Paul Ryan: "House Will Hold Hearings On FBI Decision On Clinton"
House Speaker Paul Ryan said the GOP-controlled House would hold hearings on the FBI's recommendation not to seek criminal charges against Hillary Clinton and that FBI director James Comey should testify.
"There are a lot of unanswered questions here," Ryan told Megyn Kelly on Fox News Tuesday night.
Ryan said he was concerned that "She's just going to get away with this...She grossly was negligent. She mishandled classified information and now she wants to be Commander-in-Chief."
Ryan also said the Director of National Intelligence should block Clinton from receiving the kind of classified intelligence briefings that presidential nominees normally receive after the conventions, because of how she handled her emails as secretary of state.
"The Clintons really are living above the law. They're being held by a different set of standards. That's clearly what this looks like," Ryan said.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson raised the possibility that the committee he chairs could look into the FBI's decision.
Johnson made his comments Tuesday during an appearance at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee and a follow-up interview with news media. Johnson chairs the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, which is the chief Senate oversight committee.
Late Tuesday, Johnson sent a letter to Comey "to better understand the resources that the FBI employed during this investigation."
In his letter, Johnson asked for the total number of FBI employees assigned to the investigation, additional resources that were used, an estimated cost of the probe and whether other federal departments or agencies "incurred costs associated with the FBI's investigation."
In addition, Johnson zeroed in on Comey's statement calling Clinton's actions "extremely careless."
Johnson asked the director in the letter: "What is the difference, in the FBI's view, between extreme carelessness and gross negligence?"
"From my standpoint it was unbelievably reckless for Secretary Clinton to expose America's national security information to our enemies," he said. "And she did it to circumvent the Freedom of Information Act."
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I can't wait until Russ Feingold takes away Ron Johnson's seat. The tears will be glorious.