Paul Combetta may have stayed tethered to Clintons through legal reimbursements
September 9, 2016 2:22 AM By Todd Shepherd
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A computer specialist who was given immunity by the U.S. Department of Justice in regards to the now-famous Clinton email server continued to work on issues and interviews related to the server as late as September of 2015, roughly six months after the story originally broke. And according to an invoice obtained exclusively by Complete Colorado, all of the costs for travel, time spent on interviews, and legal assistance needed by that individual were possibly being paid for by the Clintons.

If the Clintons were paying for Mr. Combetta’s time and travel, and especially if they were paying for any legal assistance he received through his employer, Denver-based Platte River Networks, it raises the question of how independent Mr. Combetta’s cooperation with the FBI was. Alternately, it could show he remained tethered, and therefore loyal to some degree, to Hillary Clinton and her team.

Late in the evening of September 8, 2016, the New York Times published a story revealing the identity of Combetta, who performed numerous tasks and maintenance on the Clinton server over multiple years, some of which happened in the Clinton’s home in Chappaqua. Combetta’s name was redacted throughout the entirety of the FBI memos released on September 2 which detailed the bureau’s investigation. The Times piece also broke the news that Combetta had received some kind of immunity deal.

The FBI memos also detailed the fact that Combetta deleted and digitally destroyed emails even though he had previously been ordered not to. The New York Times quoted a spokesperson from the Clinton campaign who said, “…neither Hillary Clinton nor her attorneys had knowledge of the Platte River Network employee’s (Combetta’s) actions. It appears he acted on his own and against guidance given by both Clinton’s and Platte River’s attorneys to retain all data in compliance with a congressional preservation request.”

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It is not known if the invoice was paid.

The revelations from the invoice prompted Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley to fire off a letter to Mrs. Clinton last November, writing, “It is important for the Committee to know whether Secretary Clinton and her attorneys are providing financial support, legal support, or other coordination to those associates of hers who are involved in congressional committee and federal law enforcement inquiries relating to her email server.”

In a November article from Politico, the Clinton campaign denied ever receiving the invoice, and said they were not paying Platte River’s legal or PR bills.
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