Gowdy to Comey: Help me understand, ‘what would Hillary have had to do’ to warrant prosecution?

BizPac Review ^ | 9/28/16 | Frieda Powers

[Nachum]

Rep. Trey Gowdy implored FBI Director James Comey to explain his agency’s actions in refusing to prosecute Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information when she was secretary of state.

“What would she have had to do to warrant your recommendation for prosecution?” the South Carolina Republican asked Comey during a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday. Gowdy wondered what other evidence was needed to prosecute Clinton if all that had been revealed in the federal investigation was not enough as he grilled Comey on the question of intent.

Comey noted that intent could be proved by looking at whether a person did something they knew was wrong at the time.

“But the way to prove that is whether or not someone took steps to conceal or destroy what they’ve done,” Gowdy declared. “That is the best evidence you have that they knew it was wrong, that they lied about it.”

[Bon mots]

[Montana_Sam]

I’m not sure Gowdy is any better. He needs to do more than talk.

Am curious as to what authority you think Gowdy has to do anything with respect to prosecuting somebody. My understanding is that is the Executive branch's prerogative, which means nothing under the crooked Obama and his crooked justice department. Just wondering.

[kaehurowing]

That looks like one of the Clinton doubles on the right.

[blueunicorn6]

Comey is a filthy, stinking weasel.

[enduserindy]

Answer, be a republican.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Isn’t Gowdy retiring, not running for reelection or am I mistaken.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Her gaping maw is disgusting!

[PA-RIVER]

Perfect

[Fungi]

I just threw up.

[Two Kids' Dad]

The law DOES NOT REQUIRE PROOF OF INTENT!!!

[ETL]

From CNN, July 2016...

This was not his first time investigating the Clintons [Comey]

Nor his second. The email server probe marked the third time Comey has investigated Bill or Hillary Clinton.

His first run-in came in the mid-1990s, when he joined the Senate Whitewater Committee as a deputy special counsel. There he dug into allegations that the Clintons took part in a fraud connected to a Arkansas real estate venture gone bust. No charges were ever brought against either Clinton..."

"In 2002, Comey, then a federal prosecutor, took over an investigation into President Bill Clinton's 2001 pardon of financier Marc Rich, who had been indicted on a laundry list of charges before fleeing the country. ..."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/07/politics/who-is-james-comey-fbi-director-things-to-know/index.html
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"The Whitewater controversy (also known as the Whitewater scandal, or simply Whitewater) began with investigations into the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates, Jim and Susan McDougal, in the Whitewater Development Corporation, a failed business venture in the 1970s and 1980s."

Whitewater Convictions

Jim Guy Tucker: Governor of Arkansas at the time, removed from office (fraud, 3 counts)

John Haley: attorney for Jim Guy Tucker (tax evasion)

William J. Marks, Sr.: Jim Guy Tucker's business partner (conspiracy)

Stephen Smith: former Governor Clinton aide (conspiracy to misapply funds). Bill Clinton pardoned.

Webster Hubbell: Clinton political supporter; Rose Law Firm partner (embezzlement, fraud)

Jim McDougal: banker, Clinton political supporter: (18 felonies, varied)

Susan McDougal: Clinton political supporter (multiple fraud). Bill Clinton pardoned.

David Hale: banker, self-proclaimed Clinton political supporter: (conspiracy, fraud)

Neal Ainley: Perry County Bank president (embezzled bank funds for Clinton campaign)

Chris Wade: Whitewater real estate broker (multiple loan fraud). Bill Clinton pardoned.

Larry Kuca: Madison real estate agent (multiple loan fraud)

Robert W. Palmer: Madison appraiser (conspiracy). Bill Clinton pardoned.

John Latham: Madison Bank CEO (bank fraud)

Eugene Fitzhugh: Whitewater defendant (multiple bribery)

Charles Matthews: Whitewater defendant (bribery)

Ultimately the Clintons were never charged, but 15 other persons were convicted of more than 40 crimes, including Bill Clinton's successor as Governor, who was removed from office.[40]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_%28controversy%29#Convictions

or,

https://web.archive.org/web/20090326122112/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_%28controversy%29

[ETL]

[zzwhale]

COMEY = CRIMINAL SCUMBAG

[justlurking]

It remains to be seen what will happen when Trump is the Executive.

I think only one thing will happen.

After Trump is sworn in, he will call Comey and tell him to turn in his resignation by 9:00 AM the next morning.

If he doesn't, the House will begin impeachment proceedings.

[Tucker39]

Ping. Please.

[4integrity]

‘The answer to his question is simple; she would have to be a republican’

Bingo. Have never been so disheartened and distrustful of so many in various parts of government...now the FBI. Sad and scary.

[HollyB]

Good question tho!

[Sgt_Schultze]

I like how the director told Goudy one of the things they look at when deciding to prosecute, is the circumstances regarding other prosecutions. That’s a curious threshold. Under that requirement, for any new law, nobody can be prosecuted as first offender because there isn’t any historic precedence to consider. There is simply nothing this just-us department is going to do to hold this group of bad actors responsible.

[raygunfan]

then trey should go on the news shows on fox or oann, and say just that....he has no ability to prosecute, etc, and get the word out ......

[RitaOK]

Sweet.

This historical record you provide here and upthread Diogenis
reminds us the Comey family ties to doing the finances for the Clinton Foundation.

I mean, is that a thank you to Comey for past work in Arkansas that the brother, or whomever, gets paid and contracted to the Foundation?

Geeeeez, I give up. How cooked are we?