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GOP not ready to give up Clinton investigation yet

WASHINGTON — Frustrated by the FBI’s decision not to indict Hillary Clinton, congressional Republicans are pressing the agency to launch a new investigation into whether the Democratic presidential candidate lied to Congress during her testimony on the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

The House Benghazi committee is set to meet today to approve a report on its two-year investigation that found no wrongdoing by Clinton but did reveal that she used a private e-mail server for government business.

Lawmakers may take a fresh look at Clinton’s testimony that she never sent or received e-mails marked as classified when she served as secretary of state, and her claims that she only used one mobile device for e-mails and turned over all of her work-related e-mails to the State Department.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Thursday that he would refer Clinton’s Oct. 22 testimony to the FBI to investigate whether she lied to Congress.

Clinton testified for nearly 11 hours as the star witness called by the Benghazi panel during its investigation of the deadly 2012 attacks that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Clinton was secretary of state at the time of the attacks.

Separately, the State Department was reopening its internal investigation of possible mishandling of classified information by Clinton and top aides. The internal review was suspended in April to avoid interfering with the FBI inquiry.

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