Posted on 11/14/2016 5:50:39 AM PST by John Semmens
Presidential Press Secretary Josh Earnest expressed confidence that President Obama would "not let emotional outbursts by people understandably distraught over the election deter him from pardoning Hillary and those other public servants for any crimes they may have committed in the course of performing their duties. The template for such a pardon was established by President Ford's similar pardon for Nixon. And as Hillary pointed out in one of the debates, in America we don't jail losing candidates."
"Governing is not a business for the squeamish," Earnest added. "Actions that might be regarded as appalling if done by ordinary people may be necessary for maintaining order and continuity among those elevated to rule the nation. Punishing members of the governing class for undertaking the distasteful tasks necessary would be too disruptive to the peaceful transfer of power."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=233712.0
Quite likely he will do it.
The Mother of all Plea Bargains. The first thing Clintoonie has to do is admit that she’s a crook and replace her arrogance with a little remorse.
NOT SATIRE.....if any of Huma’s ex, Weiner’s, astounding cache of 650,000 emails can be matched to payments made to the still-active Clinton Foundation FBI investigation, the charge is not mishandling classified information, but Treason and Espionage for life or death sentences. Thus, the delay.......
KEEP IN MIND.....in addition to the highly visible Clinton Foundation and its offshoot, the Clinton Global Initiative, there are several separate Clinton foundations that maintain their own revenue streams. All these entities maintain separate operations for the Clintons’ pay-to-play global racketeering operations:
<><>the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI),
<><>the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton (BHCC) Foundation,
<><>the Clinton Foundation Hong Kong,
<><> William J. Clinton Foundation Charitable Trust (Kenya),
<><>William J. Clinton Foundation Charitable Trust (UK),
<><> the Clinton Foundation Insalingsstiftelse (Sweden).
<><> the Clinton/Guistra Partnership, Canada.
Trump administration could mean new life for Clinton Foundation probe
By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent
Washington (CNN)The FBI has spent more than a year looking into the Clinton Foundation without getting beyond the starting gates. That could soon change.
Investigators at the FBI’s New York office, who unsuccessfully argued for months that they should be allowed to open a full-blown investigation of the foundation, could find a more friendly audience in a Donald Trump administration Justice Department.
The President-elect railed during the closing weeks of the campaign against the relationship between foundation donors and Hillary Clinton’s work in government as “corrupt.”
He promised there would more investigations of the Clintons if he were elected.
Soon, top officials he appoints at the Justice Department will have the power make that happen.
And the FBI investigators may have more ammunition to make their case with stolen emails from Clinton aides released in recent weeks by WikiLeaks.
The emails showed internal fights over the foundation between Chelsea Clinton and a top aide to her father, Doug Band, who helped run the foundation. Chelsea Clinton, according to the emails, was concerned about possible conflicts of interest and problems related to Bill Clinton’s paid speech-making business, dubbed “Bill Clinton Inc.” The dispute prompted the foundation to conduct an internal audit of its activities. Band hit back at Chelsea Clinton, according to the emails, suggesting she used the foundation to pay for her wedding.
Rudy Giuliani, considered a contender for attorney general or other top cabinet post, according to people familiar with Trump transition planning, said Thursday that the new president will have to make a decision on what to do about his promises to hire a special prosecutor to investigate matters related to Clinton.
“It’s been a tradition in our politics to put things behind us,” Giuliani said on CNN’s “New Day.” “On the other hand, you have to look at how bad was it? Because suppose somebody comes along a year from now and is alleged to have stolen $50,000 from a charity — and (Clinton) was never investigated for hundreds of millions.”
Messages left with the Clinton Foundation seeking comment were not returned.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/11/politics/donald-trump-clinton-foundation/
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