WASHINGTON—Federal investigators are asking the Justice Department to look into whether classified or sensitive government information transmitted through Hillary Rodham Clinton’s personal email server was mishandled, a department official said Friday.
The official confirmed that the department had received a criminal referral from the inspectors general of the State Department, where Clinton served for four years, and of the federal intelligence agencies. Another U.S. official said it was unclear whether classified information was mishandled and that the referral didn’t necessarily suggest wrongdoing by Clinton herself.
The officials weren’t authorized to discuss the referral publicly and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
