[Liz]

Obama’s Conflict Tanked the Clinton E-mail Investigation — As Predicted
National Review ^ | 26/9/16 | Andrew C. McCarthy
Posted on 8/20/2023, 6:40:45 AM by Eleutheria5

Hillary couldn’t be proven guilty without proving the president guilty as well.

‘How is this not classified?” So exclaimed Hillary Clinton’s close aide and confidante, Huma Abedin.

The FBI had just shown her an old e-mail exchange, over Clinton’s private account, between the then-secretary of state and a second person, whose name Abedin did not recognize.

The FBI then did what the FBI is never supposed to do: The agents informed their interviewee (Abedin) of the identity of the second person.

It was the president of the United States, Barack Obama...... using a pseudonym to conduct communications over a non-secure e-mail system...... something anyone with a high-level security clearance, such as Huma Abedin, would instantly realize was a major breach.

Abedin was sufficiently stunned that, for just a moment, the bottomless capacity of Clinton insiders to keep cool in a scandal was overcome. “How is this not classified?”

She recovered quickly enough, though. The FBI records that the next thing Abedin did, after “express[ing] her amazement at the president’s use of a pseudonym,” was to “ask if she could have a copy of the email.”

Abedin knew an insurance policy when she saw one. If Obama himself had been e-mailing over a non-government, non-secure system, then everyone else who had been doing it had a get-out-of-jail-free card.

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[qaz123]

That was a pretty good article, especially coming from a legit Anti-Trumper like McCarthy.

Almost like he’s helping Pres Trump’s defense.

Toss in the new information that Soetero and 5 others in his admin were using alias in emails to discuss all manner of subjects.

[GOPJ]

The FBI then did what the FBI is never supposed to do: The agents informed their interviewee (Abedin) of the identity of the second person. It was the president of the United States, Barack Obama...... using a pseudonym to conduct communications over a non-secure e-mail system...... something anyone with a high-level security clearance, such as Huma Abedin, would instantly realize was a major breach. Abedin was sufficiently stunned that, for just a moment, the bottomless capacity of Clinton insiders to keep cool in a scandal was overcome. “How is this not classified?”

Well, as it turned out they all did get a pass...