WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have begun looking into the security of devices on which Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private email was stored when she was secretary of state, Clinton’s attorney confirmed Wednesday.
“We are actively cooperating” with the investigation, attorney David Kendall said in a statement.
The inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community alerted the FBI last month to concerns that classified information was included in emails that went through Clinton’s personal home server. The referral to the Justice Department did not seek a criminal probe and did not specifically target Clinton.
“Quite predictably, after the ICIG made a referral to ensure that materials remain properly stored, the government is seeking assurance about the storage of those materials,” Kendall said in his statement.
The Washington Post, which first reported the FBI’s involvement, said that the FBI has asked Kendall about the security of a thumb drive containing copies of Clinton’s work emails sent during her tenure as secretary of state, which is in his possession. The Post cited two anonymous government officials, who said that the FBI was not targeting Clinton.