The Clinton E-mails Are Critical to the Clinton Foundation Investigation

National Review ^ | November 1, 2016 | Andrew C. McCarthy

[AJFavish]

The Wall Street Journal’s report that, for over a year, the FBI has been investigating the Clinton Foundation for potential financial crimes and influence peddling is, as Rich Lowry said Monday, a blockbuster. As I argued over the weekend, the manner in which the State Department was put in the service of the Foundation during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary is shocking. It is suggestive of a pattern of pay-to-play bribery, the monetizing of political influence, fraud, and obstruction of justice that the Justice Department should be investigating as a possible RICO conspiracy under the federal anti-racketeering laws.

The Journal’s Devlin Barrett buries the Clinton Foundation lede in the 14th paragraph of his report. Even more astonishing are his final three paragraphs:

"In September, agents on the foundation case asked to see the emails contained on nongovernment laptops that had been searched as part of the Clinton email case, but that request was rejected by prosecutors at the Eastern District of New York, in Brooklyn. Those emails were given to the FBI based on grants of partial immunity and limited-use agreements, meaning agents could only use them for the purpose of investigating possible mishandling of classified information.

"Some FBI agents were dissatisfied with that answer, and asked for permission to make a similar request to federal prosecutors in Manhattan, according to people familiar with the matter. [FBI Deputy Director Andrew] McCabe, these people said, told them no and added that they couldn’t “go prosecutor-shopping.”

"Not long after that discussion, FBI agents informed the bureau’s leaders about the Weiner laptop, prompting Mr. Comey’s disclosure to Congress and setting off the furor that promises to consume the final days of a tumultuous campaign."

Let me unpack this.

[Whenifhow]

PING!!!

Article and comments, esp #10 by Billthedrill

The upshot is that classified material compromises may be the lesser of the crimes. The real target of the investigations is the Clinton Foundation, .....
The immunity that never should have been granted was granted to block the investigation’s access to evidence. It is these things that gave Comey the accurate impression that he was being end-run and placed in the position of a fall guy.

Thanks, AJFavish & H/T bitt

[Liz]

.....classified material compromises may be the lesser of the crimes. The real target of the investigations is the Clinton Foundation, and if Huma and Tony Weiner have to go down to prevent that investigation from going forward, they'll be cheerfully sacrificed.....

THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY UP CLOSE (hat tip Billthedrill):

<><> FBI Deputy Director McCabe's wife got a campaign donation of $675,000,

<><> the donations was instrumental in blocking the investigation.

<><> Comey grated immunity to block the investigation's access to evidence.

SUMMING UP Comey's added it all up---now Comey realizes he was
being end-run and that the Clinton cabal tapped him as the fall guy.

Mmmmmm....the investigations are gonna get fierce.

[stephenjohnbanker]

BUY popcorn futures !

[Liz]

OK.

[Verginius Rufus]

The Clintons' level of corruption always turns out to be even more than we suspected--but Loretta Lynch should be the target of a criminal investigation for her deliberate misuse of her office. John Mitchell was a choirboy by comparison.

I don't know how many people even care about corruption and the rule of law any more--obviously none of those who have voted or plan to vote for Hillary care--but this needs to be publicized as much as possible between now and November 8. Hannity may be the only person with a large viewership who would be interested in having Andrew McCarthy on. Of course the LIVs won't be watching.

[PGalt]

Given the wikileaks and James Commie revelations, perhaps CONgre$$ should re-open their dog and pony show.

The most EVIL government in the history of the republic...continues today, tomorrow, the next day, ...

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

‘The real target of the investigations is the Clinton Foundation, .....’

That should be a prime target.

But the strange death of Vince Foster — you’d find a major crime there that could lead back to the Tainted Prison Blood scandal, the 900 raided FBI files [largest blackmail operation in world history], etc.

Her husband’s first year — 1993 — the year that the USA turned Romanesque.