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FBI reversal: Bureau will release more Clinton investigation docs
The Washington Times ^ | September 14, 2017 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 09/14/2017 4:22:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Weeks after saying there wasn’t enough public interest in Hillary Clinton’s email case, the FBI’s decision has been modified, and the bureau will publicly release more details of its obstruction of justice probe into the former secretary of state.

The Justice Department confirmed the new position in a letter Thursday to Ty Clevenger, a lawyer who’d filed an open-records request for the information.

The FBI had initially told him there wasn’t enough public interest to outweigh Mrs. Clinton’s privacy concerns, but he appealed to the Justice Department, which said it was “modifying the FBI’s response.”

Justice Department official Sean R. O’Neill said after speaking with Mr. Clevenger, they have concluded that the records in question are part of the Clinton email investigation file, which he said they’re already making public in installments.....

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: fbi; fbihillaryemails; hillary; hillaryemails; lawenforcement

1 posted on 09/14/2017 4:22:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Original and untouched. /s


2 posted on 09/14/2017 4:24:17 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

To heck with Hillary’s privacy concerns, she is a crook and the world deserves to know how crooked she really is.


3 posted on 09/14/2017 4:25:38 PM PDT by Robert357 ( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Comey was more than incompetent. He was clearly in the tank for the Clintons.

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From CNN, July 2016...

This was not his first time investigating the Clintons [Comey]

Nor his second. The email server probe marked the third time Comey has investigated Bill or Hillary Clinton.

His first run-in came in the mid-1990s, when he joined the Senate Whitewater Committee as a deputy special counsel. There he dug into allegations that the Clintons took part in a fraud connected to a Arkansas real estate venture gone bust. No charges were ever brought against either Clinton..."

"In 2002, Comey, then a federal prosecutor, took over an investigation into President Bill Clinton's 2001 pardon of financier Marc Rich, who had been indicted on a laundry list of charges before fleeing the country . ..."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/07/politics/who-is-james-comey-fbi-director-things-to-know/index.html
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"The Whitewater controversy (also known as the Whitewater scandal, or simply Whitewater) began with investigations into the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates, Jim and Susan McDougal, in the Whitewater Development Corporation, a failed business venture in the 1970s and 1980s."

Whitewater Convictions

Jim Guy Tucker: Governor of Arkansas at the time, removed from office (fraud, 3 counts)

John Haley: attorney for Jim Guy Tucker (tax evasion)

William J. Marks, Sr.: Jim Guy Tucker's business partner (conspiracy)

Stephen Smith: former Governor Clinton aide (conspiracy to misapply funds). Bill Clinton pardoned.

Webster Hubbell: Clinton political supporter; Rose Law Firm partner (embezzlement, fraud)

Jim McDougal: banker, Clinton political supporter: (18 felonies, varied)

Susan McDougal: Clinton political supporter (multiple fraud). Bill Clinton pardoned.

David Hale: banker, self-proclaimed Clinton political supporter: (conspiracy, fraud)

Neal Ainley: Perry County Bank president (embezzled bank funds for Clinton campaign)

Chris Wade: Whitewater real estate broker (multiple loan fraud). Bill Clinton pardoned.

Larry Kuca: Madison real estate agent (multiple loan fraud)

Robert W. Palmer: Madison appraiser (conspiracy). Bill Clinton pardoned.

John Latham: Madison Bank CEO (bank fraud)

Eugene Fitzhugh: Whitewater defendant (multiple bribery)

Charles Matthews: Whitewater defendant (bribery)

Ultimately the Clintons were never charged, but 15 other persons were convicted of more than 40 crimes, including Bill Clinton's successor as Governor, who was removed from office.[40]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_%28controversy%29#Convictions

or,

https://web.archive.org/web/20090326122112/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_%28controversy%29

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From CNBC.com, July 7, 2016...

A House panel grilled FBI Director James Comey two days after he recommended against prosecuting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for an email server scandal. In the hearing, South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy questioned Comey on the definition of intent and how Clinton could possibly evade punishment. ..."

Here’s a full transcript of the exchange:
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Gowdy: Good morning, Director Comey.

Secretary Clinton said she never sent or received any classified information over her private e-mail, was that true?

Comey: Our investigation found that there was classified information sent.

Gowdy: It was not true?

Comey: That’s what I said.

Gowdy: OK. Well, I’m looking for a shorter answer so you and I are not here quite as long. Secretary Clinton said there was nothing marked classified on her e-mails sent or received. Was that true?

Comey: That’s not true. There were a small number of portion markings on I think three of the documents.

Gowdy: Secretary Clinton said “I did not e-mail any classified information to anyone on my e-mail there was no classified material.” That is true?

Comey: There was classified information emailed.

Gowdy: Secretary Clinton used one device, was that true?

Comey: She used multiple devices during the four years of her term as Secretary of State.

Gowdy: Secretary Clinton said all work related emails were returned to the State Department. Was that true?

Comey: No. We found work related email, thousands, that were not returned.

Gowdy: Secretary Clinton said neither she or anyone else deleted work related emails from her personal account.

Comey: That’s a harder one to answer. We found traces of work related emails in — on devices or in space. Whether they were deleted or when a server was changed out something happened to them, there’s no doubt that the work related emails that were removed electronically from the email system.

Gowdy: Secretary Clinton said her lawyers read every one of the emails and were overly inclusive. Did her lawyers read the email content individually?

Comey: No.

Gowdy: Well, in the interest of time and because I have a plane to catch tomorrow afternoon, I’m not going to go through any more of the false statements but I am going to ask you to put on your old hat. Faults exculpatory statements are used for what?

Comey: Well, either for a substantive prosecution or evidence of intent in a criminal prosecution.

Gowdy: Exactly. Intent and consciousness of guilt, right?

Comey: That is right[]

Gowdy: Consciousness of guilt and intent?

In your old job you would prove intent as you referenced by showing the jury evidence of a complex scheme that was designed for the very purpose of concealing the public record and you would be arguing in addition to concealment the destruction that you and i just talked about or certainly the failure to preserve.

You would argue all of that under the heading of content. You would also — intent. You would also be arguing the pervasiveness of the scheme when it started, when it ended and the number of emails whether

They were originally classified or of classified under the heading of intent. You would also, probably, under common scheme or plan, argue the burn bags of daily calendar entries or the missing daily calendar entries as a common scheme or plan to conceal.

Two days ago, Director, you said a reasonable person in her position should have known a private email was no place to send and receive classified information. You’re right. An average person does know not to do that.

This is no average person. This is a former First Lady, a former United States senator, and a former Secretary of State that the president now contends is the most competent, qualified person to be president since Jefferson. He didn’t say that in ‘08 but says it now.

She affirmatively rejected efforts to give her a state.gov account, kept the private emails for almost two years and only turned them over to Congress because we found out she had a private email account.

So you have a rogue email system set up before she took the oath of office, thousands of what we now know to be classified emails, some of which were classified at the time. One of her more frequent email comrades was hacked and you don’t know whether or not she was.

And this scheme took place over a long period of time and resulted in the destruction of public records and yet you say there is insufficient evidence of intent. You say she was extremely careless, but not intentionally so.

You and I both know intent is really difficult to prove. Very rarely do defendants announce ‘On this date I intend to break this criminal code section. Just to put everyone on notice, I am going to break the law on this date.’

It never happens that way. You have to do it with circumstantial evidence or if you’re Congress and you realize how difficult it is prove, specific intent, you will form lathe a statute that allows for gross negligence.

My time is out but this is really important. You mentioned there’s no precedent for criminal prosecution. My fear is there still isn’t. There’s nothing to keep a future Secretary of State or President from this exact same email scheme or their staff.

And my real fear is this, what the chairman touched upon, this double track justice system that is rightly or wrongly perceived in this country. That if you are a private in the Army and email yourself classified information you will be kicked out.

But if you are Hillary Clinton, and you seek a promotion to Commander in Chief, you will not be. So what I hope you can do today is help the average person, the reasonable person you made reference to, the reasonable person understand why she appears to be treated differently than the rest of us would be. With that I would yield back.

(the source of this transcript is closed captioning)

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/07/rep-trey-gowdy-rips-into-fbi-director-james-comey-on-hillary-clintons-intent.html

Backup link:

https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/07/rep-trey-gowdy-rips-into-fbi-director-james-comey-on-hillary-clintons-intent.html

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4 posted on 09/14/2017 4:25:53 PM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How about that? Wonder what made them change their minds?


5 posted on 09/14/2017 4:26:33 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More yoga and wedding emails?


6 posted on 09/14/2017 4:30:43 PM PDT by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

the bureau will publicly release more details of its obstruction of justice probe into the former secretary of state.

Close, but no cigar, the FBI is the GUILTY party, they are the ones that Obstructed Justice. Hillary should have been Locked up on DAY ONE!


7 posted on 09/14/2017 4:30:48 PM PDT by eyeamok (Idle hands are the Devil's workshop)
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To: Parmy
How about that? Wonder what made them change their minds?

Maybe they were told they would be protected from committing Arkancide, and they could feel free to talk. 😀

8 posted on 09/14/2017 4:38:38 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s going to trace back to Soros.


9 posted on 09/14/2017 4:43:57 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Why did the FBI change their mind about e-mail release?

They got permission from the "Uni-Party" to do it! And why did the "Uni-Party" do that?

Hillary's disastrous book tour and the increasing negative polling could cast a shadow on the "Uni-Party" and they want her to go away. And how can they make her go away?

By increasing the pressure for a criminal/federal prosecution... resulting in a pardon from Trump (who doesn't want a 3rd world prosecution of losing candidate) which will have conditions to limit her public appearances and opinions.
10 posted on 09/14/2017 4:53:11 PM PDT by mason-dixon (As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
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To: blueunicorn6

It is all a charade. Bottom line: she did not mean to do wrong. Forget what the law says about intent. Meanwhile the fact trump did not plan to do anything wrong is no defense.


11 posted on 09/14/2017 4:55:46 PM PDT by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I love the new rules Libs make up. After being caught many times they finally had to cough up some records a few years ago. Now every case is a few pages every couple of months until 2525.


12 posted on 09/14/2017 4:58:48 PM PDT by DrDude (Hillary Clinton waddles into the swamp on a daily basis for bathing purposes only!)
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I guess they finished sanitizing them.


13 posted on 09/14/2017 5:05:14 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy
Sessions saw the light.


14 posted on 09/14/2017 5:09:27 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Release ALL documents. Nothing less than ALL. And do so immediately.


15 posted on 09/14/2017 5:30:56 PM PDT by Ray76 (Republicans are a Democrat party front group.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump’s biggest failure right now is letting Hillary go free and Comey go unpunished for obstruction of justice.


16 posted on 09/14/2017 5:31:23 PM PDT by CodeToad (Victorious warriors WIN first, then go to war! Go TRUMP!!!)
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To: ETL

Thanx for dusting the comey/gowdey off

No doubt about it.

Intent is not needed to prove her guilt according to the law.


17 posted on 09/14/2017 7:25:32 PM PDT by thinden
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