Posted on 11/14/2017 11:24:56 AM PST by drewh
The request alone was enough to trigger a political backlash, as critics of Mr. Trump quickly decried what they called banana republic politics of retribution, akin to autocratic backwater nations where election losers are jailed by winners.
Democrats still vividly recall Mr. Trump on the campaign trail vowing to prosecute Mrs. Clinton if he won. It was alarming enough to chant lock her up at a campaign rally, said Brian Fallon, who was Mrs. Clintons campaign spokesman. It is another thing entirely to try to weaponize the Justice Department in order to actually carry it out.
But conservatives said Mrs. Clinton should not be immune from scrutiny as a special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, investigates Russias interference in last years election and any ties it may have to Mr. Trumps campaign. They argued, for example, that Mrs. Clinton was the one doing Russias bidding in the form of a uranium deal approved when she was secretary of state.
Peter Schweizer, whose best-selling book, Clinton Cash, raised the uranium issue in 2015, said a special counsel would be the best way to address this matter because it would actually remove it from politics. It offers greater independence from any political pressures and provides the necessary tools to hopefully get to the bottom of what happened and why it happened, said Mr. Schweizer, whose nonprofit organization was co-founded by Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trumps former chief strategist.
A letter by Stephen E. Boyd, an assistant attorney general, to Representative Robert W. Goodlatte, Republican of Virginia and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, disclosed that career prosecutors were evaluating issues that the congressman raised in his own letters to the department in July and September.
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AG Alberto Gonzales
I notice Hillary’s defense is not to say that she is innocent or to be offended by the accusation but rather “that’s been debunked”. That is her saying “someone else has already dealt with that so I don’t even have to discuss it”. It saved her the effort of lying.
"Joe Average saying to himself, 'Gee, if those corrupt as Hell phucktards can get away with literal murder, and corruption on a scale that I cant even dream of, then why should I obey the law? Why SHOULDNT I break it wherever I think that I can get away with it?'"
The second point I had in mind, one that I've posed to our state senator who is running in 2018 is: "Now that it has been declared that everything from money laundering to destruction of evidence and lying under oath to embezzlement of campaign funds is acceptable for Hillary Clinton and the Obama appointees, what line should we, the citizens be expected observe as to the laws we may wish to ignore?"
Note: He refused comment.
A breakdown of civil justice doesnt necessarily end up in civil war. The role of maintaining civility just ends up falling to clans, gangs and families.
So be it.
It isn’t banana Republic politics if the losing candidate is a CRIMINAL.
Can’t we just drone her ?
Yes...... A permanent solution is needed
Only half?
bttt
OK. I was going to call you a grammar Nazi, but what I said was wrong enough to warrant the correction. :>)
Not to deny your statement, but, which ‘insiders’ and how do they know?
Just pointing out Hillary’s own words. Lol. Personally think she cannot have a third term myself. Violates the constitution.
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