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Gregg Jarrett: Did Comey obstruct justice by protecting Hillary Clinton from prosecution?
Fox News ^ | November 8, 2017 | Gregg Jarrett

Posted on 11/08/2017 9:58:59 AM PST by jazusamo

Former FBI Director James Comey’s explanation for not prosecuting Hillary Clinton was always improbable. Now it seems impossible.

The Espionage Act makes it a crime to mishandle classified documents “through gross negligence” (18 USC 793-f). Punishment upon conviction carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

With 110 emails on Clinton’s private server that were classified at the time they were sent or received, the Democratic nominee for president could have been prosecuted on 110 separate felony counts. Yet Comey scuttled the case.

But a story in The Hill this week by John Solomon says a newly discovered document shows that then-FBI Director Comey authored a draft statement accusing Clinton of mishandling classified documents and being “grossly negligent.”

The document was confirmed by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was written a full two months before Clinton was ever interviewed by the FBI.

However, sometime later the words “gross negligence” were edited out with red lines. The words “extremely careless” were substituted. This would appear to show that Comey knew Clinton violated the law but subsequently resolved to conjure a way to exonerate her by altering the language.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; comey; doj; donothingsessions; fbi; hillaryclinton; obstructingjustice
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To: dfwgator; Enlightened1

Did Comey obstruct justice by protecting Hillary Clinton from prosecution?

aaah ..... YES!


21 posted on 11/08/2017 11:11:24 AM PST by a little elbow grease (...... the other side of make believe is here)
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To: onyx

I couldn’t agree more.

God bless Roger Ailes for believing in him and getting him help.


22 posted on 11/08/2017 11:20:56 AM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Correct, the resulting investigations would have exposed the entire executive branch. It could not be allowed to continue.


23 posted on 11/08/2017 11:48:30 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: jazusamo

I sure hope Greg Jarrett has good security. I wouldn’t want to hear about him having an “accident”. Or is the current Dem way to get rid of someone (a conservative) to have some woman accuse a man of sexual harassment? I guess that’s not as messy as their old way....


24 posted on 11/08/2017 1:45:01 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: jeffc

I hear you. He’s been coming out on these Rat scandals and telling it like it is according to laws on the books.

To say these criminals are not happy with him is probably an understatement.


25 posted on 11/08/2017 1:53:44 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

This is a valid accusation. James Comey definitely did obstruct justice by protecting Hillary Clinton from prosecution.


26 posted on 11/08/2017 4:34:29 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; White Bear; ...

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27 posted on 11/08/2017 4:42:01 PM PST by bitt (press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally)
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To: jazusamo

Soloman and Jarrett have as much to do with Hannity’s ratings going up lately, as does Hannity himself. Two of the last great reporters left in the country, hopefully Sean keeps having them on regularly.


28 posted on 11/08/2017 4:43:43 PM PST by Golden Eagle ("A lot of people are disappointed in the Justice Department, including me" - Trump on Nov 3, 2017)
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To: jazusamo

29 posted on 11/08/2017 4:49:38 PM PST by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: wiggen

last week Sessions said he couldn’t comment on possible or on-going investigations...

hopefully that’s why they didn’t offer info to the House..


30 posted on 11/08/2017 4:56:52 PM PST by bitt (press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally)
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To: Enlightened1
IT'S TRUE! (I've seen it for myself) -- -- --


31 posted on 11/08/2017 4:59:41 PM PST by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: bitt

My goodness....Is that bear still in the woods....


32 posted on 11/08/2017 5:10:25 PM PST by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: jazusamo

“extremely careless” or “grossly negligent”, the results were the same.... classified info was transferred and the markings scrubbed.

Lock. Her. Up. !!!


33 posted on 11/08/2017 5:46:06 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Golden Eagle

Bump!


34 posted on 11/08/2017 5:54:37 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo
"No doubt Comey was obstructing justice, Gregg Jarrett laid the case out for a special counsel."

No doubt, but at whose orders ??? Who was in charge that could order this stand down? Stand down... like in Benghazi?

SS1

35 posted on 11/08/2017 6:36:25 PM PST by Spitzensparkin1 (Arrest and deport illegal aliens. Americans demand those jobs back! MAGA!)
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To: jazusamo

Not only did he obstruct justice, he conspired to conceal violations of the espionage act. He is a conspirator in acts of treason against the U.S.


36 posted on 11/08/2017 10:37:31 PM PST by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: jazusamo

Bookmark - The Comey Debacle


37 posted on 11/08/2017 10:47:37 PM PST by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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To: jazusamo

The elites keep thinking they can write their own rules and hold themselves above the law because “politics”, it’s gonna end up with military tribunals and firing squads for the lot of them.

If they’re lucky and We The People don’t get fed up enough to just drag them out into the street for a Full Mussolini.


38 posted on 11/09/2017 12:43:33 AM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: bitt

He hasn’t done squat. He has no intention of ever going after high profile Democratic targets. Face reality. All these Republicans except Trump are afraid of being accused of being politically motivated. Thats the game, its how they play it.


39 posted on 11/09/2017 6:59:59 AM PST by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I agree that it’s very unlikely they will indict Clinton.

They would have to have strong enough evidence to sway even many of her most die hard supporters, or you would start a partisan civil war.

But they can expose her. Put the truth out there for everyone to see.


40 posted on 11/09/2017 9:32:12 AM PST by DannyTN
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