Headline Roundup • October 18th, 2016
Quid Pro Quo Attempt
Summary from the AllSides News Team
According to documents made public by the FBI, there was an attempt at a deal between the State Department and the Bureau whereby classified emails on her unsecured bathroom server would have their status altered in her favor in exchange for more favorable treatment of FBI officials in overseas postings at embassies.
Featured Coverage of this Story
Agencies Clashed on Classification of Clinton Email, Inquiry Shows
New York Times (News)
News
Documents released Monday in the Hillary Clinton email investigation show intense disagreement last year between the State Department and the F.B.I. over whether some of Mrs. Clinton’s emails should be considered classified, including a discussion of a possible “quid pro quo” to settle one dispute.
FBI Documents Show State Department Fought Classification of Clinton Emails
Wall Street Journal (News)
News
Released pages suggest official pressured government bureaucracy into marking few, if any, emails as classified
Quid Pro Quo: A Staggering Example of Hillary Email Corruption
The American Spectator
News
The FBI’s disclosure of Patrick Kennedy’s attempts to tamper with their Clinton email investigation gives a window into the extent of the rot in Washington.
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