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Posted on 07/06/2016 3:01:02 PM PDT by Hojczyk
What makes this whole sordid set of facts so damning is that before yesterday, Comey was considered one of the nation’s most trusted and apolitical beat cops. He was, after all, appointed US attorney for the Southern District by a Republican president, George W. Bush, and FBI chief by a Democrat, Obama.
Indeed, when Lynch all but turned the case over to him last week, many (including me) believed the rule of law would actually prevail, particularly since FBI staffers made no secret in law enforcement circles that they believed Clinton’s conduct merited some legal rebuke.
But Tuesday, Comey was anything but apolitical. Yes, he said, he found lots of classified stuff passing through Clinton’s personal email server that shouldn’t have been. He said “there is evidence that [Clinton and her team] were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified” information and that “there is evidence of potential violations of the statute regarding the handling of classified information.”
Yes, there are laws that make sure government officials use government email accounts that are more secure and easier to monitor for possible abuse than those kept on private servers monitored by no one, except possibly someone at the Clinton Foundation.
And yet Comey said there was no case to be made because Hillary didn’t show enough “intent” to violate the laws. This is coming from a guy who as Manhattan US attorney once indicted a Wall Street banker for a 22-word email that could’ve been construed three different ways. (The case was later successfully appealed and, after a deferred-prosecution agreement, put to rest.)
In the meantime, the real loser is the rule of law and, of course, the American people, who have to live in a country that might soon be renamed “The Banana Republic of America.”
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I think the best and most effective campaign tool until November will be billboards bumper stickers and TV ads which say
Laws are for little people!
Too Late
We have arrived ... Bananas are $.48 lb here ...
Nice to see at least one Clinton apologist bring some honesty to the table. I suspect he’ll still vote for the lying criminal in Nov though.
WRONG!!!!
America is already a banana republic.
This recent FBI-Hillary stuff merely makes public what informed people have known for years.....
Pretty much at least since Hillary's first 'go-round' with the FBI when she illegally acquired hundreds of FBI files and then 'lost' them for years.... You know,.... back when her husband of convenience was President??
The FBI ruled AFTER Hillary's primary wins.. TOO LATE TO INDICT. Lynch's decision is USELESS now, regardless
SCOTUS ruled on Obamacare AFTER the law was passed and already partially implemented.. TOO LATE TO OVERTURN
Congress' FINAL REPORT on Benghazi 4 years after the attack? Are you kidding me?!!!!!
Congress 'hearings' on the IRS' Tea Party targeting LONG AFTER 0bama won the election.. TOO LATE
Deny, delay, obstruct, blah blah blah.. How many times do we have to see this tactic successfully used by the left before we finally catch on?
Comey delivered the coup de grace on the rule of law.
It’s dead, Jim!
It just aint fair.
No fan of Charles, but he hits the nail on the head in this!!! THERE ARE TWO AMERICAS!!! WAKE UP!!!
Half of this nation will STILL vote for Hillary!! YES....It’s because she has a “V” and a “D”!!! THAT’s ALL THEY CARE ABOUT!!!
verb selection should be “has turned” and not “is turning”
I'd say that 99% of the dead voters will be in the donkey column.
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Mexico has greater respect for law than the US now has.
Was it political collusion? Was it blackmail, bribes, threats or all three? I hope someone can get to the bottom of it and quickly. May the truth come out!
“At least now we can all transmit sensitive data over our gmail accounts, use the hillary excuse and skate free. After-all, she just set precedent...”
Yes, one would infer this.
But if it were me or you or even a General Cabinet member, we would be prosecuted.
But if it were me or you or even a General Cabinet member, we would be prosecuted.
anyone in trouble with the govt should just tell them im running for president bnd im a democrat
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