Sen. Grassley questions gap in emails from political intelligence probe

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The Hill:

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding that the Obama administration explain a four-hour gap in emails that he requested as part of his investigation into the political intelligence industry.

In a letter sent Monday and obtained exclusively by The Hill, Grassley questioned Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner about a period of inactivity in the agency’s email records from March 22.

“There is an unusual four hour gap in time when CMS provided no employee emails. On May 29, my staff asked CMS for an explanation of the four-hour gap in time. To date, CMS has offered no official explanation,” he wrote.

Grassley is investigating suspicious trading in healthcare stocks in the days before the CMS announced a plan to reverse proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage, which are managed by private insurers.