Comey officially establishes a 2 tiered system of law: one for the Clinton’s & one for everyone else

Flopping Aces ^ | 07-05-16 | DrJohn

[Starman417]

The statement made by James Comey was very curious. He spent 13 minutes explaining why Hillary Clinton should be prosecuted and then spent 2 minutes saying he won't recommend it. She is clearly guilty, but Comey decided not to recommend charges.

Very curious.

Careers have been lost for much less than than what Clinton did. Meet Stephen Kim:

For instance, last year, after a five-year standoff with federal prosecutors, Stephen Kim, a former State Department official, pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act when he discussed a classified report about North Korea with Fox News reporter James Rosen in 2009. Kim did not hand over a copy of the report — he just discussed it, and nothing else — and the report was subsequently described in court documents as a “nothing burger” in terms of its sensitivity. Kim is currently in prison on a 13-month sentence.

And look what's likely to get Kristian Saucier 5-6 years in prison:

A Navy sailor entered a guilty plea Friday in a classified information mishandling case that critics charge illustrates a double standard between the treatment of low-ranking government employees and top officials like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and ex-CIA Director David Petraeus.

Prosecutors allege that Petty Officer First Class Kristian Saucier used a cellphone camera to take photos in the classified engine room of the nuclear submarine where he worked as a mechanic, the USS Alexandria, then destroyed a laptop, camera and memory card after learning he was under investigation.

Andy McCarthy writes that the FBI rewrote the law to save her ass:

There is no way of getting around this: According to Director James Comey (disclosure: a former colleague and longtime friend of mine), Hillary Clinton checked every box required for a felony violation of Section 793(f) of the federal penal code (Title 18): With lawful access to highly classified information she acted with gross negligence in removing and causing it to be removed it from its proper place of custody, and she transmitted it and caused it to be transmitted to others not authorized to have it, in patent violation of her trust. Director Comey even conceded that former Secretary Clinton was “extremely careless” and strongly suggested that her recklessness very likely led to communications (her own and those she corresponded with) being intercepted by foreign intelligence services. Yet, Director Comey recommended against prosecution of the law violations he clearly found on the ground that there was no intent to harm the United States.

In essence, in order to give Mrs. Clinton a pass, the FBI rewrote the statute, inserting an intent element that Congress did not require. The added intent element, moreover, makes no sense: The point of having a statute that criminalizes gross negligence is to underscore that government officials have a special obligation to safeguard national defense secrets; when they fail to carry out that obligation due to gross negligence, they are guilty of serious wrongdoing. The lack of intent to harm our country is irrelevant. People never intend the bad things that happen due to gross negligence.

Do read it all.

Comey has established a new legal defense- the "I didn't mean to" defense. Scooter Libby went to prison for not remembering, although he didn't mean not to remember. Yet Hillary not meaning to has saved her from prosecution. Comey described Clinton's actions as "extremely careless."

Comey's conclusion, which he insisted no politician in the Obama administration was aware of in advance, amounted to a declaration that Clinton and her aides were 'extremely careless' with their handling of classified material, but their actions did not rise to the level of a prosecution.

'None of these emails should have been on any kind of unclassified system,' Comey said.

'Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.. Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before deciding whether to bring charges.'

If we left it there, the democrat defense is "Yes, she's an idiot" and both incompetent and lacking in judgment. But we can't do that. "Extremely careless" and "gross negligence" are interchangeable terms as far as the law is concerned.

[Joe Bfstplk]

>>There will be justice in November. I have no doubts!!

My mom died in 2006 at age 92 never having voted Democrat.
She has voted Democrat each election since. I am doubtful.

[Tau Food]

I’m sorry to hear about your mother. My mother died at a similar age, bur she doesn’t vote anymore.

[StormEye]

I want to make life easy for Bill, Hillary and the Obamas.

Instead of their constantly sneaking around to obtain
funding from illegal foreign sources and having to create
phony charity foundations to launder their ill gotten gains,
I think they should be able to pull up to the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing and haul away as much cash as they want.
Pallets full of cash. Let them have it.
That way they won't be forced to traffic in classified
information and government secrets will then be safe.

So, anytime they get an uncontrollable urge to squirrel
away classified information on their private servers or
accept bribe money from corporations or Saudi Arabia, they can
just drive over to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
and load a few pallets of one hundred dollar bills in a truck.
The Bureau employees will be glad to help load the truck.
I'm sure the FBI can spare some people to help out too!

Enjoy life Bill, Hill, Barack and Michelle!

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Every small fry in prison for having classified information should be appealing their conviction right now and citing the FBI Director’s own words.

[Personal Responsibility]

I said months ago that you could tell was a a dog and pony show, kabuki theater, when Hillary was given months to delete things and it took them 6 months to actually subpoena and get access to the server. That’s all the information that really mattered. If they were serious, that server would have been shut down on the first day and in possession of the FBI by later that afternoon. Because that’s what happens when they really mean it.

[PROCON]

Just remember...

[ExSES]

I suggest that all Federal agencies now employ signs and letterheads embodying our "New Values"..., specifically...:"All Citizens are Equal but Some are More Equal than Others" (with obvious credit to George Orwell of course!)

[WildHighlander57]

Trump unloads on shrillary

Cpaign ad:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3446629/posts?page=1#1

At rally:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3446642/posts?page=1#1

[henbane]

[octex]

If Comey’s boss, Loretta Lynch, has a drop of integrity she would tell Comey to turn over the investigation findings to the DOJ prosecutors. They, in turn, would review the data and impanel a Federal grand jury to hear the evidence and decide on whether to indict or not.

It was out of line for Comey to say that no reasonable prosecutor would indict! Prosecutors are raising hell about that and saying they definitely would indict.

Very large black mark on a previously good reputation that Comey has had.

[octex]

I wonder if Clinton has a file on Comey
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Most likely. ...Didn’t J. Edgar Hoover have a file on everyone that mattered? It’s why he was allowed to keep his job, even though many wanted to remove him as head of the FBI.