Being a non-lawyer inexplicably in charge of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the fine details of legality sometimes to seem to evade Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. Like why it’s bad to encourage FBI agents to leak information on an ongoing investigation.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley suggested on Friday that the FBI might leak reports of its investigation into presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state.
Grassley, Iowa’s senior senator and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said an anonymous and unauthorized release of FBI investigative materials could result if officials at the agency believed prosecution of Clinton was stymied for political reasons.
Grassley, who is definitely one of those kids who would so grab the marshmallow, can’t stand the idea that people might 1) conduct a competent review or 2) follow the law. Information wants to be free! Especially when that information is incomplete, out of context, and thoroughly partisan. Grassley sure can be in a hurry—so long as it’s not about approving a Supreme Court nominee.
Hmm. Suborning perjury is a crime. What about encouraging the FBI to violate confidentiality? Doesn’t matter. Here’s a secret Grassley really doesn’t want leaked: His seat is up for re-election this year and Patty Judge is a really good candidate to replace the Senate’s leaker-in-chief.
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