Washington (CNN) Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether former national security adviser Michael Flynn sought Hillary Clinton's emails from Russian hackers, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the report, the attempt to find the hackers who had allegedly stolen Clinton's emails was headed by now-deceased Republican activist Peter Smith. Of the 62,320 emails reviewed on the server, 31,830 emails were deemed personal by lawyers and therefore destroyed. According to the Journal, Smith thought hackers had some of the deleted emails from her personal server. The Journal originally reported in July that in correspondence, Smith had referred to Flynn as an ally in efforts to obtain Clinton's emails.

Source: CNN August 26, 2017 16:41 UTC