FBI didn’t warn White House about release of Marc Rich documents

Published November 1, 2016 9:46pm ET



President Obama’s top spokesman said Tuesday that the FBI did not consult the White House about its unexpected decision to release 129 pages of documents related to an investigation into President Bill Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich, the husband of a wealthy Democratic donor.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said he did see the FBI’s tweet that it had released the documents from the 2001 Rich investigation, and said that was the first time he had seen a tweet from the agency.

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