201c>leaking this information to former fbi officials as a conduit to the trump campaign is equally intolerable.<u+201d> when asked about the letter during an tv appearance friday evening, giuliani claimed he knew nothing about comey<u+2019>s missive to congress before it was released. instead the former mayor claimed he was referencing an upcoming trump campaign advertising blitz along with other newspaper reports. "that's not correct,<u+201d> giuliani told cnn<u+2019>s wolf blitzer. <u+201c>i've had no conversations with anyone inside the fbi. i was referring to the consternation in the fbi which the new york times has reported on and the wall street journal has reported on.<u+201d> the letter also cited a report by fox news<u+2019> bret baier about an fbi review of the clinton foundation that the anchor later retracted. <u+201c>these unauthorized and inaccurate leaks from within the fbi, particularly so close to a presidential election, are unprecedented,<u+201d> cummings and conyers concluded. <u+201c>for these reasons, we are calling on your office to conduct a thorough investigation to identify the sources of these and other leaks from the fbi and to recommend appropriate action.<u+201d> by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
conyers and cummings call for investigation of fbi leaks - politico
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