in a march 2019 tweet, ratcliffe asserted that former fbi attorney lisa page had confirmed to him under oath that the obama justice department had ordered the fbi to not consider gross negligence charges against hillary clinton regarding her handling of classified material. however, the june 2018 doj inspector general report on the matter stated that the doj's analysis of the relevant statute found that the fbi evidence for such a charge was lacking, and that interpretation was consistent with "prior cases under different leadership including in the 2008 decision not to prosecute former attorney general alberto gonzales for mishandling classified documents." analysts also noted that the fbi does not charge individuals, rather the doj does, as page clarified to ratcliffe later in her testimony, but which ratcliffe did not mention in his tweet. fox news extensively reported ratcliffe's account of the matter, which trump tweeted about minutes later.