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On the recordJuly 7, 2016
anybody who has been watching the news knows what has happened with the FBI investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. I think that the FBI's press conference detailing the findings of the FBI's investigation has made it very clear that Secretary Clinton has proven she cannot be trusted in protecting this Nation's most sensitive secrets. That is the takeaway from the FBI Director's press conference just days ago. That is not opinion; that is the conclusion that can be derived and taken from the findings of a very intensive FBI investigation. There were details in press reports earlier today which indicated that classified information had perhaps been handled in an extremely careless way by members of the military, and maybe others, who were punished; however, FBI Director James Comey said he did not recommend punishment in the case of Secretary Clinton's mishandling of classified information, but in the other cases, he pointed out that there had been adverse consequences. We saw the news reports today that talked about security and administrative sanctions on those who violated the policies and laws of handling classified information. That is why Senator John Cornyn and I have introduced legislation to address this very serious abuse of handling and mishandling classified information.…
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Cory Gardner
Republican · Colorado
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Jul 7, 2016

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