"the fbi has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation," fbi director james comey said in the letter. | ap photo by politico staff 10/28/16 03:23 pm edt u.s. department of justice federal bureau of investigation washington, d. c. 20535 story continued below october 28, 2016 honorable richard m. burr chairman select committee on intelligence honorable charles e. grassley chairman committee on the judiciary honorable richard shelby chainnan committee on appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies honorable ron johnson chairman committee on homeland security and governmental affairs honorable devin nunes chairman pennanent select committee on intelligence honorable robert goodlatte chairman committee on the judiciary honorable john culberson chainnan committee on appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies honorable jason chaffetz chainnan committee on oversight and government reform dear messrs chairmen: in previous congressional testimony, l referred to the fact that the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) had completed its investigation of former secretary clinton's personal email server. due to recent developments, i am writing to supplement my previous testimony. in connection with an unrelated case, the fbi has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation. i am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and i agreed that the fbi should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation. although the fbi cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant, and i cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work, i believe it is important to update your committees about our efforts in light of my previous testimony. sincerely yours, james b. comey director honorable dianne feinstein vice chairman select committee on intelligence united states senate washington, dc 20510 honorable patrick j. leahy ranking member committee on the judiciary united states senate washington, dc 20510 honorable barbara mikulski ranking member committee on appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies united states senate washington, dc 20510 honorable thomas r. carper ranking member committee on homeland security and governmental affairs united states senate washington, dc 20510 honorable adam b. schiff ranking member permanent select committee on intelligence u.s. house of representatives washington, dc 20515 honorable john coyers, jr. ranking member committee on the judiciary u.s. house of representatives washington, dc 20515 honorable michael honda ranking member committee on appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies u.s. house of representatives washington, dc 20515 honorable elijah e. cummings ranking member committee on oversight and government reform u.s. house of representatives washington, dc 20515 by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
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