Posted on 07/12/2016 4:23:28 PM PDT by mandaladon
During her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch at one point declined to say whether it was legal or illegal to lie under oath.
Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz quizzed Lynch on the legality of a series of acts that former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been accused of doing. But each time, Lynch stonewalled and refused to weigh in on whether the given act was legal or illegal.
“Is it legal or illegal to store, house or retain classified information in a non-secure location?” asked Chaffetz.
“I would refer you to the statute,” she responded. “One could in fact have liability, again depending upon the nature, facts and circumstances.”
“Do you have any examples of where it’s legally acceptable to retain classified information in and non-secure location?” the Utah congressman followed up.
“I don’t have a hypothetical answer for that,” she responded.
Finally, Chaffetz asked whether it was legal or illegal to provide false testimony under oath, but Lynch avoided giving a direct answer. “There are a number of statutes that cover that, both at the federal and state levels. There are a number of ways in which that can be found,” she said.
Chaffetz made a noise indicating disbelief. “There’s a difference between prosecuting something and whether it’s legal or illegal,” he pointed out. “You know, these questions are pretty simple. We got millions of people with security clearance. How are they supposed to go through the gyrations that you’ve laid out in order to make a simple determination?”
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Eric Holder in a skirt with big fat black cankles.
NOT satire!!!!!
She’s guilty.
She is a DemocRat. It is completely believable.
Lynch needs a hard slap across the face. Then fired.
What, you don’t think she’ll get away with it? Sure she will. There is no honor or decency, or even morality in our government anymore.
Yes, not surprising at all, really. Lying is a part of who this bunch is, so they don't have a problem with it. They'll lie to your face without a care in the world.
Every person ever convicted of mishandling classified information should be immediately exonerated and released if still doing time.
The AG of the United States of America cannot define what a violation might be, so what precisely are they doing in prison or wearing a record for?
Impeach her, Congress, or STFU.
She also wouldn’t say whether it was a crime to share classified information with people that weren’t cleared to view it.
Unbelievable.
Watching Foxnews earlier, someone said, that Catherine Herridge said, Lynch refused to answer 74 questions. Quite amazing! And, disgusting!
I know what perjury is and I’m not even a lawyer.
If Trump doesn’t take down these lying felonious charlatans we will be in the Dark Ages for a very long time.
It all depends upon the meaning of “is” you know..... I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.
The damned Clintonistas/Obamanations have wrecked this country.
>>I know what perjury is and I’m not even a lawyer.<<
Apparently it means nothing.
“I would refer you to the statute,” she responded. “One could in fact have liability, again depending upon the nature, facts and circumstances.”
Parsing.
“Do you have any examples of where it’s legally acceptable to retain classified information in and non-secure location?” the Utah congressman followed up.
“I don’t have a hypothetical answer for that,” she responded.
Not hypothetical, but a simple question if she had any examples. A yes or no answer.
Why don't these committee persons follow up with, "I asked you a YES or NO question. If you continue to dance around with your answers, Congress will hold you in contempt".
Yes, I know...it's all Kabuki.
That’s a great question, I’ll confer with my staff and get back to you, short answer: it depends.
she’s giving us a heads up
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