Posted on 06/30/2016 6:48:55 PM PDT by Zakeet
Judicial Watch today requested that the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General investigate the meeting yesterday between Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch:
Attorney General Loretta Lynch met privately with former President William J. Clinton on board a parked private plane on the west side of Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona on June 29, 2016, according to multiple press reports.President Clinton is the spouse of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former Secretary of State, who is purportedly the subject of a national security crime investigation pertaining to the mishandling of national defense information processed by Mrs. Clinton’s personal server during her tenure as secretary.
Additionally, there are press reports that a federal public corruption investigation is on-going concerning conflicts of interest and abuse of official government office involving the financial "commitments" to the Clinton Foundation, speaking fees for President Clinton and former Secretary Clinton's official acts. President Clinton may be a target of that investigation.
Attorney General Lynch's meeting with President Clinton creates the appearance of a violation of law, ethical standards and good judgment. Attorney General Lynch’s decision to breach the well-defined ethical standards of the Department of Justice and the American legal profession is an outrageous abuse of the public's trust. Her conduct and statements undermine confidence in her ability to objectively investigate and prosecute possible violations of law associated with President Clinton and Secretary Clinton. This incident undermines the public's faith in the fair administration of justice. Simply stated, Attorney General Lynch’s June 29, 2016 meeting with former President Clinton creates the broad public impression that "the fix is in."
Judicial Watch requests your immediate and thorough investigation of the facts, circumstances, and appearances of ethical, regulatory and legal violations by Attorney General Lynch in connection with her meeting with former President William J. Clinton - and that you report your findings and recommendations to the American public.
Judicial Watch cites in its complaint 18 USC §§ 202 - 209; Executive Order 12674 on Principles of Ethical Conduct as amended by EO 12731; Uniform Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, 5 CFR Part 2635; Department of Justice regulations, 5 CFR Part 3801; Department of Justice regulations, 28 CFR Part 45; Executive branch standards of conduct, 5 USC § 735; and, United States Department of Justice Ethics Handbook for On and Off-Duty Conduct, 14 Principles for Ethical Conduct:
"14. Employees shall endeavor to avoid any actions creating the appearance that they are violating the law or the ethical standards set forth in this part. Whether particular circumstances create an appearance that the law or these standards have been violated shall be determined from the perspective of a reasonable person with knowledge of the relevant facts."5 C.F.R 2635.101 (b)
"An employee shall endeavor to avoid any actions creating the appearance that the employee is violating the law or the ethical standards set forth in this part."
5 CFR 2635.101(b)(14)
"Attorney General Loretta Lynch's meeting with Bill Clinton severely undermined the already low public confidence in her agency's criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "In addition to this IG investigation, Judicial Watch has already sent Freedom of Information Act requests about this scandalous meeting."
This complaint is pure BS ... I mean, how can Booty and Clawed undermine the public's faith in the fair administration of justice where there none of either to begin with ... and how can they broaden the public's impression that "the fix is in" when 100 percent of the population with an IQ higher than a spring day in the Rockies already knows this is the case?
“President Clinton is the spouse of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former Secretary of State, who is purportedly the subject of a national security crime investigation..”
PERPORTEDLY? Wow, that’s a new one! The FBI would dispute the use of that term.
Hey the Republicans Have a Majority in both houses of Congress, I’m sure they will get to the bottom of it.
Just like they did for Benghazi.
The GOP only believe what the Democrats tell them
We expect some sort of action to come out of this investigation??
First off, Lynch only admitted to this meeting because a local reporter reported it, if he hadn’t done that, she would not have reported it. Then there is the issue that just a couple of days after the meeting the DoJ announces that it won’t release emails related to the Clinton Foundation for another 27 months. No one is going to convince me that all Lynch and Clinton talked about was golf and grandchildren. Lynch, like everyone involved with the 0bama administration, is nothing but a low-life liar.
Related - Jay Sekulow discussing this http://www.christianradio.com/ministry/jay-sekulow-live/ag-lynch-meets-with-bill-clinton-conflict-of-interest-540203.html
Lynch is a black partisan democrat who will protect her corrupt president and party to the death. That’s why she got the job. The Republicans just rubber stamped her nomination and let her slide right through the confirmation.
It’s as if the Republicans think that the democrats would never dream of doing something underhanded or break any laws.
We are living in a nightmare with this out of control, criminal administration.
it would be nice if nsa or gucifer had a recording of their conversation...and released it..
What kind of person sells out his fellow man to protect Dangerous Criminals? The Leadership of Both Parties.
Loretta sabotaged herself. Possibly quite deliberately.
Bill just needed someone to get him some coffee.
Yeah, go ahead and waste taxpayers money on an investigation that will certainly lead nowhere.
Bingo !
Thanx for pointing this out euram.
On the ball reporter caught this or else we would never known
There’s a new Congress in town and it’s called ‘JUDICIAL WATCH’. I’m starting to think every single ‘Republican’ member of Congress has been BLACKMAILED INTO SUBMISSION by Team Oblama.
Judicial Watch is doing the work congress is supposed to do.. Judicial Watch is the only thing that goes to bat for the people. They don’t quit... they keep on and on!
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