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FBI Director Comey refused to testify on Clinton emails
Washington Examiner ^ | 9/12/16 | Sarah Westwood

Posted on 09/12/2016 4:25:52 PM PDT by Nachum

FBI Director James Comey refused to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Monday despite receiving an invitation to testify about the bureau's reluctance to disclose thousands of pages of evidence compiled in its year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email use.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, the committee's top Democrat, said Comey had declined to appear at the hearing because he had "already bent over backwards" to explain the FBI's decision-making in the Clinton email case.

But Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the Oversight Committee, disputed the suggestion that he had even invited Comey, noting he had discussed specific points of concern in a personal phone call with the FBI director but had not issued a subpoena for Comey's presence at the hearing.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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KEYWORDS: comey; comeyhearing; emails; emailscandal; fbi; hearing; testify
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To: econjack

Or:

She’s guilty as hell,
but I don’t want to lose my post-FBI job
at the Clinton Global Crime Initiative Foundation!


21 posted on 09/12/2016 5:15:17 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
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To: skimbell

Agree. This Admin has put themselves above The People for 8 long years. THEY WORK FOR US! Force some accountability, Republican House and Senate!


22 posted on 09/12/2016 5:17:47 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Well, let’s face it. The Clinton Foundation is a global network with lots of mega money world leaders wanting domination. This is as real as one gets to the fantasy of the Illuminati, etc. I can’t think of a more evil dominatrix than Hillary Clinton.


23 posted on 09/12/2016 5:24:12 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: originalbuckeye

Bookmark


24 posted on 09/12/2016 5:27:04 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: Nachum

The house is running out the clock in cahoots with just us department and the administration.

We wouldn’t know squat without Judicial Watch and the hackers.


25 posted on 09/12/2016 5:30:46 PM PDT by nicepaco
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To: little jeremiah

Standard procedure with Congressional Committee Chairmen is that they issue “invitations” to administration officials. They try to avoid subpoenas to maintain an air (illusion?) of collegiality and professional cooperation.

BUT if Comey is refusing to come, issue a damned subpoena and haul his ass before the committee! Then put him under oath!!

Citizens are not allowed to lie to federal officials, and the FBI Director sure as heck ought to answer in full, truthfully, to Congress!!

Problem is, if it were to go all the way to impeachment, the ‘Rats can always block it. So Comey knows that the power of the Repubs. is strictly limited, mostly to bluster and publicity.


26 posted on 09/12/2016 5:31:47 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Nachum

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924. Defrauding the Government of Money or Property

Under 18 U.S.C. § 371 the act of defrauding the government of money or property may take many forms, including the inducement of payment

1.for services or supplies not provided or provided at inflated prices;

2.for work for which the government is not responsible. United States v. Vincent, 648 F.2d 1046 (5th Cir.1981); United States v. Cella, 568 F.2d 1266 (9th Cir.1978); and

3.of money or property to which the applicant is not lawfully entitled because of the applicant's status.

Proof that the United States has been defrauded does not require any showing of pecuniary or proprietary loss.

[cited in USAM 9-42.001]

‹ 923. 18 U.S.C. § 371—Conspiracy to Defraud the United States

925. Obstructing or Impairing Legitimate Government Activity ›

https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-924-defrauding-government-money-or-property

27 posted on 09/12/2016 5:33:37 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: Nachum

Comey either recently got a major bank deposit or was threatened with Arkancide.


28 posted on 09/12/2016 5:40:05 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: Nachum

Can there be any doubt this guy is bought and paid for?


29 posted on 09/12/2016 5:45:55 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: hsmomx3
Transparent my ass. Comey committed comtempt by lying to Congress about emails not being hacked. A Hill email was hacked by a porn message she clicked on. Send the sepeona and bring both Comey and Lynch at same time.
30 posted on 09/12/2016 5:46:31 PM PDT by wardamneagle (C)
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To: Nachum

OMG(osh). How far has he “already bent over backwards”??!!

This is just too much... What to do. What to do?

Our “government” has grown too big for its britches, not unlike all the other governments/elites in power everywhere else and in prior times...

So very sad.


31 posted on 09/12/2016 5:53:43 PM PDT by lyby ("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
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To: lyby

Very sad. The elite don’t need to humor the basket of deplorables.


32 posted on 09/12/2016 5:58:35 PM PDT by abbastanza
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To: Nachum

Send the Sgt at Arms.


33 posted on 09/12/2016 6:00:57 PM PDT by Ray76 (Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo!)
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To: Nachum

If the FBI won’t do their job, then shut them down.


34 posted on 09/12/2016 6:44:16 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

Absolutely. Trust and confidence with the FBI is GONE!


35 posted on 09/12/2016 6:45:57 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
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To: maggief

The subpoena was served about 2 hours ago by Chaffetz to the Assist. Director at the hearings on live TV. Saw it on the Kelly Files.


36 posted on 09/12/2016 6:55:11 PM PDT by T. Rustin Noone (the angels wanna wear my red shoes......)
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To: LucyT; Nachum; upchuck; Jane Long; maggief; hoosiermama

Judge Nap on the Kelly File with a short clip of Chaffetz issuing a subpoena to the FBI during the hearing which Jim Comey did not attend but sent Mr Herring.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ4BDZKdAGY

Trey Gowdy Q & A - Trey asks Mr. Herring why congress didn’t get all the 302’s

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RLDf0FWPYjY

Jim Jordan Q & A - apparently Mr. Herring was supposed to show up the week prior for a classified briefing but decided not to show up.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iNSvUwR21lo


37 posted on 09/12/2016 7:01:02 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: RetiredTexasVet

38 posted on 09/12/2016 7:01:18 PM PDT by econjack
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To: abbastanza

You are correct. We “deplorables” will prove otherwise.


39 posted on 09/12/2016 7:26:28 PM PDT by lyby ("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
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To: wardamneagle

I bet there is some way they will escape this.


40 posted on 09/12/2016 7:52:55 PM PDT by hsmomx3 (AZ for Trump!!)
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