![]() ![]() Giuliani is now trying to recreate the 2016 magic. Comey’s action is widely considered to have helped secure Donald Trump’s electoral victory. The emails turned out to be innocuous, but the damage was done. Though Comey denied it, FBI general counsel James Baker told the IG’s office that the FBI had been confident that “if we don’t put out a letter, somebody is going to leak it. According to a June 2018 report by Horowitz, top FBI officials believed the fear of additional leaks from the New York Field Office influenced Comey’s decision to send his letter. Giuliani, who has since denied receiving FBI leaks, did not respond to a request for comment.Īlleged leaks by FBI agents in 2016 were wildly impactful. Giuliani later backtracked, claiming-not convincingly-that his earlier assertion was based only on speculation by retired agents. He said he had learned from former agents and “a few active agents who obviously don’t want to identify themselves” of “a revolution going on inside the FBI” over Comey’s July 2016 announcement that Clinton would not face charges for using a private server for official emails. ![]() In an interview with a conservative radio host later that day, Giuliani appeared to suggest he had gotten inside information from within the FBI. Republicans immediately publicized Comey’s letter. Anthony Weiner, the husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin. The next day, FBI Director James Comey sent his infamous letter to Congress, announcing that the FBI had reopened its probe into Clinton’s emails after discovering new emails on a laptop seized from former Rep. On October 25, 2016, Giuliani said on Fox News that Trump backers “had a couple of surprises left.” Two days later, he predicted: “We’ve got a couple of things up our sleeve that should turn this thing around.” The 2016 leaks controversy is especially relevant these days because it seems to involve a familiar figure: Rudy Giuliani. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has said he’s still investigating those alleged leaks, but his office isn’t saying where the inquiry stands. What happened to the investigation into leaks by the FBI’s New York field office related to the 2016 Hillary Clinton email probe? It would be good, right about now, to know. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. ![]()
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