By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The FBI has nowhere near 147 agents investigating Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server, sources told NBC News.
The Washington Post first reported that 147 agents were on the case but has since revised that figure.
“The FBI will not provide an exact figure,” but there are “fewer than 50” FBI personnel involved, the Post reported.
But a former federal official with direct knowledge of the case told MNSBC that even 50 agents is an exaggeration.
“There are currently about 12 FBI agents working full-time on the case,” says the source, who would only speak anonymously about an open investigation.
The former FBU official added: “147 was such a ridiculous number,” said the source, adding that 50 also sounded unrealistic for this kind of inquiry. “You need an act of terrorism to get 50 agents working on something.”
