State Department Office Removed Benghazi Files After Congressional Subpoenas

Washington Free Beacon ^ | 4/21/16 | Alana Goodman

[Nachum]

State Department officials removed files from the secretary’s office related to the Benghazi attack in Libya and transferred them to another department after receiving congressional subpoenas last spring, delaying the release of the records to Congress for over a year. Attorneys for the State Department said the electronic folders, which contain hundreds of documents related to the Benghazi attack and Libya, were belatedly rediscovered at the end of last year. They said the files had been overlooked by State Department officials because the executive secretary’s office transferred them to another department and flagged them for archiving last April, shortly after receiving

[LaRueLaDue]

“I assume (OK, hope) the FBI is marching up the food chain as I write, making offers of conditional immunity for truthful testimony under oath.”

Doesn’t the FBI have to be directed by the DOJ to investigate? If so, that will never happen. (i.e. I don’t think that the FBI can just go out and investigate on their own, and Congress cannot ask them to either, I believe...)

[thinden]

Be back bump

[LaRueLaDue]

You are right, the DOJ will never authorize any sort of investigation on this.

This federal regime is nuts. We should be in open rebellion...

[SandRat]

State Department officials removed files from the secretary’s office related to the Benghazi attack in Libya and transferred them to another department after receiving congressional subpoenas last spring.

I'm no Lawyer, but I think that is a MAJOR FED FELONY and carries some SERIOUS prison time

[riverdawg]

“Doesn’t the FBI have to be directed by the DOJ to investigate?”

The FBI already is investigating, and has been for many months. Immunity was offered to Bryan Pagliano last month:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-clinton-email-investigation-justice-department-grants-immunity-to-former-state-department-staffer/2016/03/02/e421e39e-e0a0-11e5-9c36-e1902f6b6571_story.html

The FBI will present its evidence to the federal prosecutors (who are also employees of the DOJ), who then will decide whether or not to try the case.

[Liz]

After referring to Benghazi, then-Secy of State Clinton’s telephone call with then-Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed AmAmr made a curious reference to what the former secretary referred to as a “very successful investment visit led by my deputy Tom Nides, and, on the very day they left, this series of Benghazi incidents began to unfold.”

According to the Washington Post, Nides, who was Hillary's deputy secretary for management and resources at the State Department, was at the same time esponsible for “communications with donors” to the Clinton Foundation.

Nides was also involved in the scandal involving Clinton’s efforts to provide special access to State Department officials for hedge fund clients of her son-in-law, Marc Mezvinsky.

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[Liz]

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Hillary made fast friends w/ Wall Street when she was in the US Senate.

Then-US Sens Clinton and Corzine. Corzine was fresh out of Goldman Sachs executive suite. Corzine came from Wall Street to Capitol Hill. Then back to Wall Street to head a company that hired Bill Clinton @ $50,000 per month, AND also misplaced $1.3 Billion investor dollars.

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Goldman Sachs top echelon are nuts for Hillary. The G/S biggies "invested" in Hillary's SIL's hedge fund. SIL's cockamamie investing turned the fund into an economic disaster according to the WSJ.

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THE CLINTON CORZINE CONNECTION: The NY Post reported Dec 2011 that Teneo was advising MF Global, the doomed international brokerage firm headed by former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (and ex-US Senator). The firm paid Teneo an eye-popping $125,000 a month as it was imploding and losing millions for its investors. Bill Clinton was also pocketing at MF Global--- an astounding $50,000 per month.

EXHIBIT ONE Corzine was fresh out of Goldman Sachs executive suite, buying his NJ Senate seat office for $65 million; then buying the NJ governorship. Out of office, he ran a hedge fund where $1.5 B went missing....its advisor Teneo was connected to both Bill Clinton and then-Secy of State Hillary's top aide Huma Abedin.

EXHIBIT TWO When Chelsea Clinton's husband started a hedge fund, he gained access to investors who had ties to the Clintons and to Goldman Sachs. Back in 2011, Mezvinsky, now 37, and two former Goldman Sachs'ers — Bennett Grau and Mark Mallon — began raising money for Mezvinsky's Eaglevale Partners LP hedge fund.

Some of Mezvinsky's "investors" included Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Blankfein, a slavish Democrat supporter, said he had "always been a fan of Hillary Clinton."

The WSJ reported extensively on the hedge fund's underperformance since its inception and Mezvinsky's mediocre investing and strategizing.

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THIS JUST IN---Bloomberg is reporting G/S's CEO Lloyd Blankfien is a newly-minted billionaire---and also has his own Foundation.

Mmmmmmmm....the sound of wire-transfers is almost palpable.

[The_Media_never_lie]

There will be no indictments.

[yoe]

America has slipped so badly in values letting this woman run for POTUS.

The left/progressives know no shame.

...Jesus wept

[Republicanprofessor]

Benghazi ping.

Let Republicanprofessor know if you want on or off this ping list.

[Cheerio]

Is anyone seriously surprised by this factoid?

[Cementjungle]

Sounds to me like more trouble for the Queen who wants to be POTUS.

No trouble at all, trust me.

[hoosiermama]

Thinking out of box.
Did this action actually protect the documents for disappearing completely? Was it an attempt by a sub management person to in fact keep the bosses from manipulating or destroying part of the evidence —To keep it intact until it was time to reveal it to the proper authorities?

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yes

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Some of Mezvinsky’s “investors” included Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Blankfein, a slavish Democrat supporter, said he had “always been a fan of Hillary Clinton.”

“THIS JUST IN-—Bloomberg is reporting G/S’s CEO Lloyd Blankfien is a newly-minted billionaire-—and also has his own Foundation. “

Lloyd Blankfein: “ And for 2 BILLION I will even sleep with her”

[Nachum]

Good questions.

[Liz]

Wow...he’ll do anything for a buck, eh?

[surrey]

I think the chances of that are slim to none.

[stephenjohnbanker]

He would wholesale his mother for lunch money.

Read Charles Gasperino’s book on the Wall Street 6....all CEO’s who gave Obama 10 million in seed money back when he was thinking of running for POTUS. Jaime Dimon is another.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Co-conspirators...