Posted on 07/03/2016 11:17:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
A good guideline in politics is that we should never explain as conspiracy an action that can be satisfactorily explained as mere stupidity. But the highly questionable meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton at a Phoenix airport last week tests the limits of that maxim, because it is hard to believe that two seasoned politicians could be that stupid.
Lynch now admits that the meeting with Bill Clinton while his wife is the target of a major FBI investigation has “cast a shadow” over public perception of the independence of that investigation. But both Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton are smart enough to know that their meeting would only trigger a wave of public outrage. So why did they take the risk, especially given Lynch’s insistence that their conversation was limited to personal pleasantries and that they avoided any discussion of the investigation? Was mere chitchat about grandchildren worth the predictable political fallout, including calls for Lynch’s resignation or impeachment?
Lynch’s assurance that she would follow the lead of the professional prosecutors investigating Hillary’s use of a nonsecure, homebrew server may be intended to give the impression that all is now as it should be and that there is nothing to see here. But the question remains: Why would two seasoned politicians walk into a publicity storm that was fully predictable and easily avoided?
Given that stupidity is not a satisfactory answer to that question, we are left with the more plausible answer that Lynch and Clinton knew exactly what would happen and that they planned it that way. In fact, Lynch’s assurance that she will support the recommendation of the professional prosecutors and investigators handling the Clinton case begins to look more like a coldly calculated bet than an amateurish blunder.
What bet are Lynch and the Clintons making? How could this meeting and the resulting political storm actually serve the agenda of the Clintons and Loretta Lynch?
Comments about the meeting by legal expert J. Christian Adams to Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File can help to answer those questions. First, Adams noted that, given what is known so far, “a county D.A. could probably win the case” against Hillary Clinton. Second, he pointed out that Lynch’s meeting with Bill Clinton sends a clear message to the professional prosecutors investigating the case.
Adams’ bold contention about the clarity of the case against Hillary Clinton is supported by the writing of other legal experts. Judge Andrew Napolitano has written a series of articles detailing both the established facts – approximately 66,000 emails on Clinton’s homebrew server with around 2,200 of those containing state secrets – and the relevant points of espionage law. Napolitano’s conclusion was that Clinton’s legal status is “grave or worse than grave.”
Just from the published facts, it is not only likely that truly independent prosecutors would recommend indictment and create problems for Clinton’s presidential campaign, but also that loss of the White House would be the least of Hillary’s worries. Furthermore, given the concerns about the connections between Hillary’s influence as Secretary of State and money flowing into the Clinton Foundation, there could be uncomfortable questions for Bill Clinton himself.
In light of the legal case and likely consequences for the Clintons, a political firestorm over a brief meeting is a small price to pay if, as Adams contends, that meeting sends the right message to the professional prosecutors.
The message is that Lynch and the Clintons are on the same team, and Lynch is betting that the prosecutors know which recommendation she expects to receive.
It is also a reasonable bet that those prosecutors know what is at stake. The prosecutors and investigators working under Loretta Lynch have mortgages to pay and kids who are planning to go to college. They have reputations to protect, and could ill afford the kind of smear campaign and retribution for which the Clintons are known.
Those prosecutors also know that Barack Obama himself has publicly downplayed the security risks of Clinton’s use of a homebrew server. They also know that the Obama administration is populated with hardened Alinskyites who know how to isolate and target individuals who threaten their agenda. The lessons of the IRS’s targeting of those who merely disagreed with Obama’s policies cannot have been lost on those prosecutors. One can only imagine what would happen to someone who pushed to indict the Democrat’s frontrunner, regardless of the weight of the evidence.
Has the long arm of the law finally caught up with the Clintons? A betting person would have to weigh the fact that there are highly professional and ethical individuals working on the Clinton case against the willingness of the Clintons and the Obama administration to pursue their agenda, as the Alinskyites are fond of saying, by any means necessary.
It appears that Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton are betting that the long arm of the law still isn’t long enough to catch a Clinton.
There was a reporter at the airport who happened too see Clinton. He was on FNC. Hard to believe you haven’t seen the story.
Who knows? Maybe they wanted to postpone it & FBI shot down that request so Bubba says ’let me see what I can do.’
My brain can come up with all sorts of scenarios which sound good one day. The next day, not so much. In the end they are nothing more than my brain working overtime to come to a conclusion based on pure speculation.
Yes, you are correct. I like how your mind works (just like mine)
The Clintons need to realize she isn’t running against the idiot Romney, BUT against Trump. If she “Beats the Rap” It will be Crooked Hilary who rigged the system against the American People!
Reading the responses here is a hoot! Every single imaginable reason and outcome of the meeting has been offered thereby proving no one knows a thing and everyone is guessing.
Please read post #54 as to the potential motives of action in either direction and the probability of the outcome can be discerned.
I don’t think ‘brilliance’ has anything to with the meeting because if anyone can remember back what has happened whenever a ‘special’ prosecuter is assigned to investigate a crime because any information about the case goes away until ‘they’ reach a conclusion.
Answers to all questions about it are always...no comment, it’s under investigation.
That’s all the criminals in this case are aiming for and it hardly takes brilliance to remember the past and how long this process takes.
I read it. Interesting but still a guess.
I think it was arrogance on the part of Clinton and cowardice on the part of Lynch. Clinton knew the media and leftists would cover for him and he knew Lynch would cave to him.
All the more reason for Congress to make an example out of Loretta Lynch. If they don’t it is they who have sold America down the river. And the rise of Donald Trump should convince all of them that MANY Americans aren’t in a mood to take it with a shrug...
And I think you hit the nail square on the head.
Was it airport personnel...or a political insider?
Good grief. The article poses an obvious question that is not being addressed by the MSM: How could Bill Clinton be so stupid?
And then it gives you a really stupid answer: To send a message to the career prosecutors that Lynch and Clinton are on the same team.
Give me a break. They don’t need this sort of theatrics to get that message out. I knew it. 99% of Freepers know it. A ridiculous idea.
So WHY DID BILL DO IT?
It could be several things but certainly among them is the FACT that Bill and Hillary are very nervous about what is going down in the FBI and Justice. He/They would never take a risk like this unless the stakes were very high.
Also high on the list is a possible threat from the Clinton’s to Lynch/Obama. Could be. A threat of some sort from Bill is, for me, almost a certainty.
Interesting Times, these.
Thank you. I've been saying the same thing mostly to deaf ears.
What do you think Bill was up to?
If so then Bill doesn't know what you know. If he did he wouldn't have been in Phoenix that day. Too much risk. No payoff for a meeting with Lynch. He would be risking a deal already made for no gain at all. That would be the definition of foolishness.
Arrogance knows no caution.
You can do better than that. I'll buy the Arrogance part. But both Clintons are cold and calculating. Bill made the calculation. It was Benefit vs. Possible Loss. He knew the risk. He took the chance.
What was he thinking he could gain from this meeting? I really want to know.
Good point. I don’t know. I believe he did say but I forget.
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