The request follows an assessment in a June 29 memo by the inspectors general for the State Department and intelligence agencies that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private account contained “hundreds of potentially classified emails.’’
WASHINGTON — Two inspectors general have asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into whether Hillary Rodham Clinton mishandled sensitive government information on a private email account she used as secretary of state, senior government officials said Thursday.
The request follows an assessment in a June 29 memo by the inspectors general for the State Department and intelligence agencies that Clinton’s private account contained “hundreds of potentially classified emails.