Posted on 09/12/2016 5:18:34 AM PDT by SJackson
Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can’t remember certain details on her emails and on many issues she remains evasive. On the other hand, for some observers, FBI director James Comey has clarified recent actions in regard to the Democrats’ presidential candidate.
Comey released documents concerning Hillary Clinton’s emails on September 2, the afternoon before the Labor Day weekend, as Paul Ryan observed, the time when they were least likely to command attention. Comey defended the action and told reporters the FBI released the documents when they were ready. Those suggesting the FBI was being “political” or part of “some fix,” he wrote in a memo, “either don’t know us, or they are full of baloney (and maybe some of both).”
The FBI director also said that the decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton was “not a cliff-hanger” and “there really wasn’t a prosecutable case.” Comey referred disparagingly to “all the chest-beating by people no longer in government.” That may be a reference to former Superior Court judge Andrew Napolitano, who described the FBI interview with Clinton as “very troubling.”
Napolitano counted five times in the report where the FBI lamented that it did not have the material it needed. “This is the FBI’s own fault,” Napolitano wrote. “This tepid FBI behavior is novel in modern federal law enforcement. It is inimical to public safety and the rule of law. It is close to misconduct in office by high-ranking FBI officials. Someone restrained the FBI.”
Further, “the FBI did not ask Clinton aggressive follow-up questions. Her interrogators just blithely accepted her answers. They failed to present her with documents she had signed that would have contradicted what she was telling them – particularly, an oath she signed on her first day in office promising to recognize state secrets when she came upon them and to keep them in secure venues. And agents violated Department of Justice policy by not recording her interrogation when her lawyers told them she would not answer questions if her answers were recorded.”
For the judge, “it is apparent that some in FBI management blindly followed what they were told to do – exonerate Hillary Clinton. There is no other explanation for the FBI’s failure from the outset to use ordinary law enforcement tools available to it.”
The FBI’s release of the document on the Friday before Labor Day did not escape media coverage. On the other hand, the old-line establishment media has been slow to recognize James Comey’s history with the Clintons.
As Christopher Andersen noted in American Evita: Hillary Clinton’s Path to Power, after Bill Clinton left the White House, the goal was to get Hillary back in. The road led through New York, where Hillary took aim at the Senate seat vacated by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Hillary was not from New York and had never spent more than a few days there, so she needed creative ways to attract votes.
New Square, a Hasidic enclave 30 miles northwest of Manhattan, had voted as a bloc in previous elections and campaign workers urged Hillary urged to stop there. In New Square, four members of the Skver sect had been convicted in 1999 of bilking government aid programs for some $30 million. During her visit, Hillary denied that she discussed any pardon.
The day before the election, in a letter to New Square’s main synagogue, president Bill Clinton said he looked forward to visiting the village. As Andersen noted, New Square delivered Hillary’s biggest victory margin of any community in New York state, 1,359 votes to only 10 for her opponent Rick Lazio.
During the final days of his presidency, Bill Clinton opted to reduce the prison terms of the New Square offenders, and after 9/11 that sparked an investigation. As Anderson noted, “Hillary received an unexpected gift in late June when, without explanation, U.S. Attorney James B. Comey closed the New Square clemency case.” Clinton’s pardon of fugitive Marc Rich also drew an investigation and Andersen found it odd that the Bush administration would “help the Clinton’s out” by refusing to release documents related to the pardons. And “in accordance with his boss’s wishes, U.S Attorney James Comey gave Bill and Hillary a pass.”
Hillary’s cleanup hitter is stepping up to the plate again, according to Andrew Napolitano. By his count, Hillary Clinton told the FBI she couldn’t remember a full thirty-nine times. She claimed she used a single electronic device but she actually used thirteen. When Congress began requesting information, her staffers smashed the devices with a hammer and a critical laptop was supposedly lost in the mail.
For Napolitano, destruction of the thirteen Blackberries was “obstruction of justice,” but nobody was charged. The only explanation, as the judge sees it, is that FBI bosses “blindly followed what they were told to do – exonerate Hillary Clinton.”
Lloyd Billingsley is the author of Bill of Writes: Dispatches from the Political Correctness Battlefield and Hollywood Party: Stalinist Adventures in the American Film Industry.
President Trump needs to have this Comey scumbag investigated as soon as he takes over.
Yep! That is a no brainer. Even Stevie Wonder can see that.
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That oughta be an easy one for Donald to expose....he knows plenty of bankers and is a NYC builder.
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Comey has singlehandedly politicized the FBI, an esteemed agency once trusted by Americans as an investigative body beyond reproach. The FBI’s credibility has been severely damaged. He has to go.
I hope he is the first guy Trump sends to prison.
An article from Drudge today discusses Comey, his ties to the Clintons and his increasing power grab. I read it even though it is written by an Obama toadie. It is interesting to see him compare Comey to J Edgar Hoover in the influence arena. He loses credibility though when he claims the DOJ is afraid of Comey. Read it, with a grain of salt; it’s always good to be informed of the insight of the opposition.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/james-comey-fbi-accountability-214234
There should be a Executive order voted on and approved by the capitol that the FBI Director is promoted from within it’s own ranks without any interference or political influence from the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches. J Edgar Hoover got to the bottom of things.
The Republicans who backed Comey were certainly played for fools. There is no one in power in this country who isn’t connected in some way to the Clinton/Soros Conspiracy to destroy freedom in America.
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Comey has kids.
And Clinton knows them all by name and where they live.
Being real, Comey merely exposed the long-standing politicization of the FBI.
Obama and the Clintons, in league with the sycophant media (NYT, ABCNNBCBSPBS, WaPo, et al.), have killed the rule of law. Not sure Trump will be able to resuscitate it, but he’s the only hope we have.
OK, I tend to agree with you. Basically, everything in DC is political. However, the FBI was considered by many to be the least political or corruptible. Now its no different than the rest of corrupt Washington.
Very informative article. Thanks for posting it.
Your comment is a realistic one. Its going to be a tough job to clean up the cesspool. Washington is infested with corruption, and that includes the Republican Party. That’s why Trump is so feared and reviled.
Even as president, he will face strong resistance by legislators, special interests, and entrenched bureaucrats. I hope he realizes its a full time job to do this. He needs to appoint the meanest SOB he can find and give them the power and support they need to clean up the town.
No, that would Obama who did the politicization of each branch of government; DoJ has been Lynched, Comey is just another Presidential Appointee....
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