The Justice Department official charged with keeping Congress updated on the Hillary Clinton email probe represented her campaign chairman during the Monica Lewinsky days.

Peter Kadzik, now an assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, was the lawyer for John Podesta in 1998 when independent counsel Kenneth Starr was nosing around Podesta's role in getting Bill Clinton's mistress a new job at the United Nations.

'Fantastic lawyer. Kept me out of jail,' Podesta, whose emails were hacked and released by Wikileaks, told President Obama's aide Cassandra Butts in September 2008.

It is unclear - although highly likely - that Podesta was referring to the Lewinsky link. He was White House chief of staff at the time of the scandal.

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Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta (left) once boasted that Peter Kadzik (right), Podesta's attorney during the Lewinsky years, kept him out of jail

Peter Kadzik's name came up because he's the Justice Department official charged with keeping Congress in the loop on the Hillary Clinton (pictured) email probe

Fox News put two and two together, as Kadzik's name had previously been mentioned during the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server, which she used while serving as secretary of state.

Then, when Congressional leaders wrote to the Justice Department to get more information about FBI head James Comey's blockbuster announcement that the agency was reviving the Clinton email probe, it was Kadzik who replied.

'We assure you that the Department will continue to work closely with the FBI and together, dedicate all necessary resources and take appropriate steps as expeditiously as possible,' Kadzik wrote lawmakers yesterday, according to Fox News.

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., talked about Kadzik's relationship with the Clintons' inner circle this morning on 'Fox & Friends.'

The Republican congressman admitted that he had 'many differences' with the Justice Department official, but said he wasn't worried about a conflict of interest because of Kadzik's role.

'Peter Kadzik is not a decision maker, he is a messenger,' Gowdy told viewers.

The attorney, who was confirmed for his Justice Department job in 2014, also was hired as a lobbyist in 2000 for tax cheat Marc Rich, who was given a controversial pardon by Bill Clinton, in the Democrat's waning days as president.

The Wikileaks emails also show Kadzik's son reaching out to Podesta for a job at the Clinton campaign.

On May 5, 2015, shortly after Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy, PJ Kadzik wrote to Podesta and expressed his interest in working there.

'I have always aspired to work on a presidential campaign, and have been waiting for some time now for [Hillary] to announce so that I can finally make this aspiration a reality,' Kadzik's son wrote, misspelling the Democratic candidate's name.

Podesta said he would 'check around.'

There's no indication that the younger Kadzik was handed a job.

In another instance, Kadzik and Podesta made dinner plans the day after Hillary Clinton's marathon 11-hour Benghazi testimony.

The two got together on Oct. 23, 2015.

They also got together for dinner in January with Kadzik emailing Podesta, 'We on?'

Podesta replied, 'Yes sorry. 7:30 at our place.'