Former Agents Sour On FBI Director's Testimony In Clinton E-mail Probe
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- Some former FBI agents are not looking favorably upon current FBI Director James Comey's testimony Thursday before a House committee probing why Hillary Clinton was not prosecuted over e-mail improprieties.
KPIX 5 has learned the Bay Area chapter of retired FBI agents is taking an e-mail poll of its members' response to Comey's remarks.
Former FBI agent and KPIX 5 security analyst Jeff Harp says most of the responses he's seen aren't in Comey's favor. "Agents aren't happy. There were a lot of reactions to it," said Harp. "A lot of agents' reactions to it and there are some people real disappointed."
Republican lawmakers on the committee expressed their frustration to Comey that Clinton escaped prosecution for using a private e-mail server during her time as Secretary of State. Democrats characterize the ongoing probes of Clinton's e-mail issue a taxpayer funded witch hunt.
Former FBI agents polled in the Bay Area have cited penal codes, policies and similar cases that did lead to prosecution.
Once the opinions are all collected they'll be forwarded to the national chapter of the FBI agents' association and the bureau itself.
"These are important people ... who want to see the FBI keep its good name," said Harp.
Whether their arguments have teeth has yet to be seen. Unless new evidence arises against Clinton, the case is likely to stay closed.
The House Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz has vowed he would ask the FBI to investigate whether Clinton lied to Congress over her use of e-mail servers.