Cummings denies reports of Clinton criminal probe

Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Select Committee on Benghazi, disputed reports Friday that suggested the State Department’s inspector general had pushed for a criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email arrangement.

“I spoke personally to the State Department Inspector General on Thursday, and he said he never asked the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation of Secretary Clinton’s email usage,” the Maryland Democrat said.