Attorney General Lynch Will Accept Whatever FBI Recommends in Clinton Email Probe, Official Says
Attorney General Loretta Lynch will announce later today in Aspen, Colorado, that she will follow and accept whatever recommendation the FBI makes regarding whether or not to bring charges in the Hillary Clinton email probe, a Justice Department official tells ABC News.
The move comes before the FBI makes a recommendation to Lynch over whether charges should be filed in the investigation tied to Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. Lynch has decided that she will green light whatever recommendation comes from the FBI.
This comes just days after the revelation that Lynch met privately with former president Bill Clinton during a chance encounter on the tarmac at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix earlier this week.
Both Lynch and Clinton have insisted the meeting was completely "social," focusing on grandchildren, golf, travel, the Brexit vote, “and things like that," as Lynch put it.
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If the FBI were to come out now , or at any future date, and recommend an indictment of Hillary Clinton it would be disgraceful, and in itself worthy of a congressional investigation. IT IS TOO LATE. It is too close to the nominating convention. The Democratic primary voters have completely spoken.
Of course, the FBI understands this, which is why it is fair to assume there has not been any intention to indict Clinton , because evidence of criminal intent on her part has been found.
And people said you'd never get to use your Chuck Colson approved pro Nixon talking points again. You sure showed them.
And people said you'd never get to use your Chuck Colson approved pro Nixon talking points again. You sure showed them.
The FBI has been supposedly investigating Clinton for well over a year. According to some right wing sources , 150 agents were involved. If they have evidence Clinton committed a crime I would hope to God they would have presented it prior to the nominating convention.
Seriously, if they indict her now the indictment itself should be the subject of an investigation.
What part of the statute book contains the "she's too close to a nomination to indict" exception to the US criminal code? Since you appear to share the legal outlook of a French aristocrat prior to the French Revolution, are there are any other classes of people you want treated differently from us mere cake eaters?
Don't worry though, I'm sure Lynch just got a Supreme Court nomination or the promise of whatever her dream position is from Bill Clinton to ensure no indictment is forthcoming.
This is from an article in the infamous "American Thinker". I don't agree with the characterization, but the problem with an indictment now is given. The author is a former JAG prosecutor.
"If Comey is an honest policeman, the best time for him to have acted was before Hillary claimed the nomination. Then he would only have been referring charges against another – albeit notorious – private citizen. After the nomination, Hillary becomes not only the standard bearer of one of America's two great political parties, but a "historic" figure as the first woman to do so. As such, it behooved both Hillary and her backers in the media to reach that point ASAP.
As far as Hillary, the mainstream media, and the Democratic Party are concerned, that has now happened, even if the convention is still many weeks away. As a political and media matter, an FBI referral at this point will be against not only the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, but also a historic figure, an affront to the American political system and women everywhere. Hillary is now well positioned to play the old Clinton game, one she perfected long ago in defense of her husband's transgressions: that of the "vast right wing conspiracy" that through a Republican FBI director would derail the first female nominee of a major political party in American history.
No matter what Comey does with this case, he will face accusations of political motivations. But such charges are more effective when the race is down to a one-on-one Democrat vs. Republican, and suddenly a Republican FBI director (no matter that he was appointed by a Democrat president) drops a criminal referral on the "historic" Democrat nominee.
Was Comey planning to refer the charges before the convention and thinking he had a few more weeks to get it done? Did Hillary get wind of it and then get the last few super-delegates she needed to declare, so that she would not only dampen the effect of a Sanders victory in California, but make it more difficult for Comey to refer charges? Both suppositions, though unprovable, are reasonably likely. "
suddenly a Republican FBI director (no matter that he was appointed by a Democrat president) drops a criminal referral on the "historic" Democrat nominee.
So James Comey is a Republican. That is interesting.
Well, maybe you all shouldn't have pushed so hard to get her the nomination if there was a chance she would be indicted. She cannot be protected forever. All it will take is for someone to not be afraid of her, and step up with the,truth, and her support base will crumble.
If the FBI doesn't know the facts after 14 or 15 months of investigating, they never will.
How long was Nixon investigated?
How long was Nixon investigated?
I didn't remember but this link might answer your question Spikegary.
Political investigations began in February 1973 when the Senate established a Committee to investigate the Watergate scandal.
Nixon’s last days in office came in late July and early August, 1974
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Don't worry. Justice has clarified she "reserves the right" to overrule what her hand picked prosecutors recommend, on the off chance they follow the law.
But she bought some favorable headlines to take the stink off her totally unethical meeting with someone the FBI is investigating. Must be nice to have a friendly media to help out when your secret meeting gets discovered.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Obama's DOJ:
"Herridge said that a well-placed FBI source described FBI agents as "livid" about Lynch's actions, saying it goes beyond just appearances.
Herridge explained that Bill Clinton is a potential witness because the FBI is separately investigating corruption allegations against the Clinton Foundation. "
same well placed sources that have tried to leak info about this thing from the beginning?
The stink of corruption will linger over this administration for generations.