Posted on 04/13/2017 7:24:32 PM PDT by Beowulf9
Candace Marie Claiborne has become the first Clinton-era State Department employee indicted on treason charges, after a federal grand jury indicted her for conspiring to defraud the U.S. government, concealing contact with foreign spies, obstructing an official proceeding, and making false statements to the FBI.
Claiborne, a veteran State Department employee who possessed a Top Secret security clearance, concealed her extensive contacts with Chinese intelligence agents, who for years lavished her with thousands of dollars in gifts as part of a pay-for-play scheme, according to a Department of Justice press release.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirrorspectrum.com ...
From the looks of her it wouldn’t have to be a real long sentence to be a life sentence. I wonder if she wants to talk?
What a handsome woman.
No one can be charged with treason at this time, since we are not currently at war with any country.
“Beanbag” — LOL. Nicest thing I’ve been called all day!
Thanks for that link. The DOJ article doesn’t mention “treason.” It says she is charged with obstructing an official proceeding and making false statements. That’s a far cry from treason.
“Mirrorspectrum” still sounds like a fake news clickbait site.
From your keyboard...
I hear tea with honey will allow someone accused to treason the ability to sing all night without losing your voice.. Here’s hoping she takes advantage of it.
Hillary Clinton had GD spy's working for her.
My first impression of this one is "ice cold".
Hillary Clinton had GD spy's working for her.
My first impression of this one is "ice cold".
The purp is a dumpy Afro gal.
Wow...pinching myself...
Btw, did ya notice what the photo from the article left out?
The setting/venue as depicted in 49/50.
These people were running the show. Looking sharp Hillary
Not Bill Clinton. Hillary Clinton. While she was running the State Department was the impression I got.
Candace Claiborne: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
1. A Male Subject & Claiborne Are Accused of Receiving Thousands of Dollars in Gifts & Cash From Chinese Intelligence Agents
2. Claiborne Holds a Top Secret Security Clearance & Allegedly Lied to the FBI After Accusing the Chinese Intel Agents of Being Spies
3. Claiborne Has Been an Employee of the Department of State Since 1999 & Lived With Her Accomplice In Shanghai
4. Claiborne Had a Journal Where She Wrote About Her Misconduct
5. The Maximum Penalty Claiborne Faces Is 25 Years In a Federal Prison
You got it.
Per the DOJ press release:
According to the affidavit, Claiborne noted in her journal that she could Generate 20k in 1 year working with one of the PRC agents, who, shortly after wiring $2,480 to Claiborne, tasked her with providing internal U.S. Government analyses on a U.S.-Sino Strategic Economic Dialogue that had just concluded.
Claiborne, who allegedly confided to a co-conspirator that the PRC agents were spies, willfully misled State Department background investigators and FBI investigators about her contacts with those agents, the affidavit states. After the State Department and FBI investigators contacted her, Claiborne also instructed her co-conspirators to delete evidence connecting her to the PRC agents, the affidavit alleges.
Looks like their out of country trip just got extended indefinitely...
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