White House: Leak of FBI probe shows ‘risk’ of sharing info with Congress

Published October 31, 2016 7:08pm ET



Federal officials with sensitive or secret information should be careful about sharing it with Congress, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday.

“[W]e’ve already seen just in the last 72 hours the kind of risk that’s associated with communicating to them sensitive information,” Earnest said, chiding lawmakers who leaked confidential information FBI Director James Comey shared with them about the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email and a private server while secretary of state.

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