Posted on 09/24/2015 10:56:46 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The next question in the Hillary Clinton email matter is who will force the FBI to release any documents it may have retrieved from the 2016 presidential candidate's homemade server Congress or the courts?
The answer: A federal judge may decide to get aggressive and order the law enforcement agency to turn over any newly discovered records or at least preserve them pending further court action. But don't expect congressional subpoenas to fly or FBI director James Comey to get hauled to Capitol Hill anytime soon.
Key congressional committees investigating Clintons emails argue that the courts are better suited to force the release of federal documents. One GOP source familiar with the investigations said a congressional committee could "theoretically subpoena the FBI" to demand the contents of Clinton's server, but judges are likely to wade into the issue first.
"I think the court is better positioned right now because of where the cases are in litigation," the source said.
Court action, however, depends on the aggressiveness of federal judges who are now managing more than 30 Freedom of Information Act cases involving emails on accounts maintained by Clinton or her top aides. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
The first thing taught to a new *baby agent* upon entering the FBI Academy: Rule One: Don't Embarrass the Bureau.
Bye, Mrs. Clinton.
Department of Justice and White House policy has been that before there can be a pardon, there has to be an indictment. There've been exceptions, including Ford's amnesty for Viet Nam-era deserters/ draft dodgers, and the Reagan pardoning of FBI officials, including *Deep Throat* Mark Felt, after Felt was convicted in 1980 of violating the civil rights of people thought to be associated with members of the Weather Underground Organization when Felt ordered FBI agents to search their homes as part of an attempt to prevent bombings.
But in this case, I don't think there'll be any great rush to keep Hillary from dangling, dangling in the wind.
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