Washington — On Thursday, the US Justice Department said it would probe a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) decision to announce an inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s e-mails shortly before the November presidential election, a move she has cited as a factor in her defeat. The department’s office of inspector-general said that its investigation would focus in part on decisions leading up to public statements by FBI Director James Comey regarding the Clinton investigation and whether they may have been based on "improper considerations". The controversy involved Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server for official correspondence when she was secretary of state under President Barack Obama, including using it for messages that were later determined to contain classified information. The office of inspector-general Michael Horowitz said it decided to open the review "in response to requests from numerous chairmen and ranking members of congressional oversight committees, various organ...
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