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Gohmert doubles down after FBI dismisses claim of Clinton server hack
FOX Snooze ^ | 08/30/2018 | By Brooke Singman, Adam Shaw

Posted on 08/30/2018 11:44:24 AM PDT by Red Badger

Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert doubled down after the FBI dismissed claims that a Chinese state-owned company hacked former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

'[P]artisan politics, sadly, are very much at play within some of the leadership at the FBI," the Texas congressman said in a statement late Wednesday.

The Daily Caller first reported that the FBI was notified of the purported hack in 2015, when the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) warned the bureau of the intrusion. The hack reportedly implanted code that generated a “courtesy copy” for almost all Clinton's emails -- which was then forwarded to the Chinese company.

A source briefed on the matter confirmed to Fox News the details of the Caller’s reporting. Gohmert also had told Fox News on Tuesday that the emails were obtained by a foreign country’s intelligence, though he declined to name the country in question.

But on Wednesday, the FBI sharply disputed the claims, saying it “has not found any evidence the servers were compromised.”

In his overnight statement, Gohmert argued it was the ICIG -- not the FBI -- that discovered the breach. He said the FBI conveniently omitted that detail.

CHINESE COMPANY REPORTEDLY HACKED CLINTON'S SERVER

“It’s not surprising that the FBI ‘has not found any evidence’ regarding Clinton’s servers being breached,” Gohmert, R-Texas, said. “It was the Obama-appointed Intelligence Community Inspector General that discovered the breach. It was not the FBI that found it, so their statement was technically correct, but very deceptive in its omission.”

The FBI also had referred Fox News to the Justice Department’s Inspector General report, which was released in June, to push back on the Caller's reporting.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: china; fbi; gohmert; louiegohmert
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"The ICIG declined to comment.".................
1 posted on 08/30/2018 11:44:24 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Hillary! Clinton declined to commment other than to say...
“At this point, what difference does it make.”


2 posted on 08/30/2018 11:47:15 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Red Badger

The FBI says it has spent thousands of hours investigating and found nothing. But, in an off hand comment, mention that they were limited by the fact that they lacked some of the key server equipment...

No kidding. You can “investigate” all you want, but if you don’t have the server, you will never find “evidence of intrusion”, will you. So, technically true. They looked and looked, and never found anything. Not even the infamous server.


3 posted on 08/30/2018 11:48:04 AM PDT by marron
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To: Red Badger

Why do we have overlapping Inspector Generals?

What fetchin’ gov’t waste!

But we now know Clinton paid off the Chinese.


4 posted on 08/30/2018 11:48:21 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-group)
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To: Red Badger

“It was not the FBI that found it, so their statement was technically correct, but very deceptive in its omission.””

Lesson #1729 in “spin”. Please pay attention.


5 posted on 08/30/2018 11:48:51 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: Red Badger

SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!!! NOW!


6 posted on 08/30/2018 11:49:02 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Red Badger
"But on Wednesday, the FBI sharply disputed the claims..."

Let's fix that to read: "But on Wednesday, reporters claiming to have anonymous sources within the FBI said that the FBI disputed the claims..."

7 posted on 08/30/2018 11:55:13 AM PDT by Stingray51
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To: Red Badger

Let’s remember that Sessions is supposed to be in charge of the FBI too.


8 posted on 08/30/2018 11:55:43 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Red Badger

What if she wasn’t hacked? Could she have sent along the password for $$$?
I wouldn’t put that past her.


9 posted on 08/30/2018 11:55:44 AM PDT by jdfromny (At what point are we officially "North Americans"?)
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To: marron

Q:

“We have the server.”.........................


10 posted on 08/30/2018 11:55:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: jdfromny

That would be treason....................


11 posted on 08/30/2018 11:56:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Every department has IGs.....................


12 posted on 08/30/2018 11:56:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: All

I’m feel like I’m back in the Clinton Whitewater/Vince Foster days. The system is rancid and not a bloody thing is going to happen, except that DJT and his family are in danger, thanks to Magoo & his pal Mueller. I hope Trump pulls it all down (fire Magoo, Wray, Rosenstein & Mueller) before the midterms, if we lose the House things will be far worse. The media/Establishment firestorm that will follow will be our rallying cry.


13 posted on 08/30/2018 11:57:45 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

I’m so poor I can’t even pay attention.................[rimshot]......


14 posted on 08/30/2018 11:58:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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If BHO wishes to deny intent in his do-nothing response to the PDB advising him of the Chinese receipt of "courtesy copies" of Hillary's unsecured-and-hacked server, through which he continued to communicate via unsecured email alias addresses, the only other choice for him is:
  gross dereliction of duty and
  high crimes and misdemeanors

...oh, I suppose there's out-and-out "treason."

15 posted on 08/30/2018 11:58:56 AM PDT by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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To: marron

It’s this kind of twisted denial that is so damning to the intelligence agencies.


16 posted on 08/30/2018 12:04:11 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: jdfromny
the password for $$$?

Look for a Clinton Foundation contribution with a trailing 5 zeroes that divides evenly by the number of forwarded "courtesy copies" x $100k.

It'll be from a Chinese front, most likely.

17 posted on 08/30/2018 12:04:32 PM PDT by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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To: Red Badger
(ICIG Report: Hillary Clinton Emails Routinely Sent To ‘Unauthorized Foreign Entity’)

Love that Texan Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert.

18 posted on 08/30/2018 12:09:27 PM PDT by yoe
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To: Red Badger
The FBI's new Motto:

YOUR FBI

Now Slightly Less Believable Than Joe Isuzu

And Darn Proud Of It!


19 posted on 08/30/2018 12:09:37 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler
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To: Red Badger

The FIB has no credibility on anything.


20 posted on 08/30/2018 12:11:06 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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