Kind of a big deal: CNN revises its report on Justice Dept. declining to investigate Clinton Foundation

As Twitchy reported Tuesday, Judicial Watch managed to secure even more previously unreleased emails from the State Department, opening up a whole new can of worms for the Democratic nominee.

Emails revealed even further the department’s lax attitude toward national security and showed that top aide Huma Abedin apparently had full access to read and send emails from Clinton’s non-secure, personal email account run from her homebrew email server.

One of the most damning revelations was the corrupt relationship between the State Department and the Clinton Foundation and the existence of at least one pay-for-play scheme involving a major donor, but how about the Justice Department declining the FBI’s request to investigate the foundation?

BREAKING: New Report Claims the Department of Justice Rejected FBI Requests to Investigate Clinton Foundation https://t.co/VCVM7hLZax

— RedState (@RedState) August 10, 2016

CNN reported Wednesday that the FBI had asked the Justice Department earlier this year to open an investigation into the Clinton Foundation, but the department passed.

Uh, was this previously known? Kind of a big deal… https://t.co/ugHIQ0gJhv pic.twitter.com/mScVqmHQl8

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) August 11, 2016

Sincere question: has the Justice Department done anything during the Obama administration even remotely connected to criminal justice rather than social justice?

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So the FBI petitioned the Justice Department to open a criminal corruption probe into the Clinton Foundation, but were rebuffed?

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) August 11, 2016

Why doesn't CNN elaborate on this? When exactly was the FBI petition made? During the primaries? Who exactly "declined" the probe request?

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) August 11, 2016

I know these are very rude questions and don't explicitly involve condemning Trump, but maybe they're nonetheless worth looking into.

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) August 11, 2016

Take 2:

CNN has dramatically revised the wording of this paragraph (without notation) since I first tweeted a screenshot pic.twitter.com/7RsUMtGjKO

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) August 11, 2016

So, while the FBI was conducting its routine “security review” of Hillary Clinton’s email setup, several field offices asked to investigate the relationship between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department. That sort of request would suggest the FBI suspected something was up, no?

So the FBI thought it had enough evidence on the Clinton Foundation to move forward, but the Justice Dept. said no? https://t.co/YxUXjQHfR5

— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) August 10, 2016

FBI: Hey, could you look into charges of the Clinton's corruption?
Justice Dept: Nope
FBI: okie dokiehttps://t.co/oXi92MvMvM

— PoliMath (@politicalmath) August 10, 2016

https://twitter.com/NeilTurner_/status/763528352896577536

As corrupt as it can get! A very obvious pay to play organized criminal scheme where payers get special care… https://t.co/VveoyDS1mh

— ??? Jim Scott ?? (@JimScotty) August 11, 2016

https://twitter.com/panegron/status/763519075775614980

All of this corruption is going to make me short-circuit. #NeverHillary https://t.co/OOzakJCSdC

— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) August 10, 2016

Related:

Shocker! Guess what DIDN’T happen after the FBI recommended a Clinton-related DOJ probe https://t.co/ue5IVwgLVz

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 10, 2016