The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee indicated on Monday that she was not sure if Hillary Clinton would be willing to speak with the Federal Bureau of Investigation if the agency sought an interview.
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“Those are questions you’d have to ask each of Hillary Clinton and anyone associated with Hillary Clinton,” Schultz said when asked about the possibility on Fox Business. “I’m doing my job as a member of Congress, first and foremost, representing my district, and making sure we can get ready while this primary is unfolding, to make sure we can launch our nominee from Philadelphia,” she said, referencing the site of the upcoming Democratic national convention.
However, Schultz insisted, in spite of her sympathetic view towards Clinton’s tense relationship with law enforcement officials, she wasn’t playing favorites in the nominating process.
“It’s pretty clear that you’re favoring Hillary Clinton,” Bartiromo said. “What do you want to say to Bernie Sanders supporters?”
“No, no,” Schultz replied. “There’s just no shred of evidence to suggest that I’m favoring Hillary Clinton … I’m not doing a very good job wrapping the nomination up for her if I were actually favoring Hillary Clinton. I could have worked a lot harder at it if that were what I was doing.”
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“There’s no evidence to that effect. If I wanted to support a particular candidate, I would do exactly that. Not be DNC chair, and go support a candidate, but I truly believe that my time is best spent making sure that I can get our party ready, to make sure we can continue the progress that we’ve made under Barack Obama,” Schultz said.
Clinton is currently under investigation for her use of a private email server to process classified information during her tenure as secretary of state. That probe recently expanded to include a look at whether work she performed for the nonprofit Clinton Foundation during her tenure violated public corruption laws.
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Schultz has vehemently defended Clinton throughout her candidacy. She also tried to prevent Clinton’s primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., from accessing his valuable party voter records, and faced accusations from former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who withdrew his candidacy earlier this year, that she had improperly favored Clinton in the race.
