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Peak FBI Corruption? Meet Bryan Nishimura, Found Guilty For “Removal And Retention Of Classified Materials”

...What is even more shocking is that according to Comey, “we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts.”

Well, we did. Here is the FBI itself, less than a year ago, charging one Bryan H. Nishimura, 50, of Folsom, who pleaded guilty to “unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials” without malicious intent, in other words precisely what the FBI alleges Hillary did (h/t @DavidSirota):...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-05/peak-fbi-corruption-meet-bryan-nishimura-found-guilty-removal-and-retention-classifi


26 posted on 07/05/2016 10:23:52 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Hotlanta Mike
That unauthorized removal case is on a different statute. Comey mentioned that statute in passing, but did not, in his statement, apply the facts to that statute. Instead he discussed applying the fact to 793(f).

The linked article fails to make the distinction between the statutes too.

The legal standard for removal is "knowingly." Neither criminal intent nor gross negligence is required to make a violation.

The U.S. attorney's office charged him Friday with "unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents and material," a misdemeanor. He made his first and only court appearance Wednesday, when he pleaded guilty and was sentenced.

Illegal transfer of classified data gets Folsom engineer a fine, probation | The Sacramento Bee | July 29, 2015

42 posted on 07/05/2016 10:33:02 AM PDT by Cboldt
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100 posted on 07/05/2016 11:37:00 AM PDT by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: Hotlanta Mike; Whenifhow; LucyT

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3446484/posts?page=26#26

Thanks for the info, hotlanta Mike!

Ping to this comment and the thread!


114 posted on 07/05/2016 12:01:11 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Hotlanta Mike; Old Sarge; aragorn; AZ .44 MAG; Art in Idaho; Candor7; easternsky; ...

PING!!!

#26
Peak FBI Corruption? Meet Bryan Nishimura, Found Guilty For “Removal And Retention Of Classified Materials”

...What is even more shocking is that according to Comey, “we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts.”

Well, we did. Here is the FBI itself, less than a year ago, charging one Bryan H. Nishimura, 50, of Folsom, who pleaded guilty to “unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials” without malicious intent, in other words precisely what the FBI alleges Hillary did (h/t @DavidSirota):...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-05/peak-fbi-corruption-meet-bryan-nishimura-found-guilty-removal-and-retention-classifi

Thanks, WildHighlander57


125 posted on 07/05/2016 12:49:00 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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