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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FBI AND HILLARY CLINTON – 7:08 A.M. ET:  The "no prosecution for Hillary" issue returns, and it could grow.  From the New York Post: 

The former top FBI expert who is in the middle of a political uproar for apparently mocking President Trump in email messages changed a key phrase in the former bureau director’s description of how Hillary Clinton handled classified information, CNN reported Monday.

Records show Peter Strzok, who led the investigation of Clinton’s private email server as the second ranking official in the counterintelligence division, changed ex-director James Comey’s draft language describing Clinton’s behavior as “grossly negligent” to the less serious “extremely careless,” a source told the network.

The shift from “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless” was key because the federal law that covers how classified material should be handled calls for criminal penalties for “gross negligence.”

Writing the memo was a team effort with numerous officials weighing in and suggesting changes, sources said.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) questioned the change last month, but the name of the agent who made the change was not known until now.

The agent was taken off the Russia probe after the emails referencing Trump came to the attention of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is heading the probe.

COMMENT:   This issue could grow substantially.  Plenty of people have gone to prison for what Hillary Clinton did with classified material, but she instead became a presidential candidate. 

The ball is in Senator Grassley's court.  I hope he runs with it.

December 5,  2017