Posted on 05/16/2016 4:37:30 AM PDT by Kaslin
FBI Director James Comey knew he had to make a decision that would change his life, and maybe the history of his country, as he surveyed the piles of papers spread out in his office. The Deputy Director in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton – a criminal investigation, not some benign “security review” as the Clintonistas had tried to spin it – sat quietly, letting his boss think. The evidence was overwhelming. Hillary Clinton was clearly guilty of multiple felonies, and the Obama Department of Justice was not going to prosecute her. Now, it fell to Director Comey to decide what he would do about it.
James Comey was a veteran prosecutor and former Deputy Attorney General who convicted hundreds of criminals during his career before coming to direct the troubled Federal Bureau of Investigations. Until now, his integrity always came first, and he served faithfully regardless of the party in power, always careful to put aside any personal political agenda, though he'd seen more than enough people who didn't.
“There's no question, sir. None at all. She’s guilty.” said the Deputy Director, telling Comey nothing he did not know. He had sat in the secure classified information facility deep in the bowels of the Department of Justice when his agents had made their two-hour presentation to the stone-faced prosecutors. Clinton had grossly mishandled classified documents in violation of 18 United States Code Sections 793 and 1924. Some of the information Clinton had on the bathroom server was so sensitive that his agents needed upgraded clearances to see it, and it could only be discussed behind reinforced concrete walls in a room scanned twice a day for bugs. Clinton, because she did not want the accountability that came with using official email, had given industrious hackers and foreign governments carte blanche to pillage through some of America's most sensitive secrets. Though her loyal acolytes tried to spin it as innocuous, anyone who ever held a security clearance would go pale upon hearing what she had done.
Then there was the compelling evidence of the former Secretary of State’s quid pro quo influence peddling – favorable Department decisions and contracts linked to cash for contributions to the Clinton Foundation, which was essentially just a slush fund that subsidized the ex-president and his wife’s lavish lifestyle. And, of course, there was obstruction of justice – Clinton’s brazen attempted destruction of over 30,000 emails. She might as well have wiped them with a cloth because the skilled FBI technicians were able to recover most of them – and what they found was damning.
Well, it would be damning for anyone else. Even at that moment, there were ongoing prosecutions brought with a fraction of the evidence his dozens of agents had assembled against Clinton. At that moment, people were serving sentences for doing less with less sensitive material. And if some company under investigation had destroyed thousands of emails it had the legal obligation to maintain, the CEO would already be sweating out shower time in a federal prison.
But that briefing was weeks ago and since then there had been nothing from Justice – not a word. In any other case, the grand jury would have been empaneled and the indictments already issued. Here, no one had even pulled Clinton’s security clearance. And now the rumor was that Loretta Lynch had decided not prosecute, and that after her election Barack Obama would pardon the President-elect “for the good of the country.”
It was clear that the law was, once again, not going to apply to Hillary Clinton. Now Director Comey had to decide what he was going to do about it. Would he go along quietly with something every fiber of his being told him was a great wrong, or would he make a public stand and keep his integrity?
Comey tried to stay out of politics, but that didn't mean he was unaware of them. If he was to go public after resigning in protest not even the mainstream media that was backing Clinton could mitigate the damage. His public act of conscience could very well hand office to Donald Trump, a man someone with integrity like Director Comey could only loathe. The justice system shouldn't determine an election, but then justice had to be blind, didn't it? Was there to be one rule of law for all Americans, or a special rule of law for the important and connected?
Comey could go along. He knew that's what President Obama wanted. Oh, the President was far too clever to pick up the phone and tell his minions at the DoJ not to indict. He didn't have to. They knew, and they would do it without his fingerprints on it. And if Comey played along he'd be richly rewarded. Unctuous functionaries had hinted as much. “You have a great future, Director. I’m sure once you leave public service, you’ll have many, many, many opportunities.”
But if he stood up for the law, they would destroy him. Comey had no illusions about the price to be paid for crossing the Clinton machine. Ken Starr, another man of integrity, had done it 20 years ago and to this day remains exiled from elite society. The Clintons and their media minions would mercilessly slander Comey and his family, tearing down his career of public service and integrity. He would be a pariah.
There was something the Mexican drug cartels say when they try to corrupt government officials, Comey reflected. Plata o plumo. Silver or lead.
“What will you do, sir?” asked the Deputy Director. Comey gestured to the door.
Now alone, Comey stared out his window, and his eyes settled on the tip of the Washington Monument piercing the skyline of the city named in the first president’s honor. There was no question what George Washington would do, the Director mused. He sighed, stepped back toward his desk and picked up the phone.
“I've made a decision,” he said.
You’re right. We’re at a turning point. So far Comey’s responses and the FBI’s leaks show he’s not going to take the deal.
The issue hear is way beyond the scope of the book and now the movie about Clinton cash. For one thing the FBI is said to have tracked each email back to the originator to determine the classification.
The money trails also had to be tracked and documented. When the FBI delivers the evidence I wouldn’t be surprised if it fills a large box truck, if not a tractor trailer.
Hillary must be prosecuted for the sake of the security of our nation and to begin to restore integrity and confidence in our governing bodies.
It's just that simple.
Looking at the West Pediment of the Supreme Court building yesterday, I wondered what would happen to the felonious Secretary of State. That decision will be a decisive indication of whether even a shred of respect for the rule of law will survive these terrible years.
post #4 ~ >>Schlichter apparently thinks he is being clever, by writing this article in which he attempts to ghost write Comey’s inner thoughts...<<
Was I the only one who thought I was reading a news story - only to be aggravated at the end when I realized it was a novella?
GRRR!
Chelsea Clinton is 36 years old. If HRC falls, watch Chelsea. Libs worship that blood royal.
Commies Crimes and Commies Choice.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
Socialism Is Legal Plunder
Socialists, like all other monopolists, desire to make the law their own weapon. And when once the law is on the side of socialism, how can it be used against socialism? For when plunder is abetted by the law, it does not fear your courts, your gendarmes, and your prisons. Rather, it may call upon them for help.
/Bastiat
Those men pop up occasionally ... then they get gunned down at a roadblock or tied up in court.
If Hillary is not charged, our country faces the greatest crisis since its foundation if Hillary is elected.
Our enemies will have full control of her through blackmail - and our whole nation will essentially be blackmailed.
It will be a totally hidden, invisible takeover of our nation from on high - because of the evil done by this wicked witch - but even more so done by those in authority who refuse to deal with her.
Comey, Lynch, and Obama hold our nation’s destiny in their hands.
And really, Comey is the only one who can throw a wrench in the Left’s plans.......it boils down to one man - one solitary man.
Your faith in the system is far greater than mine.
Guilty as hell...free as a bird.
I was amazed at how everything he wrote match that’s happened so far. There was a meeting and a decision was made to proceed. None of what he wrote was fantasy with the possible exception of Comey’s imputed thoughts.
The time to stop the train was long ago. Comey already went full throttle and the engine is headed straight for DC. From the leaks, I’d say the braking system and the dead man was bypassed.
I don’t think so.
Anyone selected as Hillary’s running mate will be some far left loon. Selected to shore up the socialist/minority/felon/illegal alien wing of the party but completely unelectable outside of that wing of the party.
I understand the parties have rules to cover such instances, but I do not remember the Democrat having any qualms about changes rules to fit their ends.
Of course, I fully expect Hillary to be the nominee and Comey to retire a very wealthy man.
I think that the big problem is the number of crimes that Hillary has committed.
I think they have to keep investigating until they run down every crime Hillary has committed.
They also have to investigate everyone involved and look at all their crimes.
That’s a lot of investigating.
Then, they have to make sure every I is dotted and every t crossed.
They also have to give everyone involved the chance to come clean.
Lots of delicate work.
Hillary Clinton is a lying, thieving, bullying, dirty little snot lawyer.
That is exactly how she’ll behave on this.
The FBI knows that and is preparing for that.
Hillary knows she’s guilty. The Democrat leaders know she’s guilty. Everyone in the whole world knows she’s guilty.
She is also the most unlikeable person in the history of the world.
Yes, there are people who would vote for her. These are the same people who would vote for the dead Hugo Chavez if he ran for office as a Democrat. They aren’t tied to Hillary. The Democrats could run a sock puppet and these people would vote for it. Nobody will protect or defend Hillary. Nobody likes her.
Don’t forget the convention delegates must confirm Hillary’s running mate. If her selected nominee is ratified, the party would have reconvene the convention and annul their original confirmation. That is highly unlikely in my mind.
Obama isn’t protecting her because he likes her—he’s protecting himself from the dirt she has on him. If she falls, so does he, whether she’s breathing or not. That’s the only sort of leverage that explains what we’re seeing.
my money says COMEY crumbles like a cheap suit
the groundwork is already laid
DOJ prosecutors cut off the FBI questioning of Mills who knows the truth
and he will get no info from any other people he questions
THERE IS ALREADY ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO INDICT..... SO THE DELAY SHOWS THE FIX IS IN.......
IN FACT NOTHING WILL BE SAID OR DONE....
dont hold your breath
Both parties have rules that empower the standing national committee to name by majority vote a replacement presidential candidate, and neither party requires that it be the vice-presidential candidate.
Vacancies would be likely be filled by the national committee up until the Electoral College vote, although there are some murky details.
My thought is;
We are talking about the Democrat Party here.
You are assuming they will follow the rules. I am assuming they will do what they must do to in order to win.
However much I detest most Democrat politicians, I cannot envision them in these times of distaste of establishment leadership acting in a manner that would erode voter participation.
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