[Free Bacon] Two former U.S. attorneys said the FBI will likely reach a determination in the next few months in its investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server, and based on publicly available evidence said the bureau could have a strong criminal case.
"I expect the FBI to conclude the investigation within 60 to 90 days and make a recommendation to the Justice Department, and I believe they will recommend a series of charges involving the classified information," said Joseph DiGenova, who was U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia during the Reagan administration.
The FBI has been investigating whether classified information was mishandled over Clinton's private email server since at least August. The probe reportedly has expanded to include contracts awarded by the State Department in relation to Clinton Foundation donors.
"These classified information cases are relatively simple cases to get into, and the FBI knows that what the Clinton people did with regard to her server was a clear violation of federal criminal law," DiGenova added. "It is the negligent handling of classified information, which is prohibited by statute, and this is a gross example of it, and it dwarfs the information in the [David] Petraeus case."
Matthew Whitaker, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa under President George W. Bush, said there is growing public evidence that laws were broken.
"Based on what we know in the public record, I think there are some serious legal violations," said Whitaker. "There's got to be more that we don't know. I think that could be really incriminating evidence, if it's like anything we've already seen."
Posted by: Sven the pelter ||
01/16/2016 1:12 Comments ||
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Who actually believes that Hillary will be meaningfully charged with anything by the FBI?
Do you actually believe that the Law in the US is equally applied to everyone...or is the Law based upon Money and Power?
Oh?
If Hillary is above the Law. We will know sometime before April of this year. Meanwhile lets all sing the Star Spangled banner and bend over.
Remember when you were a kid and you pledged Allegiance to the Flag in the Fifty Grade with your hand over your heart?
Remember when you enlisted in the US Marines because your Country meant something to you? Remember when you were ready to die for your Country?
What does it matter now? No, I'm serious. My son has the sword and the Ring and the folded Flag now...and I am 79 years old. After three Combat deployments, I'm lucky my kids even know me. I'm so stupid I still pray.
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I believe Comey is a straight shooter that will not let the evidence be whitewashed by Lynch's DOJ. I expect he would take it public, doing as much damage as if she were indicted. She'll never be convicted, she has a D behind her name
Posted by: Frank G ||
01/16/2016 11:26 Comments ||
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If it keeps her out of the White House at least that will be something.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
01/16/2016 12:24 Comments ||
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Money shot: Why in the name of all that is sane and electable would the campaign for a presidential hopeful try to stop people from reproducing its campaign materials? It is literally the most dunderheaded, anti-electable tactic I can imagine in a twenty-first-century political campaign.
[ConservativeTreehouse] The suit seeks a court definition of the term to clarify whether Cruz -- who was born in Canada to an American mother -- can or can't serve if elected.
PJMedia points out that the lawyer got himself barred from practicing in Pennsylvania and Louisiana for "disciplinary infractions", which sounds dreadful. It will be intersting to see whether the courts throw this out as premature or choose to consider it, and if so what is decided.
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Not true, AA. Most of the lawyers here are Pubs, with an occasional Dem tossed in. My dad was (dead currently),and my uncle and one of my cousins are hard core attorney Republicans.
#5
So John McCain was born in Panama with parents being US citizens making him a "natural born American". Does that not make Ted Cruz one too since his mother was a American?
Posted by: Frank G ||
01/16/2016 11:28 Comments ||
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If you can get an American citizenship through one parent, you are "natural born". Otherwise you are "naturalized", aka become an US citizen through tests and an oath.
I see this as little more than trying to knock Cruz out and to dirty the waters to hide Trump's failings.
The dhimocrats really fear Cruz and will do anything they can to discredit him.
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Surprised to hear Neutron Schwartz wasn't dead, frankly. As memory serves, he also had other bar problems related to the Agent Orange cases years ago. As appointed insurance counsel, took over a case for his client's co-defendant in a complicated trust case about 30 years ago, his office was a nightmare. Later discovered my client had committed perjury. Strongly suspected he and his client knew of the perjury, quickly settled the case. Sort of character that makes you want to take a shower if you even have him in eyesight.
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The problem isn't whether or not he is truly a citizen. We all know he is. It's that there are many out there who believe he isn't so they will vote for someone else. If it works out, Trump won't take him on as VP unless this is settled beforehand simply for clarity in voters' minds. It's easy to do, he should just do it.
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There really needs to be better definition of the law in this area. It will have to be settled by the Supreme Court, or better still, a Constitutional Amendment. Unfortunately, I don't think the courts will/can hear a case until after the fact, in this case, after the election. So it could easily take a year before Cruz could be sworn in, if he was elected. What happens during the interim? Speaker of House assumes the duties of the office?
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[ConservativeTreehouse] The suit seeks a court definition of the term to clarify whether Cruz -- who was born in Canada to an American mother -- can or can't serve if elected.
