A Chinese company hacked former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s unauthorized private email server, according to a report.
Sources told the Daily Caller News Foundation that a Chinese-state owned firm located in the Washington, D.C., area had access to Clinton’s emails in real time courtesy of a code embedded in the New York-based server which then made copies of the emails, some of which contained classified information.
The name of the company has not be disclosed. “We do know the name of the company. There are indications there are other ‘cutouts’ that were involved. I would be in a lot of trouble if I gave you the name,” an unnamed former intelligence officer told the outlet.
The report has elicited a response from President Trump.
“Report just out: ‘China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server.’ Are they sure it wasn’t Russia (just kidding!)? What are the odds that the FBI and DOJ are right on top of this? Actually, a very big story. Much classified information!” Trump posted to Twitter Tuesday night.
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing last month, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, said the inspector general of the intelligence community found that most of the emails on Clinton’s server were sent to a “foreign entity” that was unrelated to Russia.
In that hearing, where former FBI agent Peter Strzok had been testifying, Gohmert also said intelligence community inspector general officials had informed Strok and other top bureau officials of an “anomaly” in found in Clinton’s server. But Strzok, who led the FBI investigation into Clinton’s emails, did not act on that information, Gohmert asserted.
Strzok acknowledged the meeting took place, but did not recall what was said. He was fired from the FBI earlier this month for anti-Trump text messages he exchanged with former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, with whom he as having an affair.
The Daily Caller’s ex-intelligence officer source said the inspector general of the intelligence community “discovered the anomaly pretty early in 2015.”
The FBI denies having any evidence that Clinton’s email servers were compromised.
“The FBI has not found any evidence the servers were compromised,” an FBI official told the Washington Examiner.
[Also read: Trump accuses FBI of ignoring Clinton’s emails: ‘I may have to get involved’]
