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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Clinton not to be 'burdened with oath or appearance' - will testify in writing on secret email account
[Wash Times] Hillary Clinton will have to give testimony about her secret email server and account, but it will be in writing rather than in person, a federal judge ruled Friday, delivering a partial victory to the Democratic presidential candidate.

Mrs. Clinton will have until the middle of November -- after the election -- to answer those questions, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ruled.

But the State Department must quickly process and release any of the emails the FBI recovered from Mrs. Clinton’s accounts that are being sought in the open-records lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch. Judge Sullivan said those must be released by Sept. 30.

The judge said Mrs. Clinton has "unique first-hand knowledge" of why she refused to use the department’s normal email and instead set up a system that shielded her communications from public view for years. But the judge said putting a former Cabinet secretary under oath in person was too burdensome, when written questions would suffice -- and he insisted Judicial Watch be careful about how far it goes.
A warning to Judicial Watch from the bench? Please explain.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/20/2016 05:51 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Cheryl....how should I answer #3? I told the FBI one thing, the American people another, and the House panel another version?"
Posted by: Frank G || 08/20/2016 7:08 Comments || Top||

#2  "Don't question Hillary's divinity!"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/20/2016 7:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Testimony in person is for the little people.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 08/20/2016 8:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Another screw the pony show?
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/20/2016 8:31 Comments || Top||

#5  I guess that pretty much takes care of follow-up questions.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/20/2016 8:39 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 08/20/2016 13:21 Comments || Top||

#7  After Trump supporters were violently beat down last night by supporters of this lawless government who also attacked the car Trump was in and who also verbally abused police officers there, I have this to say.

The Feds are allowing Hillary to get away with murder with a Tyrants approval (Obama) and their attacks on lawmen.

If you enforce PC and moderate people on social media now who call for justice by any means necessary after all of these crimes YOU support tyranny and lawlessness.

If nothing is done between now and November this election WILL be stolen. GET OFF YOUR ASS. WIN A WAR STATESIDE FOR ONCE..
Posted by: Unelet Protector of the Sith2424 || 08/20/2016 17:34 Comments || Top||

#8  Ghost writing testimony for Hilarity?
I can hear the future comedy routines...if they are allowed.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/20/2016 20:10 Comments || Top||


FBI and Justice Dept Investigate Manafort's Firm
[LI] CNN reported: FBI and Justice Department prosecutors are conducting an investigation into possible US ties to alleged corruption of the former pro-Russian president of Ukraine, including the work of Paul Manafort’s firm, according to multiple US law enforcement officials.
Sen. Chaffetz To FBI Director Comey: "Do you need a referral from Congress to investigate her statements under oath?"
The investigation is broad and is looking into whether US companies and the financial system were used to aid alleged corruption by the party of former president Viktor Yanukovych.
Appears DoJ and the Bureau show plenty of investigatory initiative when it comes to senior Trump Campaign employees. I reckon one must start somewhere.
Manafort, who resigned as chairman of Donald Trump’s campaign Friday, has not been the focus of the probe, according to the law enforcement officials. The investigation is ongoing and prosecutors haven’t ruled anything out, the officials said.

The probe is also examining the work of other firms linked to the former Ukrainian government, including that of the Podesta Group, the lobbying and public relations company run by Tony Podesta, brother of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

Anti-corruption investigators in Ukraine have alleged Yanukovych and members of his party ran a corrupt regime. He fled to Russia following a public uprising in 2014.

The FBI, Justice Department and Manafort declined to comment. A Washington attorney who represents Manafort and Yanukovych didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The Podesta group issued a statement saying it hired lawyers to examine its relationship with a not-for-profit organization linked to the ousted Ukrainian regime.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/20/2016 05:32 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  No need to look into this any further. You know where to file it.

Joe Biden’s Cocaine-Using, Navy-Busted Son Now Working For Huge Ukraine Company.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/20/2016 6:10 Comments || Top||

#2  DOJ investigate Manafort? Meanwhile the Clintons are running a criminal organization where the world has seldom seen theft/corruption on this grand a scale. And then they promise to shut it down if Hillary gets elected; So then, it was O.K. when Hillary was SOS? Their hubris is truly astounding.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/20/2016 8:28 Comments || Top||

#3  They promise to end foreign donations to the Foundation when she takes office.

This isn't exactly the 'Abilene Paradox.' They will have arrived at their long agreed upon destination.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/20/2016 8:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Abilene Paradox = Oligarchy?
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/20/2016 10:24 Comments || Top||

#5  No, the paradox is a story about folks ending up on a hot, dusty, road trip to Abilene. Upon arrival, no one remembers why they came.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/20/2016 15:03 Comments || Top||

#6  I've was in Abilene many years ago. I did wonder why I went. Never been back since. I guess the wonder wore off the first time.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/20/2016 18:26 Comments || Top||

#7  Whhahaha.....

I'm watching teevee and Trump speak in Fredericksburg, VA. The cheering was nearly non-stop. Great speech, great job.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/20/2016 18:37 Comments || Top||


House to hold Clinton perjury hearing
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Members of the House Judiciary Committee are set to question FBI officials next month about allegations of perjury involving Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as For a good time at 3 a.m. call Hillary and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Chateaubriand ...
's conflicting statements to Congress last year.
Clintons do not perjure themselves. It's the way they talk normally.
Witnesses at the hearing could include FBI Director James Comey, according to USA Today, which first reported the panel's plans.

A Judiciary Committee spokeswoman confirmed the hearing to the Washington Examiner and said politicians plan to approach the issue at an FBI oversight hearing the panel holds each year.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, joined Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the Oversight Committee, in a push to outline the case against Clinton earlier this week.

Posted by: Fred || 08/20/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  No wonder the Clinton Foundation isn't going to be shut down until after the election. They'll need the money to bribe the RINOs.
Posted by: gorb || 08/20/2016 0:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Clintons do not perjure themselves.

Yeah, they bob, weave, parse words, pay others off, make them disappear if they become problematic, bribe, and argue about the meaning of simple words such as "is." The truth is they are a couple of high-rolling grifters who swindled their way into the WH and will do it again if the American people fall for their con game again or the Clintons steal the election.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/20/2016 8:21 Comments || Top||

#3  I read it somewhere last eveniing:

"She lies faster than she can be fact checked."
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/20/2016 8:35 Comments || Top||

#4  The truth is they are a couple of high-rolling grifters who swindled their way into the WH and will do it again if the American people fall for their con game again or the Clintons steal the election.

If? That's some funny stuff there.
Posted by: Andy Elmoluter4168 || 08/20/2016 13:29 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Louisiana Flood Victims to Trump: "We Knew You Would Be Here"
[REALCLEARPOLITICS] Donald Trump gets a warm welcome from victims of the Baton Rouge flood as he toured the devastation with Republican nominee for Vice President Mike Pence.

A devastating flood in Louisiana and Mississippi has destroyed 40,000 homes and killed 13 people this week.

"We knew you would be here, Mr. Trump," one woman yells to the candidate. "We knew you would be here for us!"

"We're glad you aren't playing golf," says someone else. President Obama played a round of golf yesterday with 'Seinfeld' creator Larry David.

"Mr. Trump! Thank you so much. We love you," says another person as he signs hats.
Posted by: Fred || 08/20/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If there is any intelligence on the Trump team, they'd go after the MSM Democratic operatives with commercials contrasting their coverage of Bush/Katrina vs Obama/LA. Leave no one in the dark that its one big 2016 1984 Ministry of Truth of Big Brother and the Inner Party.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/20/2016 10:38 Comments || Top||


#3  "Oh alright, alright. If Trump did it I guess I have to feel sympathy for those crackers."
Posted by: Matt || 08/20/2016 15:03 Comments || Top||


Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards: Donald Trump welcome, ‘but not for a photo-op’
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is more than welcome in the state if he plans on helping flood victims, but not if it’s just for a photo-op to gain voters.

"Donald Trump hasn’t called the governor to inform him of his visit," the Democrat’s office said in a statement. "We welcome him to LA, but not for a photo-op."
Sounds like the Donald came to roll up his sleeves, distribute supplies, see the damage, and oh yeah, have a number of photo ops. It's what politicians do, GOVERNOR...
Mr. Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, are expected to head to Baton Rouge on Friday, but the campaign has said little about their plans in the flood-stricken state capital.

"Instead we hope he’ll consider volunteering or making a sizable donation to the LA Flood Relief Fund to help the victims of this storm," the governor’s statement added.

The Advocate, the state’s largest daily newspaper, issued an editorial Thursday calling on President B.O. to cut his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard short so he could assess the damage in person, but the governor said a presidential visit would divert emergency resources that are already spread thin.
The Donald donated an 18-wheeler full of supplies.
Posted by: Fred || 08/20/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm sure given 0bean's character that the governor won't need to issue the same warning to him.
Posted by: gorb || 08/20/2016 0:40 Comments || Top||

#2  I wonder how much of a bottleneck FEMA will be this time around.
Posted by: gorb || 08/20/2016 0:40 Comments || Top||

#3  #2 I wonder how much of a bottleneck FEMA will be this time around.

It won't matter--none of the media will report it. They're in the bag for Cankles.
Posted by: Crusader || 08/20/2016 1:15 Comments || Top||

#4  Did the Don visit Bon Temps?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/20/2016 3:19 Comments || Top||

#5  I advise all to visit or at least Google-up Bon Temps.

Perhaps Snowy will asplain.
Posted by: Shipman || 08/20/2016 7:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Edwards (D) can say what he wants. However, Trump has created businesses in Louisiana that will be there long after Edwards is gone. On the plus side for Edwards, he has managed to stay out of jail but then the Billary's have also managed to stay out of jail.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/20/2016 8:04 Comments || Top||

#7 
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 08/20/2016 11:36 Comments || Top||

#8  ??? Bon Temps is a grill here in Lafayette; I've never eaten there, though.

If you come, be sure to come to the Blue Dog Cafe. Glenmore and the Huntress eat there when they're in town.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 08/20/2016 12:57 Comments || Top||

#9  The series is narrated in first person perspective by Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress and a telepath in the fictional town of Bon Temps in northwestern Louisiana.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/20/2016 13:03 Comments || Top||

#10  Café Des Amis in Breaux Bridge.

Olde Tyme Grocery on West St. Mary for po’ boys.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 08/20/2016 13:08 Comments || Top||

#11  The serious crawfish connoisseur goes to Hawk's. But it's harder to find than a true statement made by Hillary.
Posted by: Matt || 08/20/2016 13:37 Comments || Top||

#12  I was gonna mention Old Tyme, really. Same owner as BJ's in Broussard, which has the same sandwiches and plate lunches as well.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 08/20/2016 13:42 Comments || Top||

#13  This tourist still stands in line at Mothers.
Posted by: Shipman || 08/20/2016 14:16 Comments || Top||

#14  Loaded Hawks in the GPS, Matt. Thanks!

We'll be in the area sometime late next spring and may have half a day to spare getting lost in Acadia Parish looking for it.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 08/20/2016 17:37 Comments || Top||

#15  Coat and tie not required. Seriously not required. Also try Prejean's off I-49 if you haven't already. And if you get to NO with a big appetite, Shipman is right about Mother's.
Posted by: Matt || 08/20/2016 18:10 Comments || Top||

#16  Sean Penn show up yet?

"And if he would like to make a donation, my nephew has a NGO for flood victims."

Besides, with Obama's fear of water hazards and Hillary!s incontinence, can't expect them to go to the flood.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/20/2016 18:52 Comments || Top||

#17  http://moonbattery.com/graphics/obama-louisiana.jpg [linked]
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 08/20/2016 19:45 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Kaine Crumbles When NBC Actually Presses Him on Hillary E-Mail Scandal
[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] During an exclusive interview aired on Wednesday’s NBC Today, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine struggled to respond to Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as The Heroine of Tuzla and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Frederick T. Frelinghuysen ...
’s ongoing e-mail scandal as co-host Savannah Guthrie actually grilled him on the topic. She pressed: "This is something that dogs Hillary Clinton, whether or not people trust her. If you look at what she said over the past year or so about her e-mail, I can count at least four statements that just turned out not to be true. Has she earned that mistrust?"

Kaine lamely replied: "Savannah, if you ask somebody a question 150 times or 200 times, you're going to be able to find that they don't use exactly the same word every time, and there's going to be variations and then people are going to play on those, but ‐ " Guthrie interrupted him with a dose of reality: "In point of fact, though, she did use the same verbiage, it just happens to not be true."

He asserted: "Well, here's what I've heard her say. I've heard her say, ’I made a mistake and I've learned something from it, and I wouldn't do it again and I apologize.’" Guthrie didn’t let him off the hook: "She has acknowledged mistakes with respect to the e-mail practices. She hasn't acknowledged a mistake with regard to what she has told the American people."

Kaine repeated: "The bottom line is this, you know, this is an area where she says, ’I made a mistake and I've learned from it and I've improved and I'm going to do differently.’"
Posted by: Fred || 08/20/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I wonder what she 'learned' from Benghazi.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 08/20/2016 0:21 Comments || Top||

#2  She's an evil bitch. People who admit that they support her deserve to have to defend that position.
Posted by: Crusader || 08/20/2016 1:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Kaine lamely replied: “Savannah, if you ask somebody a question 150 times or 200 times, you're going to be able to find that they don't use exactly the same word every time

Tim, You mean like when an inveterate liar lies? lying?
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/20/2016 8:13 Comments || Top||

#4  If you don't lie, you don't have to worry about using the same words or not.

She lied. You lied. People died.

All of you deserve the firing squad.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/20/2016 11:02 Comments || Top||

#5  What's next?
Posted by: Nero Hapsburg2272 || 08/20/2016 15:01 Comments || Top||

#6  ’I made a mistake and I've learned from it and I've improved and I'm going to do differently.’

Translation: I'm sorry I got caught
Posted by: SteveS || 08/20/2016 15:32 Comments || Top||



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  Three killed, 40 wounded in car bomb near Turkish police station
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