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U.S. State Dept official 'pressured' FBI to declassify Clinton email -FBI documents
Reuters ^ | Oct. 17, 2016 | Jonathan Allen

Posted on 10/17/2016 5:56:50 PM PDT by Innovative

A senior State Department official sought to shield Hillary Clinton last year by pressuring the FBI to drop its insistence that an email on the private server she used while secretary of state contained classified information, according to records of interviews with FBI officials released on Monday.

The accusation against Patrick Kennedy, the State Department's most senior manager, appears in the latest release of interview summaries from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's year-long investigation into Clinton's sending and receiving classified government secrets via her unauthorized server.

Although the FBI decided against declassifying the email's contents, the claim of interference added fuel to Republicans' belief that officials in President Barack Obama's administration have sought to protect Clinton, a Democrat, from criminal liability as she seeks to succeed Obama in the Nov. 8 election. The FBI recommended against bringing any charges in July and has defended the integrity of its investigation.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: classifiedemails; clintonemails; fbi; fbidocdump; hillary; hillarycriminalprobe; nationalsecurity; patrickkennedy; securitybreach; statedept
Corruption and endangering national security is no big deal for the Clintons and it doesn't disqualify Hillary from seeking and maybe getting the highest office in the nation: the presidency.
1 posted on 10/17/2016 5:56:51 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Drip..drip..


2 posted on 10/17/2016 5:58:22 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Innovative

It looks like only FNC showed up at the press conference.


3 posted on 10/17/2016 5:58:47 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Innovative

Of course, if your name is NOT Clinton, the potential penalty is quite different and includes jail:

Retired four-star general admits leaking top-secret info to media

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/17/politics/general-cartwright-pleads-guilty-leaking-information/

“As CNN has previously reported, Cartwright has been under federal investigation for providing classified information to reporters since 2013.
While the charge of making false statements to federal investigators carries a five-year maximum sentence, Cartwright’s plea agreement states that he should face no more than six months in prison.
Cartwright’s sentencing hearing is set for January 17, 2017.”


4 posted on 10/17/2016 6:05:38 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Gene Eric

Trump should announce that someone in the Obama administration has provided secret information that if Hillary loses Obama will pardon the entire state department and FBI.


5 posted on 10/17/2016 6:05:39 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Election 2016 - Freedom or Slavery)
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To: Innovative

btt


6 posted on 10/17/2016 6:13:27 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: Innovative

Total disintegration of the Federal government, the media, the rule of law, and the American way of life. Thank you Hillary and Barry, you commie jackals.


7 posted on 10/17/2016 6:15:01 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

All independent voter women care about is their snowflakes might thing they’re fat because Trump used the word once


8 posted on 10/17/2016 6:51:51 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Interesting thought.

The agencies need to step up and do the right thing. The Leftwing momentum is getting problematic.


9 posted on 10/17/2016 7:59:09 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Innovative

Only the originating agency can declassify the material they put out.... They must have asked the FBI to replace data about her mishandling of classified with their “recently declassified” versions and act as if it had never been classified.


10 posted on 10/18/2016 3:54:16 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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