Posted on 10/29/2016 10:56:24 AM PDT by xzins
The following is the text of the letter from FBI Director Comey to Congress in which the criminal investigation against Hillary Clinton is again opened. Note the underlined sections. Comey first says they appear to be pertinent. Then he says they must undergo an investigative review.
Dear Messrs Chairmen: In previous congressional testimony, l referred to the fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had completed its investigation of former Secretary Clinton's personal email server. Due to recent developments, I am writing to supplement my previous testimony.
In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation. I am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.
Although the FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant, and I cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work, I believe it is important to update your Committees about our efforts in light of my previous testimony.
Sincerely yours, James B. Comey Director
The media spin at this point is that no one knows what is in the emails, AND that the FBI itself doesn't know.
That is belied by Comey's own words:
1. For him to say that they 'appear to be pertinent' says that they HAVE been looked at. At a minimum, there has been an initial reading of the emails, and perhaps a preliminary analysis. How else can one conclude they 'appear to be pertinent'?
2. His following words seem to confirm this understanding, because he goes on to say that the emails must be reviewed by investigators in terms of the investigation. This sounds like an in depth look specifically focused on the actual legal issues of the investigation. First there was a reading and a reflection. Then there is this review as seen through the eyes of the investigation.
So, beware the Clinton spin that is appearing in the media. The FBI knows that something is there.
What this all boils down to is as said by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in her interview this morning with Neil Cavuto. This is a criminal investigation. We have a presidential candidate a few days from an election, and that candidate is under criminal investigation by the FBI.
Bondi went on to say that if she applied for a job in government and checked the box on the application that asks if she's under criminal investigation then she would not be hired. If she applied for any job and revealed she is under FBI criminal investigation that she would not be hired.
This is directly connected to the continuing issues of corruption, deceit, and incompetence that have always been relevant with Hillary Clinton.
Did you read the part that says it was the investigative team informed him material was present that is pertinent? IOW, the investigative team HAS LOOKED at the material.
How are you covering yourself by sending State Department emails, possibly containing classified info to your personal email account? Not to mention the fact that they ended up on your pervert husband’s personal laptop. That makes no sense. It just compounds the problem and creates another breach of security.
Dear Messrs Chairmen:
In previous congressional testimony, l referred to the fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had completed its investigation of former Secretary Clinton's personal email server.
After I blatantly lied my @ss off about the Espionage Act, I came to your house and told you in your face that was the end of it.
Due to recent developments, I am writing to supplement my previous testimony.
Unfortunately, our cover-up was incomplete, so I'm trying to clean up the mess.
In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation.
Somebody outside the FBI has their hands on evidence we tried to destroy or immunize away.
I am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.
Some of my flunkies came to me in a panic, and warned me that the whole rotten sh!thouse was about to go up in flames, and we've spent all day trying to figure out how to minimize the damage.
Although the FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant,
We're not sure we're going to be able to cover the new evidence up.
and I cannot predict how long it will take us to complete this additional work,
We'll try our best to run out the clock between now and November 8th so at the very least we can all be pardoned,
I believe it is important to update your Committees about our efforts in light of my previous testimony.
It's likely that honest people not under our control will obtain the information, and release it, and I need to cover my @ss, and protect Loretta Lynch and Barack 0bama, if that's even still possible.
Sincerely yours, James B. Comey Director
With deepest regrets and mounting alarm, James "Jimmy The Weasel" Comey.
Correct. So what is new?
Can't be new evidence alone, so it must be something in possession of an actor or agency that they can't conceal.
A very fine translation.
The ambiguity inthe letter and the Friday news dump, Comey is still doing everything he can for Hillary.
...and I she lied in that application, she would be prohibited forever from serving in ANY Federal elected or appointed office!
Excellent!
This isn't material found in a particular place or at a particular time whose mere presence indicates applicability. The emails have been read, and consequently the investigation has been reopened. Were it otherwise, Comey has just thrown his career in the toilet.
I don’t believe the Democrats are afraid. If Comey discussed this with Lynch, there is no way in the world, Lynch didn’t immediately inform Hillary. I think they know the focus is Huma, that is why they are calling for the release of the FBI information. At the same time, they are making it look like another witch hunt.
Well, technically, she wouldn’t be under FBI criminal investigation unless there was a grand jury.
He wasn't breaking news though, he was preempting it by telling the truth before it was exposed by somebody else... And despite Hillary's lame assertion (i.e. lie) that the first she heard of this was from the media, I'm pretty sure Hillary and Huma have been aware for some time that the emails were found and that the investigation had been reopened previous to his announcement.
Emails on Huma's computer confiscated by the NYPD in the most Democrat state in America are found and the cops told the democrat prosecutor, who in turn told his boss, who in turn told his boss, who in turn told the mayor, who in turn told the FBI and somehow after going through all those Democrat channels, not one soul bothered to inform Huma and Hillary.... That is laughable at best.
from NYT - here’s what we can expect:
In conference calls, email chains and overnight text messages, Clinton aides provided talking points for allies to convey a coordinated message that the campaign was confident that the F.B.I. would find nothing to hurt Mrs. Clinton in the new inquiry. According to several party officials, donors and campaign surrogates appearing on television, the greater concern is that an election that seemed like Mrs. Clinton’s to lose will now be thrown into doubt, depressing some of her supporters while rallying Republicans around down-ballot candidates and even their battered presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump.
In a conference call with campaign surrogates on Friday night, a rare gathering at the start of a weekend, Clinton advisers asked them to push a coordinated message in news media interviews and with voters: that the F.B.I. investigation had not been reopened; that none of the new emails had emerged from Mrs. Clinton; that the F.B.I. had to release more details about its inquiry; and that they were concerned that Mr. Comey had taken this action.
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Yes, it makes sense.
If you don’t trust your superiors, you might want a trail of their actions that you could use in the future for the purpose of trading.
Then you didn’t look at the photos of Huma this week.
Give it a rest, Goofy.
It also does not rule out that DO CONTAIN EVIDENCE pertinent to the finding of criminality, which is obvious to everyone BUT the FBI and our legal system, which as observed long ago, the Law?
THE LAW (often) IS A ASS!"
LOL! You’re probably right.
I agree with that, but I also think there is something there and that he’s protecting himself.
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