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After Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting, FBI Scrambled to Find and Punish Source, Emails Show
Newsweek ^ | December 15, 2017 | By Max Kutner

Posted on 12/15/2017 1:25:03 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

After news broke about an airport meeting between former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton in the midst of last year’s presidential campaign, the FBI scrambled to identify the source who leaked details about the encounter and discipline him or her, according to emails released on the FBI website on Friday.

The internal emails show that on June 29, 2016, a senior spokeswoman for the Justice Department emailed her counterparts at the FBI to flag articles that were starting to appear about the meeting. In the email, the spokeswoman, Melanie Newman, described the encounter as “a casual, unscheduled meeting.” She provided talking points, which are redacted in the released version.

That same day, multiple FBI officials sent links about the story to Comey, who responded to one email, “Got it, thanks sir.” Also on those email chains were FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, whom President Donald Trump and others have accused of a pro-Clinton bias because his wife received money for a political campaign from entities associated with Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, a Clinton ally; and Peter Strzok, who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team because of text messages critical of Trump. Strzok oversaw the Clinton email investigation.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: arizona; christophersign; clijntonlynch; clinton; clintonlynch; crooked; deepstate; election2016; fbi; fedmob; jamescomey; lorettalynch; melanienewman; obstructionofjustice; peterstrzok; phoenix; robertmueller; tarmacmeeting; terrymcauliffe; virginia
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Couldn't find the actual emails on FBI.gov site.
1 posted on 12/15/2017 1:25:04 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Tatters” then becomes an understatement.


2 posted on 12/15/2017 1:27:22 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3614010/posts


3 posted on 12/15/2017 1:27:33 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The FIB is rotten to the core. It needs to be disbanded,.


4 posted on 12/15/2017 1:28:29 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall")
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To: SERKIT

So they wanted to punish the whistle-blower.

That is against the law.........if anybody really thinks they care..............


5 posted on 12/15/2017 1:28:43 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Glad to hear the FBI thought its primary mission was to protect the Democrats. Nice.


6 posted on 12/15/2017 1:29:31 PM PST by major-pelham
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s not a crime if a Democrat does it.


7 posted on 12/15/2017 1:29:41 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gee. The FBI covering for the Clintons. What a surprise.


8 posted on 12/15/2017 1:29:45 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Something is very fishy over the DOJ.

It smells like Hillary’s.....Old Crusty pantsuit.


9 posted on 12/15/2017 1:32:15 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Finally, a leak the FBI finds unacceptable.


10 posted on 12/15/2017 1:35:49 PM PST by gogeo (Leftists are a parasite that destroys the host.)
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"The FBI covering for the Clintons."

Not Comey's first rodeo for that.

11 posted on 12/15/2017 1:36:47 PM PST by Paladin2 (There is no credible evidence that 0sama is a NBC.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Rush Limbaugh predicted biggest bombshell is yet to come. I am starting to believe him.


12 posted on 12/15/2017 1:41:11 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democratt)
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To: SERKIT

[the FBI scrambled to identify the source who leaked details about the encounter and discipline him or her]

[the Deep State Democrats scrambled to identify the leaker who ratted out Hillary’s co-conspirators Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton and make sure they paid for their betrayal of Her Pantsuitness.]

(There. Fixed it.)


13 posted on 12/15/2017 1:41:36 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

To fix the FBI:
1. Send them all out to the parking lot or put on home leave.
2. call them back in one at a time only after you are sure they are working to protect only the US people and US laws (not the Clintons)
3. tell those not called back in three days to go find jobs elsewhere
NOTE: this would also relieve the overage of personnel in the FBI


14 posted on 12/15/2017 1:58:06 PM PST by Rapscallion (The tragedy of religion is that it can make people hate each other.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Imagine if you will, it was the Republicans who were in power and the FBI did as they had done to cover Hillary for a Republican candidate. By now those in the FBI would be called Himmler or Beria. (Most likely not Beria, they don’t normally like to compare anyone with the Russian commie types.)


15 posted on 12/15/2017 2:00:11 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

16 posted on 12/15/2017 2:15:58 PM PST by blam
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To: BenLurkin

Eeeewwwww!!!


17 posted on 12/15/2017 2:18:20 PM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Democrats: the political party of the undead)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hang on!!!! Newsweak is reporting this? The reporter responsible will surely be looking for work by Monday


18 posted on 12/15/2017 2:19:13 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Remember: All Cultures Are Equal!)
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To: MNDude

I’m tired of getting my hopes up. :/


19 posted on 12/15/2017 2:21:38 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You will find FBI in the dictionary right next to FUBAR. What a gang of scheming, Hillary loving scum.


20 posted on 12/15/2017 2:29:41 PM PST by dennisw (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
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