Smoking Gun?: Hillary Right-Hand Man Patrick Kennedy Pressured FBI Agent to Reduce the Classification of Several of the Emails Found on Her System; He and FBI Agent Discussed "Quid Pro Quo" for the Favor Update: Via Ed Morrissey, I see Fox has now reported this story in a form that might be easier to follow than reading the twitter-quoted leaked emails below.

Here's that Here's that Fox story. "This is a flashing red light of potential criminality," Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, who has been briefed on the FBI interviews, told Fox News. He said "there was an alleged quid pro quo� involving Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy and the FBI �over at least one classified email.� �In return for altering the classification, the possibility of additional slots for the FBI at missions overseas was discussed,� Chaffetz said. As Fox News previously reported, interviews released earlier this month, known as 302s, reveal the serious allegation that Kennedy applied pressure to subordinates to change classified email codes so they would be shielded from Congress and the public. Fox News was told as far back as August 2015 that Kennedy was running interference on Capitol Hill. But Kennedy, in his FBI interview on Dec. 21, 2015, �categorically rejected� allegations of classified code tampering. Excerpts of the actual documents below. Excerpts of the actual documents below.

Oh, boy. Quid pro quo allegation between State and FBI over classification. That is messy. pic.twitter.com/Kf5FcSFQjb — Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) October 17, 2016

Patrick Kennedy REALLY wanted an email marked unclassified, despite an FBI records guy's assessment of it pic.twitter.com/PEkmyZyrjc — Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) October 17, 2016

FBI tells State it won't mark email unclass. & won't comment publicly. W/in an hr, Clinton denies publicly having sent classified material pic.twitter.com/KqtqYxcE9g — Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) October 17, 2016

According to this, it was an FBI agent who suggested the quid pro quo: According to this, it was an FBI agent who suggested the quid pro quo: Per 302, FBI international operations guy offered the quid pro quo - he'd look into email classification for increased personnel in Iraq pic.twitter.com/oEa1wEwC7l — Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) October 17, 2016

The FBI denies there was any The FBI denies there was any quid pro quo.

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