State Department Halts Its Clinton Email Investigation, Defers to FBI

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4. Interesting

"We do not want our internal review to complicate or impede [the FBI probe]," spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said. "We are prioritizing the law enforcement investigation."

A department spokesman said it is standard practice to allow a law enforcement agency to first complete its work before any parallel investigation is done. Trudeau called the move announced today a prudent "procedural matter."

In March the FBI responded to a formal inquiry from the State Department about how it should proceed with its internal review. It recommended that the State Department follow standard practice and put its investigation on hold.

The State Dept. began their investigation last year (anyone know the exact date?). The FBI began their investigation in the Summer of 2015. If it's standard practice to allow a law enforcement agency to first complete it's work why did the State Dept. wait until March to ask the FBI if they should defer to them? Or did the State Dept. ask them earlier than March? If they did why did the FBI wait until March to answer that question. Very interesting.