House Judiciary chairman questions Hillary Clinton email ruling

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is calling the timing of FBI Director James Comey’s recommendation in Hillary Clinton’s email case “uniquely troubling.”

In a letter to Comey on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia says the FBI recommendation not to bring criminal charges against Clinton defies logic, and he is posing eight questions that he says he wants answered by Monday. Among them was whether she was treated differently from others who were penalized for mishandling classified information.

Goodlatte is also questioning “the timing and manner” of the announcement just a week after former President Bill Clinton’s impromptu meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on a tarmac in Phoenix. Lynch has maintained that the two spoke about family and not the investigation.

In a separate statement, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz questioned Comey’s integrity.