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| 2016-02-03 |
| [American Spectator] Federal Bureau of Investigation will recommend that the Justice Department bring criminal charges against Hillary Clinton and various of her aides, and soon. The evidence consists of materials that the Bureau has gathered in the course of its months-long investigation of Mrs. Clinton's personal server. The recommendations will come very soon. The charges will consist of some of the following: 1. Improper disclosure or retention of classified information. 2. Destruction of government records. 3. Lying to federal agents. 4. Lying under oath. 5. Obstruction of justice. All the counts are familiar to those of us who have followed the Clintons for a quarter of a century, but, as one source familiar with the FBI's investigation told me, the evidence has now reached a "critical mass." There are those who have told me that the FBI has been engaged in a ruse. And that the Bureau will report it has come across nothing criminal. Then the whole imbroglio is expected to blow over. But such cynics are in the minority. Most sources have told me the investigation is genuine, serious, and all but completed. One told me that it was completed two months ago. The Bureau has put together a case that as one source put it "is locked up. It is solid." In the past, as FBI agent I.C. Smith wrote in his book Inside: A Top G-Man Exposes Spies, Lies, and Bureaucratic Bungling Inside the FBI, the Clintons have benefited from a few corrupt agents, usually in Arkansas. But that was years ago, and in Arkansas. This is the FBI in Washington, at the top where there are plenty of utterly professional law enforcement officials. They believe truth matters and so does the pursuit of justice. "They have been building a case that is unassailable," one source told me. "It is beyond the case against Petraeus.... It is about the violation of federal statutes." The only question now is will the recommendations come this month or within sixty days. Politicians with the presidential itch such as Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry hope the FBI's recommendations will come in a week or so to allow them to get into the race. Other observers say the decision will come later. "The FBI," said one source, "does not care about politics." Whether it comes tomorrow or in sixty days, Justice Department policies mandate making such decisions as far in advance of elections as possible. If there are conflicting winds blowing in the Bureau or DOJ, they must avoid the appearance of being motivated by partisan politics. Yet such is the gravity of the charges and the consequences of neglecting them that they cannot be ignored. If they are ignored, people familiar with the investigation say, it will be impossible to prosecute future defendants being charged with the mishandling of classified information. Said Joseph DiGenova, a former U.S. attorney, "The intelligence community will not stand for that. They will fight for indictment and they are already in the process of gearing themselves to basically revolt if [the Attorney General] refuses to bring charges." FBI Director James Comey has reportedly said he will resign if the Bureau's recommendations for charges are ignored. One source familiar with the case said the indictments will begin with the "small fish" starting with Bryan Pagliano, the keeper of Hillary's server, and move on to the Big Enchilada, Hillary. Whatever happens, seasoned political players have claimed Hillary will continue in the race for Democratic nomination. Joe Trippi, former campaign manager for 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean, was overheard in the Green Room at Fox saying Hillary will run to the end. Avert your gaze. Forgive me if I appear a bit skeptical. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 How late can a new candidate get into the race? In theory, as I recall, a new candidate could step up at the party convention. The convention delegates are supposed to vote for the candidate who won their states in the various primaries (or proportionally, if that's how their state chose to go), but after the first vote they can do whatever they want -- and if their candidate died or otherwise stepped down, those delegates can choose not to vote as their candidate would have preferred. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-02-03 22:55 |
| #9 There must be. After all, a candidate could die before election time. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2016-02-03 21:54 |
| #8 I'll lay odds there's documentation prepared for such a contingency. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-02-03 21:30 |
| #7 Question to those who know: How late can a new candidate get into the race? I mean, Super Tuesday is less than a month away. How late could Biden or Kerry get in? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2016-02-03 20:48 |
| #6 Think she won't get in? Don't you believe it. The biggest industries in the U.S. - government, IT, entertainment, education, finance/investing/banking - will do and pay whatever it takes to put her in the White House. We have the worst robber baron class in U.S. history. It will take the Republicans running a perfect campaign to even have a chance of beating Hillary Clinton. That is how degraded the U.S. has become. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2016-02-03 20:16 |
| #5 Maybe this is why 0bama summoned Bernie to the WH the other day? |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-02-03 20:05 |
| #4 Here's hoping they will have to have the last few Presidential Debates in a prison yard. (Yeah... well I can dream can't I?) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-02-03 17:12 |
| #3 Seven more emails to be marked TOP SECRET. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-02-03 15:21 |
| #2 It is inevitable that Hilla the Hun will get away with it. What I'm interested in is how this process unrolls given the primaries and ultimately the general election. How much and who will it cost the Donks? |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-02-03 15:17 |
| #1 A lawless president and a Congress too impotent to do anything about it. Mitch, prove that you can do more than take up space. How do you want history to remember you? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-03 15:05 |