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Romanian hacker who says he breached Clinton server finalizing plea deal
Fox News ^ | May 23, 2016 | Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne

Posted on 05/23/2016 12:39:45 PM PDT by jazusamo

The Romanian hacker who claimed he easily breached Hillary Clinton’s personal email server is finalizing a plea deal with the FBI and U.S. attorney, Fox News has learned.

Marcel Lehel Lazar, the 44-year-old hacker also known as “Guccifer,” first gave indications he wanted to cooperate with the U.S. government in mid-April, during an interview with Fox News. Lazar, in a subsequent discussion, said he was working on a plea deal – he then suspended media contact earlier this month.

On Monday, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia confirmed that a change of plea hearing is now scheduled for Lazar on Wednesday morning. He originally had pleaded not guilty to the nine-count indictment when he was extradited to the U.S.

He is now expected to plead guilty to some charges.

It is not publicly known whether the deal being worked out has a provision for cooperating with federal authorities – and whether that has anything to do with the investigation into Clinton’s exclusive use of a private email server for government business while secretary of state.

But an intelligence source familiar with the FBI probe said if Guccifer pleads guilty to compromising Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal’s AOL account – which is one of the nine charges – it will show that Clinton’s use of a personal server put sensitive information outside secure government channels and made it accessible to foreign hackers.

“[Clinton’s] gross negligence allowed this material to get out to an adversary,” the source said. “Through her communications with Blumenthal, [Clinton] contributed exposure and risk.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blumenthal; clinton; doj; emails; fbi; guccifer; guilty; hacker; hillary; hillarysemails; lazar; marcellazar; pleadeal; privateserver; soshillary
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To: Genoa

cooperating with federal authorities

People who were cooperating have still been killed. The Clintonista crime family has a long reach. I hope he stays safe. Others have died under mysterious circumstances for far less.


21 posted on 05/23/2016 1:45:35 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free

Well said. I doubt any one person knows how many countries hacked her private server and if that person does exist they’re not saying.

In my view Hillary is most definitely a traitorous enemy of the state.


22 posted on 05/23/2016 1:50:17 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo
“[Clinton’s] gross negligence allowed this material to get out to an adversary,”

Gross Negligence in the handling of Nation Security information is a FELONY under US Code.

23 posted on 05/23/2016 1:52:52 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: the_Watchman

By accepting the plea deal, by inference, he would be called as a material witness to Hillary’s disclosure of classified material AND brings up the question of when Blumenthal is going to be plucked like low hanging fruit.

Don’t forget the NSA already made a public statement about Blumenthal’s unauthorized possession of classified material. Which did not originate from Hillary.

It looks like the FBI is wrapping up the details to start arrests.


24 posted on 05/23/2016 1:57:02 PM PDT by meatloaf
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To: I want the USA back

Looks like it

That’s the way it works with elite top level government criminals.

Teflon for Hillary and all of those incolved with her crimes except the very low level people who are sacrificed on the alter of vindictiveness

Then it is all covered with unicorns and balloons


25 posted on 05/23/2016 1:58:02 PM PDT by Syncro (Benghazi-LIES/Coverup Treason ARREST the traitors! Hillary-Obama-Rice-Holder-Learner-Lynch et al)
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To: Eddie01

It’s not like it hasn’t happened before.

Heck, when Mr Hillary Clinton was president, they even went after their enemies animals.


26 posted on 05/23/2016 1:59:02 PM PDT by Syncro (Benghazi-LIES/Coverup Treason ARREST the traitors! Hillary-Obama-Rice-Holder-Learner-Lynch et al)
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To: meatloaf

Let’s hope there is that positive side to it.


27 posted on 05/23/2016 1:59:44 PM PDT by Syncro (Benghazi-LIES/Coverup Treason ARREST the traitors! Hillary-Obama-Rice-Holder-Learner-Lynch et al)
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To: jazusamo

In THIS case, someone hacked Her Thighness. In other cases, SHE sold sensitive data to our enemies!!

WHEN is Karma going to kick this woman in her ample arse?

Aarrgghhh!


28 posted on 05/23/2016 2:00:47 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: jazusamo

My assumption is that any country with a national intelligence apparatus worthy of the name has the complete contents of that server. At least a dozen countries. I certainly hope our military is acting on that assumption.


29 posted on 05/23/2016 2:01:46 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Mariner

Exactly...There are people in Leavenworth and other federal prisons serving sentences for crimes like hers.


30 posted on 05/23/2016 2:01:47 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

Now can we shoot her as a traitor?


31 posted on 05/23/2016 2:03:22 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: jazusamo
But an intelligence source familiar with the FBI probe said if Guccifer pleads guilty to compromising Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal’s AOL account – which is one of the nine charges – it will show that Clinton’s use of a personal server put sensitive information outside secure government channels...

Which by the way is the exact legal definition of espionage. If an FBI source used that language it's very bad news for the Crooked one.

32 posted on 05/23/2016 2:04:12 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: meatloaf

Yep, if the hacker is cutting a deal with the feds this can’t be good news for Hillary.


33 posted on 05/23/2016 2:05:44 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Unfortunately she already should have had her ample arse kicked, we can only pray it finally will happen.


34 posted on 05/23/2016 2:08:00 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free
It's probably easier to ask who didn't access her crap...
35 posted on 05/23/2016 2:25:34 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Hugin

It has been obvious that is what she did from the beginning, at least since Guccifer first made public the emails from Blumenthal’s account where her private server address first showed up.


36 posted on 05/23/2016 2:33:29 PM PDT by erlayman (yw)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
If Hillary’s secret emails weren’t hacked, which she and the media swear is the case, then why does he have to plea to anything? I mean, if he didn’t breach her email, what is the crime?

That good sir is the post of the day. I shall be forwarding it to the Department of Justice and expect immediate action on it in about 1000 years if not more.

37 posted on 05/23/2016 2:55:46 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, MUDMAN GEOLOGIST PILOT PHARMACIST LIBERTARIAN, CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: jazusamo

When do we get to the part where we hang the bitch for treason?


38 posted on 05/23/2016 3:06:33 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I hear you, unfortunately not soon enough.


39 posted on 05/23/2016 3:22:27 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: I want the USA back

So he’s talking with the feds to avoid prosecution, while the criminal hillary gets a free pass.


So true, and a non disclosure clause of what he found as part of saying yes I did get into it.

Give Clinton the “ personal email” defense


40 posted on 05/23/2016 3:24:33 PM PDT by patriotspride
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