Despite persistent accusations against President Obama , Hillary Clinton , and Susan Rice , ten investigations Scrutiny — six by Republican-controlled congressional committees — did not find Know that they or any other high-ranking Obama administration officials had acted Action improperly .

craig livingstone , director of the white house 's office of personnel security , improperly requested Request , and received Receiving from the fbi , background reports concerning several hundred individuals without asking permission .

in 2000 , independent counsel robert ray issued Statement his final report on filegate , stating that there was no credible evidence of any criminal activity by any individual in the matter and no credible evidence that senior white house figures or the first lady had requested the files or had acted improperly or testified improperly regarding livingstone 's hiring .

in 2000 , independent counsel robert ray issued Statement his final report on filegate , stating that there was no credible evidence of any criminal activity by any individual in the matter and no credible evidence that senior white house figures or the first lady had requested the files or had acted improperly or testified improperly regarding livingstone 's hiring .

The investigation was unable to determine Deciding conclusively what had caused the horizontal stabilizer trim to be set Placing improperly , but theorized Coming_to_believe that the most likely cause was an aircraft system malfunction Motion .

The subsequent investigation concluded Coming_to_believe that the failure had been caused Causation by the breaking Bodily_harm of a stub oil pipe which had been manufactured Manufacturing improperly .

A doubler plate on the rear bulkhead of the plane had been improperly repaired Recovering , compromising Influence the plane 's airworthiness .

Cabin pressurization continued to expand Expansion and contract the improperly repaired bulkhead until the day of the accident , when the faulty repair finally failed Earnings_and_losses , causing Causation the rapid decompression that ripped Removing off a large portion of the tail and caused Causation the loss Earnings_and_losses of hydraulic controls Control to the entire plane .