Inspectors general ask DOJ to open criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of email

The Justice Department has been asked by two inspectors general to open a criminal investigation into whether Hillary Clinton sent or received restricted government information on a private email account during her tenure as secretary of state, senior government officials said Thursday.

Clinton has said that she did not have any classified information on the private email account, and has turned over 55,000 pages of emails to the State Department. During a review of those emails, State Department officials have decided that some of the information in the messages should be retroactively classified, The New York Times reports. Just 3,000 pages have been released so far, with about 24 emails featuring some redacted portions. None of those emails were marked classified at the time Clinton handled them. Officials say the Justice Department has yet to decide if it will go forward with an investigation.

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