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Lisa Page said FBI discussed charging Hillary Clinton with 'gross negligence' in 2016, and DOJ...
Washington Examiner ^ | March 12, 2019 03:56 PM | Updated Mar 12, 2019, 08:06 PM | Jerry Dunleavy

Posted on 03/12/2019 5:36:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

FULL TITLE: Lisa Page said FBI discussed charging Hillary Clinton with 'gross negligence' in 2016, and DOJ (AKA Loretta Lynch) told them no

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page testified last year that officials in the bureau, including then-FBI Director James Comey, discussed Espionage Act charges against Hillary Clinton, citing “gross negligence," but the Justice Department shut them down.

Newly released transcripts from Page’s private testimony in front of a joint task force of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees in July 2018 sheds new light on the internal discussions about an investigation into Clinton's emails. This goes back to the FBI’s "Midyear Exam" investigation, which looked into whether Clinton committed crimes when she sent and received classified information on her unauthorized private email server while serving as secretary of state.

Comey cleared Clinton of all charges in a press conference on July 5, 2016.

Page told the committee that the FBI "did not blow over gross negligence.” Responding to a question from Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, Page testified the FBI, including Comey, believed Clinton may have committed gross negligence. “We, in fact — and, in fact, the Director — because, on its face, it did seem like, well, maybe there’s a potential here for this to be the charge. And we had multiple conversations, multiple conversations with the Justice Department about charging gross negligence," she said.

Page further testified the DOJ put a stop to that: “The Justice Department’s assessment was that it was both constitutionally vague, so that they did not actually feel that they could permissibly bring that charge.” The specific statute being referenced, 18 U.S. Code § 793, deals in part with “gross negligence” in the handling of national defense information, which Clinton came under...

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1 posted on 03/12/2019 5:36:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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FBI discussed charging Hillary Clinton with 'gross negligence' in 2016, and DOJ (AKA Loretta Lynch) told them no

That's called obstruction of justice.

2 posted on 03/12/2019 5:39:56 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (We are in the midst of a Cold Civil War.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Two sets of laws in a supposedly Constitutional Republic?

That’s not a Republic that’s anarchy.


3 posted on 03/12/2019 5:40:53 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

You can’t get nominated for SC if you don’t play along...


4 posted on 03/12/2019 5:41:03 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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5 posted on 03/12/2019 5:44:37 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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6 posted on 03/12/2019 5:50:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Clearly, Loretta Lynch put the skids on Hillary’s indictment.


7 posted on 03/12/2019 5:51:46 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'SCENTER>AY IS THE WINNING WAY!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Just confirming what we already knew.


8 posted on 03/12/2019 5:53:17 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Jeff Chandler

So the talk between Bill and Loretta on the tarmac in Phoenix in June 2016 may have revolved around the fact that Hillary was going to get charged with gross negligence and what to do about it? Don’t know and we probably will never know what was discussed.


9 posted on 03/12/2019 5:55:00 PM PDT by alabama_heart
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To: onyx

Wow you guys are quick...just saw what had been posted. Great minds think alike.


10 posted on 03/12/2019 5:56:39 PM PDT by alabama_heart
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

IBCR Meme


11 posted on 03/12/2019 5:56:57 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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The thing is, even “gross negligence” hides what she is really guilty of, which would be found in the content of the emails, not their physical location.

I don’t want her for some technical violation, I want her for what she really did... selling her office, and selling out the US to our enemies.


12 posted on 03/12/2019 6:01:37 PM PDT by marron
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Lisa Page said FBI discussed charging Hillary Clinton with 'gross negligence' in 2016, and DOJ (AKA Loretta Lynch) told them no...hence Comey's disgraceful perversion of the statute, saying that the FBI did not find that she intentionally broke the law and ignoring the negligence part - Comey's crime was certainly intentional......
13 posted on 03/12/2019 6:02:27 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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start arresting all the colluders & coup plotters, including the FakeNewsMSM.


14 posted on 03/12/2019 6:10:57 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Snakes on a Plane


15 posted on 03/12/2019 6:46:48 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Jeff Chandler

Actually “gross negligence” refers to charging her for violating th Espionage Act.


16 posted on 03/12/2019 7:08:01 PM PDT by Hugin ("Not one step from his weapons should a traveler take"...Havamal 38)
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Charge Hillary Clinton with anything.

Anything.

Her head will pop off like a bottle rocket.

Then, the avalanche begins.


17 posted on 03/12/2019 7:16:03 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Can you imagine Hillary being charged?

She thought she should win the presidency without even campaigning.

Put some cuffs on her and she’ll say things that would make a sailor blush.


18 posted on 03/12/2019 7:20:49 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Hilary now has her law license. Any potential witness can agree to become her client, thereby making them unable to testify, due to attorney-client privilege....or should I post this on the Qanon thread? ;)


19 posted on 03/12/2019 7:24:31 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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I don’t think it’s as clear cut as you think.


20 posted on 03/12/2019 7:31:51 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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