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.
It was stupidity because neither Clinton nor Lynch seem to understand that they live and operate in Old Politics. In Old Politics this would be shoved under a rug while the hapless schmuck the Republicans seem to run every four years stands by watching and saying nothing. Trump won’t let that happen he invented New Politics and he is forcing them to play by its rules. Contrary to what Limbaugh said we are not being played;the Clintons have played themselves.
Pardon them for what, exactly?
It doesn't matter...for any potential wrongdoings. I just think Clinton running for President with a "pardoned" status would deduct about 25% from her vote totals.
You can’t give a pardon until there has been a conviction. There’s no such thing as a “blanket” “cover all contingency” pardon.
That’s not true. Ford pardoned Nixon before he could be indicted on any charges.
My belief is that Billy Jeff was just tying up the deal. He stopped by to remind Loretta how she got there in the first place. It also gives her cover to now say oh well I’ll accept whatever my prosecutors want to do. Her prosecutors all being career civil servants know what the correct move is. No indictment.
Now, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.
Nixon was accused of official misconduct. That’s what Ford’s September 8, 1974 pardon was for.
That’s why Ford’s pardon was so controversial. It’s also the primary reason why he lost his reelection bid to Carter.
I thought of that, but why not just drive to a random spot somewhere away from the airport and in separate cars, then one gets out of their car and talks in the other one? The FBI on scene would have been down with it, they supposedly told the reporter no cameras.
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In that way she protects herself somewhat from retribution when the axe falls.
The post meeting press conference makes sense in that light because it further highlights that the meeting was held. She admits that it was the wrong move, but it's her way of keeping the goons away.
Does this make sense?
Occam's Razor simplified says that the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation is.
So what subject or common interest, other than the Justice Department's investigation of Hillary's criminality, would be likely to have importance to both of them at this point in time?
Bill sure didn't hold up the departure of his private plane for a half hour and set up a clandestine meeting because Lynch is interested in his golf game or because he and Lynch have a pressing interest in each other's grand-kids development as Lynch claimed.
This makes a lot of sense. Trying to pull of hits meeting is a sign of stress on the Bill/Hillary side.
Or submitting a false affidavit to the court and getting disbarred
The only thing saving him nd all the other democrat fools is the MSM refusing to cover their crimes.
That's what I'm talking about. Now he's getting ready to move back to the White House and party like there's no tomorrow. You think he gives a rat's ass about that impeachment or being disbarred? You do have a valid point though, he may have overestimated his invincibility in this case. We can only hope.
It’s a poker game. Generally the Dem players are ganging up against the Rep player (Trump). But at the end of the day one or more of the Dems will have to go to jail over Hillary’s email server. (Think Scooter Libby). Will it be the IT schmuck (Pagliano), or a bigger fish (Mills, Abedin)? Everybody is in deep CYA because they all have a certain freedom-of-action in that somebody could flip at the last minute and wreck The Plan. I just think the Lynch-Bubba meeting serves a purpose for the Clintons, but it serves a different purpose for Lynch if this thing blows up.
Good point and Bubba is the master of sneaking around and meeting suriptitiously. I think the reason must be that Bubba set this up and worked it around her schedule and wanted it to look innocent to her (or she may have not met him in the first place). Then Bubba laid down the deal. he might not even have had to directly bring it up to make his point. Facial expressions and body language can say a lot. Thus the reason for a face to face meeting.
imo bill offered up hillary and told lynch not to indict him...sacrifice one not both...
If the fix is in, it didn’t happen because of a meeting between Slick Willy and the AG. I believe it was decided long ago. Maybe Bill just wanted to make sure she got her instructions right.
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