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State Dept Provided 'Clearly False' Statements To Derail Requests For Clinton Docs, 'Shocked' Judge
Fox News ^ | 10-18-2018 | Gregg Re

Posted on 10/17/2018 10:30:09 PM PDT by blam

In a combative exchange at a hearing Friday in Washington, D.C., a federal judge unabashedly accused career State Department officials of lying and signing "clearly false" affidavits to derail a series of lawsuits seeking information about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server and her handling of the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth said he was "shocked" and "dumbfounded" when he learned that FBI had granted immunity to former Clinton chief of staff Cheryl Mills during its investigation into the use of Clinton's server, according to a court transcript of his remarks.

"I had myself found that Cheryl Mills had committed perjury and lied under oath in a published opinion I had issued in a Judicial Watch case where I found her unworthy of belief, and I was quite shocked to find out she had been given immunity in — by the Justice Department in the Hillary Clinton email case," Lamberth said during Friday's hearing.

The Department of Justice's Inspector General (IG), Michael Horowitz, noted in a bombshell report in June that it was "inconsistent with typical investigative strategy" for the FBI to allow Mills to sit in during the agency's interview of Clinton during the email probe, given that classified information traveled through Mills' personal email account. "[T]here are serious potential ramifications when one witness attends another witness' interview," the IG wrote.

On Friday, Lamberth, who was appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan, said he did not know Mills had been granted immunity until he "read the IG report and learned that and that she had accompanied [Clinton] to her interview."

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"I was actually dumbfounded when I found out ... that Cheryl Mills had been given immunity."
— U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth
1 posted on 10/17/2018 10:30:09 PM PDT by blam
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I guess he doesn’t listen to or watch or read any news source


2 posted on 10/17/2018 10:34:05 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
"I had myself found that Cheryl Mills had committed perjury and lied under oath in a published opinion I had issued in a Judicial Watch case where I found her unworthy of belief, and I was quite shocked to find out she had been given immunity in — by the Justice Department in the Hillary Clinton email case," Lamberth said during Friday's hearing.
In case you wondered why the Demagogic Party is so desperate to cling to power in the courts..

3 posted on 10/17/2018 10:34:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: blam

There is something dreadfully rotten in the proverbial state of Denmark


4 posted on 10/17/2018 10:36:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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“State Dep’t” doesn’t draw a paycheck, people do. Find the names and fire them and charge them with crimes. Otherwise don’t bother mentioning it, we already know.


5 posted on 10/17/2018 10:38:31 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: blam

Big whoop. Nothing will come of this.


6 posted on 10/17/2018 10:39:13 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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Lol... I don’t blame them. I’d do it too. All federal judges do is huff and puff, but nobody ever gets locked up. Why follow their rules if there aren’t any consequences?


7 posted on 10/17/2018 10:42:33 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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How many times in the last 10 years have i read about how some federal judge was really angry at being ignored, lied to, tricked, etc?
But they never do a thing except say something barely scornful.


8 posted on 10/17/2018 10:47:52 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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Shocked?! Well, enough to cancel the immunity deal?


9 posted on 10/17/2018 10:53:19 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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But, will anything come from this.

Being shocked is one thing, charging people with crimes is what needs to happen.


10 posted on 10/17/2018 10:53:25 PM PDT by jrestrepo (See you all in Galt's gulch)
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“How many times in the last 10 years have i read about how some federal judge was really angry at being ignored, lied to, tricked, etc?
But they never do a thing except say something barely scornful.”

Unless of course it is to the socialists advantage from the 9th or Hawaii then it is law of the land......


11 posted on 10/17/2018 10:54:19 PM PDT by JParris
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when he learned that FBI had granted immunity to former Clinton chief of staff Cheryl Mills during its investigation into the use of Clinton's server

The FBI HAD to grant immunity - because The Orange Man Is Bad.

12 posted on 10/17/2018 11:01:18 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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a federal judge unabashedly accused career State Department officials of lying and signing "clearly false" affidavits

Then, obviously, those people should be removed from employment and prosecuted criminally.

13 posted on 10/17/2018 11:06:42 PM PDT by Robwin (very)
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Wonder what he thinks about Mills, Abedin, et al, being granted immunity and then pleading the fifth and NOT answering the questions they were asked?! I thought immunity deals come with the stipulation that you HAVE to testify - but maybe that only applies to Republicans and Conservatives.


14 posted on 10/17/2018 11:23:58 PM PDT by boatbums (Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy he saved us.)
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And they are all still free, most, or all, with good jobs, and thumbing their noses at us and the nation.


15 posted on 10/17/2018 11:29:38 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals Voted Republican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall !")
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“I had myself found that Cheryl Mills had committed perjury and lied under oath in a published opinion I had issued in a Judicial Watch case”

Given that a Judge gift wrapped the basis for an indictment against Mills to Sessions and he did nothing we can conclude again Sessions is the most incompetent and useless AG in history.


16 posted on 10/18/2018 12:05:52 AM PDT by Lent
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To: blam

so now we see why HRC crashed into a wall today... another weak attempt to divert the news cycle from her dastardly deeds and pocahonkey’s dna story.

I think it is obvious that they are trying out for a female/ latino ticket with Castro...what a joke. No one is buying any of this.

If dems can’t even run one city correctly, or one state correctly... or one October surprise correctly... then why would anyone vote for them?

They are pathetic people that rely on deceit and “controlling the narrative” ... another term for lying in order to get people to vote for them.

I think people understand that opinions are the goal posts and truth is what happens in between. We know who is kneeling when the flag comes up before the game.

What a joke.


17 posted on 10/18/2018 12:07:21 AM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: Jeff Chandler
It's like we here the clock tick-tocking over

and over again but it never goes off!


18 posted on 10/18/2018 12:08:27 AM PDT by caww
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To: Jeff Chandler
It's like we here the clock tick-tocking over

and over again but it never goes off!


19 posted on 10/18/2018 12:08:28 AM PDT by caww
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Mills is another unethical lawyer in the Clinton whore house and should be put under oath and grilled by the court and Congress. No immunity, no mercy. The bitch must go to jail. Take away her law license.


20 posted on 10/18/2018 12:20:57 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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