US Senate opens new investigation into Hillary Clinton

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley has launched an investigation into Hillary Clinton, the Daily Caller reported.

The commission will investigate former US Secretary of State's attempts to broker a deal to close a criminal corruption case against businessman Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh.

According to the newspaper, Mrs. Clinton is accused of putting pressure on the country's Prime Minister and his son to end the investigation.

Muhammad Yunus - one of the donors to the Clinton Foundation and a close friend of the Clinton family.

Senator Grassley has asked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to provide the Committee with all documents related to the case within two weeks.

This is the first investigation against Hillary Clinton since the presidential election in November 2016. In addition, the Senate is also investigating the former Secretary of State's exchange of official correspondence via personal email.

According to Sputnik