Posted on 12/15/2017 2:28:42 PM PST by Starman417
Now we know that not only did Hillary Clinton show intent in her handling of classified materials routed through her private server, but that former FBI Director James Comey and his team showed intent in letting her get away with it to the detriment of American national security.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, in a Thursday letter to current FBI Director Christopher Wray, reveals how edits to Comey’s exoneration memo went beyond changing “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless” but edited out content that shows the FBI knew Hillary was intentionally in violation of the Espionage Act but that, since the decision to exonerate her had already been made, they had to submit to the annals of history a lie they agreed upon:
Newly released documents obtained by Fox News reveal that then-FBI Director James Comey’s draft statement on the Hillary Clinton email probe was edited numerous times before his public announcement, in ways that seemed to water down the bureau’s findings considerably.Indeed this does raise profound questions. Coupled with the text messages of lead investigator, FBI Agent Peter Strzok,who has become known as the Zelig of the FBI who mysteriously appeared at every controversial moment, expressing clear intent to prevent the election of Donald Trump, we have before us a criminal conspiracy in which the most powerful law enforcement agency on this planet conspired with one political party to defeat the candidate of the other:Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, sent a letter to the FBI on Thursday that shows the multiple edits to Comey’s highly scrutinized statement.
In an early draft, Comey said it was “reasonably likely” that “hostile actors” gained access to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email account. That was changed later to say the scenario was merely “possible.”
Another edit showed language was changed to describe the actions of Clinton and her colleagues as “extremely careless” as opposed to “grossly negligent.” This is a key legal distinction.
Johnson, writing about his concerns in a letter Thursday to FBI Director Christopher Wray, said the original “could be read as a finding of criminality in Secretary Clinton’s handling of classified material.”
“This effort, seen in light of the personal animus toward then-candidate Trump by senior FBI agents leading the Clinton investigation and their apparent desire to create an ‘insurance policy’ against Mr. Trump’s election, raise profound questions about the FBI’s role and possible interference in the 2016 presidential election and the role of the same agents in Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation by President Trump,” Johnson said.
The letter reveals specific edits made by senior FBI agents when Deputy Director Andrew McCabe exchanged drafts of Comey's statement with senior FBI officials, including Peter Strzok, Strzok's direct supervisor, E.W. "Bill" Priestap, Jonathan Moffa, and an unnamed employee from the Office of General Counsel (identified by Newsweek as DOJ Deputy General Counsel Trisha Anderson) - in what was a coordinated conspiracy among top FBI brass to decriminalize Clinton's conduct by changing legal terms and phrases, omitting key information, and minimizing the role of the Intelligence Community in the email investigation. Doing so virtually assured that then-candidate Hillary Clinton would not be prosecuted.Imagine what was at stake here. If the FBI had just followed the evidence where it led and drew the obvious conclusions, Hillary Clinton would have been indicted, the Democratic Party would have been irreparably shattered, with Donald Trump winning in a popular vote as well as electoral vote landslide. This, in the view of a corrupted and politicized FBI had to be prevented at all costs and the Comey memo had to be sanitized before its release:
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Not enough ‘good’ guys to get the ‘bad’ guys...they win again, most likely.
Think how many witnesses would be ALIVE today
if there was one (1) HONEST person in charge
of the FBI. Instead, for a few dollars
they promoted, protected, and wrought: ARKANCIDE.
Let’s also not forget a VERY BIG event that was agreed to by the Corrupt FBI at that time.
The Destruction of PCs and other electronic devices that held those Classified Documents.
There should be people in Prison NOW for those actions alone.
This makes Watergate look like a Ice Cream Social..........................
I bet they had a hand in Seth Rich’s murder...................
Good luck. Trump’s biggest mistake was appointing Jeff Sessions as AG. The guy has done nothing but sit and collect a salary ever since. And we now lost a senate seat because of it. Sessions needs to go. Fire him and put Trey Gowdy in there. You’ll see democrats in jail then.
The ONLY one any politician or upper echelon officer in the government would be afraid of is a clinton.
Not only did they change the wording to allow Hillary to scate, they did so without citing any exculpatory evidence. They went from inevitable evidence to unintentional silliness without any evidence to justify their decision. In fact they made up the “intent” standard.
Bfl.
This is serious serious stuff, this mega criminal and I swear, if NOTHING is done about it I am going to Washington, I’ll take my whole two week vacation and I will protest day and night in front of Jeff Sessions house, condo, apartment where ever the hell he lives. I will not STAND for this Republican party to ONCE AGAIN DO NOTHING!
Why are the LSM not camped out in front of Peter Strzok and his GF’s houses 24/7, shouting pertinent questions at them?
The MSM would prefer no one pay attention to Strzok. He is under immense pressure to become State's evidence against Deep State.
...the Democratic Party would have been irreparably shattered, with Donald Trump winning in a popular vote as well as electoral vote landslide...
This is the bottom line. This is why where the country is today, torn apart by democrat lies, corruption, and it’s primal lust for power. The democrat party and it’s lunatic liberalism must remain a power player no matter what. It’s corruption and and illegal acts are not considerations.
It’s hard to find competent, good help these daze....
DC might benefit from some qualified part-timers...
I’ve got a dumb question that I’m wondering about. If Comey is as crooked as we believe, why did he bother to sanitize and release the exoneration memo? Why didn’t they create a situation whereby they could wait until after the election? I suppose the obvious answer is that Clinton ‘stood no chance in losing’ and they wanted it all put away before the election so that it was a non-issue afterwards because it was supposedly dealt with in its finality....Is there a better explanation than that?
LOCK THEM UP.
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Certainly does.
Wish this could be in the Front Page sidebar or something and not just B&P. I know it’s not “news”....
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