Investigators are contacting dozens of Hillary Clinton’s former officials who sent private email messages to the then-Secretary of State. The Washington Post reports:

“As many as 130 officials have been contacted in recent weeks by State Department investigators — a list that includes senior officials who reported directly to Clinton as well as others in lower-level jobs whose emails were at some point relayed to her inbox, said current and former State Department officials. Those targeted were notified that emails they sent years ago have been retroactively classified and now constitute potential security violations, according to letters reviewed by The Washington Post.“

Trump officials began contacting the former employees about 18 months ago, according to the Post, but seemed to drop the effort. But then in August, it was revived.

The Trump administration's response to the impeachment inquiry is, literally, "but her emails?" Dear God. https://t.co/dQYEV4GJgP — Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) September 29, 2019

“It is such an obscene abuse of power and time involving so many people for so many years. This has just sucked up people’s lives for years and years.” -former official to the Washington Post

The State Department has, according to the Post, “vigorously denied” any political motivation to the investigation. Clinton, appearing on CBS Sunday Morning, called Trump a “corrupt human tornado.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Trump is a "corrupt human tornado" https://t.co/oUUy7ZL2H3 pic.twitter.com/OivATxsvAL — CBS News (@CBSNews) September 29, 2019

Secretary Clinton also told CBS: