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Did Comey obstruct justice by protecting Hillary Clinton from prosecution?
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Nov 9, 2017 12:25:56   #
oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)
 
PulletSurprise wrote:
Director of investigation

Selecting a Director of this investigation is crucial, one that would conduct an impartial, proper investigation without the influence of political special interest.
Former Sheriff David Clarke, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary, would be my choice to manage and facilitate this investigation.
Allow Mr. Clarke the flexibility to recruit and run with a select group of proficient investigators from local and state agencies.
I think, Mr. Clark has the courage to stand strong with integrity.


Investigation

Start at the bottom, Custodian of Evidence. Every diminutive detail is significant.

Once the foundation cracks; I believe, most FBI Agents are honest.
They are like most people trying to make a living and provide for their families.

When the chains of political oppression are removed, most will cooperate.
Other Agents will weigh their options, then cooperate instead of facing criminal charges and prison.
Director of investigation br br Selecting a Direc... (show quote)


David Clarke is very tough and totally honest, but left leaners don't see him that way. I think he would make a great investigator of some of this stuff and am sure that he wouldn't at all mind hanging Comey out to dry.

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Nov 9, 2017 14:02:22   #
badbob85037
 
no propaganda please wrote:
THE CLINTONS
8 hours ago
Gregg Jarrett: Did Comey obstruct justice by protecting Hillary Clinton from prosecution?

New questions over Comey's handling of the Clinton probe

Report: FBI confirms the former director drafted a letter exonerating Hillary before the investigation was complete; Ron Hosko explains on 'The Story.'

Former FBI Director James Comey’s explanation for not prosecuting Hillary Clinton was always improbable. Now it seems impossible.

The Espionage Act makes it a crime to mishandle classified documents “through gross negligence” (18 USC 793-f). Punishment upon conviction carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

With 110 emails on Clinton’s private server that were classified at the time they were sent or received, the Democratic nominee for president could have been prosecuted on 110 separate felony counts. Yet Comey scuttled the case.

But a story in The Hill this week by John Solomon says a newly discovered document shows that then-FBI Director Comey authored a draft statement accusing Clinton of mishandling classified documents and being “grossly negligent.”

The document was confirmed by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was written a full two months before Clinton was ever interviewed by the FBI.

However, sometime later the words “gross negligence” were edited out with red lines. The words “extremely careless” were substituted. This would appear to show that Comey knew Clinton violated the law but subsequently resolved to conjure a way to exonerate her by altering the language.

Comey didn’t do a very good job. The two terms are largely synonymous under the law.

Many standard jury instructions, such as those in California and elsewhere, say the two terms mean the same thing. That is, gross negligence is an extreme departure from ordinary care. In other words, extremely careless behavior.

Either Comey is not well-versed in the law or he sought to draw a fine distinction where none exists. Nevertheless, he employed it as an excuse to protect Clinton from prosecution in a case that should have rendered 110 criminal charges against her.

Comey must now testify under oath to explain why he would write a statement of exoneration well before all the facts were known and why he would change the language to clear Clinton in the face of incriminating evidence that she mishandled classified material through gross negligence.

Did Comey seek to absolve Clinton for political reasons? Was he pressured to do so by Attorney General Loretta Lynch or others? And why exactly did he take it upon himself to usurp the authority of the Justice Department in clearing Clinton?

If Comey prevented the prosecution of Clinton – even though there was sufficient and compelling evidence to indict her – then such interference or intervention in the due administration of the law would constitute obstruction of justice by Comey.

But that is not all. Comey blatantly misinterpreted another criminal statute, also under the Espionage Act, which Clinton appeared to have violated.

Under 18 USC 978, it is a crime to “knowingly and willfully” mishandle classified information. Yet, in his infamous news conference on July 5, 2016, Comey declared that Clinton never “intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information.”

Comey was wrong. That is not the legal standard. The standard is whether Clinton committed intentional acts that violated the law. Clearly, she intended to set up a private server, and she intended to use it exclusively for all her communications as secretary of state, which would necessarily include classified documents.

By Clinton’s own admission, she deliberately created her personal and unauthorized server for the sake of convenience. She never set up a government email address for any other communications, as the FBI confirmed. These are the intentional acts that placed classified material in an unauthorized and vulnerable location.

Even if we accept Comey’s tortured interpretation that a person must intend to violate the law, the evidence is conclusive that Clinton knew she was committing crimes. How do we know? On January, 22, 2009, she signed a document titled “Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement,” which states in very plain language the following:

“I have been advised that the unauthorized disclosure, unauthorized retention, or negligent handling of classified information by me could cause damage or irreparable injury to the United States or could be used to advantage by a foreign nation. I have been advised that any unauthorized disclosure of classified information by me may constitute a violation or violations, of U.S. criminal laws.”

A second document signed by Clinton that same day acknowledged that she had received a comprehensive security briefing that instructed her on all the applicable laws involving sensitive information and classified materials and how they must be kept secure.

Clinton can hardly claim amnesia as a defense, since she sent an order to all State Department employees two years later, on June 28, 2011, cautioning them not to do what she was doing in violating the law. She stated in her order: “Avoid conducting official Department business from your personal email accounts.”

Yet Clinton’s mendacity is breathtaking. Congress issued a subpoena on March 4, 2015 instructing her to preserve and produce emails. Three weeks later, on March 25, some 33,000 of her emails were deleted. It is unclear how many of those communications were relevant to the subpoena, since they have vanished. Her server was wiped clean by using a file-deleting software program called “BleachBit.”

The act of defying a congressional subpoena is audacious at best – criminal at worst.

Destruction of records in any federal investigation constitutes obstruction of justice (18 USC 1519) and a violation of the Federal Records Act (18 USC 2071) and the Public Officers Law (18 USC 1924).

While the FBI did manage to recover several thousand of the deleted emails that were work-related and, thereby, required to be produced, no charges against Clinton were ever brought by Comey. In his July statement, he somehow divined that they were “not intentionally deleted in an effort to conceal them.”

Really? What other reason could possibly exist? Clinton was just cleaning out her mailbox?

There is little doubt that Hillary Clinton flagrantly and shamelessly ignored the law. A special counsel must be appointed to reopen the Clinton email case, but also to investigate her role in what appears to be: a corrupt “pay-to-play” scheme in selling 20 percent of America’s uranium assets to Russia; payments to Russian agents by the Clinton campaign to obtain the salacious Fusion GPS dossier on Donald Trump; and the “rigging” of the Democratic nomination process in Clinton’s race against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and other candidates.

The scope of the special counsel’s probe must also include the inexplicable and indefensible decisions that Comey made in exonerating Clinton in the email scandal and whether Loretta Lynch influenced the outcome.

It has been more than three months since the Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions demanding that a special counsel be named. More recently, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., reiterated the appeal.

Any delay of justice is injustice. Those who abuse and subvert the law must always be held accountable.

Neither Clinton nor Comey are above the law, although they may think so.
THE CLINTONS br 8 hours ago br Gregg Jarrett: Did ... (show quote)


Everybody including a few democrats with a living brain cell have known what kind of person hillary is a criminal that sold out her country for greed of money and buy the DNC, all but one for her greed for power. The Russians didn't hack the DNC. If they did the up load would have taken minutes not seconds. The hack had to be an inside job. I'm hoping these crimes will put both the Clintons where they belong, death row.

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Nov 9, 2017 15:24:00   #
Tradition Loc: Staten Island, N.Y.
 
Radiance3 wrote:
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Comey was not only negligent of his job. But he intentionally violated the law, ignored and covered-up all the criminal activities of Hillary Clinton. His original investigation resulted to evidence of "gross negligence" as originally written on his report.
Ignored all the crimes of Hillary Clinton. Despite of that 2 months before the investigation ended, he wrote a memo exonerating Clinton. That was another violation. It was not his job to exonerate Clinton. Then the Tarmac meeting for Bill and Lynch. Lynch then decided to term the crimes of Hillary "a matter". All these acts were in collusion among these people. With a promise from Comey that Lynch will continue her DOJ job, as well as Comey, the moment Hillary becomes the president. The criminal syndicate could have continued if Hillary won the election.
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All valid points, Radiance. My evidence of Hillary's deceit, and corroboration of the same, is her 2014 Video in which she ADMITTED that she was mandated to remove the batteries from all her mobile devices (computers, phones, blackberry, etc.) BEFORE SHE LEFT THE PLANE, when she traveled to Russia or China, because they were "so good" at hacking that they could penetrate those devices in a minute - "less, a nanosecond." Since Hillary admitted her knowledge of the probability of her being hacked, the "gross negligence" of her returning home where she transfered Classified and Top Secret emails via her UNSECURED and PERSONAL SERVER was, at the very least, a compromise of NATIONAL SECURITY and the dereliction of duty.

How could Comey possibly consider Hillary innocent of INTENT when she ADMITTED, ON VIDEO, IN HER OWN WORDS, that she knew of the further risk her need for "convenience" was placing our soldiers. Carrying two phones was such a burden!! POOR BABY!!! Of course, our soldiers on deployment carry from 60 to 90 lbs. of gear on their backs to protect her sorry rear end!! But that didn't mean much to her. We know how her narcissism morphs into "What difference does it make?"

But Comey should have known better. Initially, I was under the impression that he was a man of integrity, but when I heard the conclusion he came to regarding this "matter," my opinion entirely reversed. Hillary is crooked, a liar, and a greedy egoist with delusions of grandeur. Comey, unfortunately, is a sycophant.

I KID YOU NOT - PLEASE ACCESS - ONLY 1:19 LONG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16SDoKZ8omQ

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Nov 9, 2017 15:28:43   #
Nickolai
 
son of witless wrote:
If Comey went after Hillary like Mueller is going after President Trump they would have locked her up, thrown away the key, and welded the door shut.






A grand jury would never have found a prosecutable offense on the part of Clinton and no prosecutor is going to prosecute some one unless there is a decent possibility of a conviction for something more than a case of bad judgment

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Nov 9, 2017 15:34:16   #
Nickolai
 
Radiance3 wrote:
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Comey was not only negligent of his job. But he intentionally violated the law, ignored and covered-up all the criminal activities of Hillary Clinton. His original investigation resulted to evidence of "gross negligence" as originally written on his report.
Ignored all the crimes of Hillary Clinton. Despite of that 2 months before the investigation ended, he wrote a memo exonerating Clinton. That was another violation. It was not his job to exonerate Clinton. Then the Tarmac meeting for Bill and Lynch. Lynch then decided to term the crimes of Hillary "a matter". All these acts were in collusion among these people. With a promise from Comey that Lynch will continue her DOJ job, as well as Comey, the moment Hillary becomes the president. The criminal syndicate could have continued if Hillary won the election.
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If Comey was trying to cover for Clinton he would not have announced an reopening of the investigation on the eve of the election which hurt her as much as anything only to announce one day before the election that they had found nothing He could have put the whole thing on hold until after the election

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Nov 9, 2017 15:38:10   #
Nickolai
 
Kazudy wrote:
Great article! I put it up on my Facebook page, so my liberal friends can get educated.






You people and Rush Limbaugh have been trying to educate me for nearly 30 years and failed miserably All I've heard is a load of reactionary BS

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Nov 9, 2017 15:40:56   #
Big Bass
 
Nickolai wrote:
You people and Rush Limbaugh have been trying to educate me for nearly 30 years and failed miserably All I've heard is a load of reactionary BS

Sorry to hear that. Some people are simply incapable of being educated.

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Nov 9, 2017 15:43:59   #
Tradition Loc: Staten Island, N.Y.
 
Nickolai wrote:
A grand jury would never have found a prosecutable offense on the part of Clinton and no prosecutor is going to prosecute some one unless there is a decent possibility of a conviction for something more than a case of bad judgment



BAD JUDGMENT?!! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!! Comey defended Hillary on the basis of INTENT - she didn't "intend" to email Classified/Top Secret Documents. BULL!!! She was messing with National Security and the lives and limbs of our best and bravest in the military. She knew what she was doing, and she didn't care - (What difference does it make?) - and there's a video which PROVES she knew the risks she was taking with our sons and daughters in the military. She is guilty of gross negligence and should be looking at the world through iron bars!!

ONLY 1:18 minutes long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16SDoKZ8omQ

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Nov 9, 2017 15:45:45   #
Nickolai
 
Holdenbeach4u wrote:
H Clinton will never go to jail and will continued on her bull shit programs that will destroy the USA the way of life ! These idiots want the NWO in place because Trump trying his best not to do it ! Now the idiot Democrats introduce a gun bill to get rig of our guns but not so fast !





Every one strong enough to lift should be required to carry a gun at all times and all persons with a dispute should be required to settle those disputes in two minutes. If said disputes cannot be settled within that two minute time frame the disputants will further be required to draw down on one another and commence blasting. It would mean no more smog, traffic jams, It would mean smaller class sizes in our public schools, affordable housing. enough fresh water to do round. Th benefits to society would be yuuuugggge

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Nov 9, 2017 15:48:14   #
Nickolai
 
badbob85037 wrote:
Everybody including a few democrats with a living brain cell have known what kind of person hillary is a criminal that sold out her country for greed of money and buy the DNC, all but one for her greed for power. The Russians didn't hack the DNC. If they did the up load would have taken minutes not seconds. The hack had to be an inside job. I'm hoping these crimes will put both the Clintons where they belong, death row.






You should look to your boy Schtrumpski if you want to see a greedy gut for power the guy is the epitome of greed

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Nov 9, 2017 16:35:52   #
moldyoldy
 
Mollie wrote:
First, all conversations on government planes are recorded. There is a recording of the Lynch/Bill Clinton tarmac meeting which needs to be made available. Jeff Sessions needs to be replaced. As far as I'm concerned, he's guilty of obstruction by not doing his job and investigating these crimes against our country that have been perpetrated by the Clintons, Obama, Comey, Rosenstein, Holder, Lynch, Mueller (for covering up the Uranium One deal and hand delivering yellow cake to the Russians, Rice, Powers etc. etc. etc. It is travesty that Sessions refuses to appoint a special prosecutor and refuses to investigate these crimes against our country. It makes one wonder if he is being paid off or blackmailed and that's why he isn't doing anything.
First, all conversations on government planes are ... (show quote)


[quote=Mollie]First, all conversations on government planes are recorded

Good, then trumps cabal, composing that letter to hide what junior was doing should get him locked up.

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Nov 9, 2017 16:47:06   #
moldyoldy
 
oldroy wrote:
David Clarke is very tough and totally honest, but left leaners don't see him that way. I think he would make a great investigator of some of this stuff and am sure that he wouldn't at all mind hanging Comey out to dry.


Clarke, totally honest?
Thesis plagiarism[edit]
In 2013, Clarke received a master's degree in security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). In May 2017, CNN reported that Clarke had plagiarized portions of the thesis he completed as part of the requirements for this degree, stating that in the thesis, "Clarke failed to properly attribute his sources at least 47 times."[8] The thesis ("Making U.S. security and privacy rights compatible"),[9] was found to have lifted material verbatim from several sources without proper citation, including reports by the American Civil Liberties Union, The 9/11 Commission Report, and George W. Bush's memoir Decision Points.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Clarke_

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Nov 9, 2017 16:58:28   #
Candace Grugel
 
Mollie wrote:
First, all conversations on government planes are recorded. There is a recording of the Lynch/Bill Clinton tarmac meeting which needs to be made available. Jeff Sessions needs to be replaced. As far as I'm concerned, he's guilty of obstruction by not doing his job and investigating these crimes against our country that have been perpetrated by the Clintons, Obama, Comey, Rosenstein, Holder, Lynch, Mueller (for covering up the Uranium One deal and hand delivering yellow cake to the Russians, Rice, Powers etc. etc. etc. It is travesty that Sessions refuses to appoint a special prosecutor and refuses to investigate these crimes against our country. It makes one wonder if he is being paid off or blackmailed and that's why he isn't doing anything.
First, all conversations on government planes are ... (show quote)

Maybe Sessions should be given oral instructions instead of written. Those satellite dishes on each side of his head could pick up the signal. "DO YOUR JOB OR STEP ASIDE SO YOU CAN BE REPLACED BY SOMEONE LESS TIMID!" Trump picked a real loser here.

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Nov 9, 2017 17:07:52   #
Candace Grugel
 
Nickolai wrote:
You people and Rush Limbaugh have been trying to educate me for nearly 30 years and failed miserably All I've heard is a load of reactionary BS


So, how long have you burdened us since emigrating here from Russia, Nickolai? Miss Putin, do you? Sounds as asinine as your posts. Think about it and give your fingers a rest. BTW education might just enlighten you. Can't hurt and might crack your hard-nosed approach to everything.

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Nov 9, 2017 17:14:48   #
Michael Rich Loc: Lapine Oregon
 
Nickolai wrote:
If Comey was trying to cover for Clinton he would not have announced an reopening of the investigation on the eve of the election which hurt her as much as anything only to announce one day before the election that they had found nothing He could have put the whole thing on hold until after the election




Former FBI criminal James "lurch" Comey absolutely conspired to obstruct Justice with Loretta " pot belly pig face" Lynch on orders from the serial rapist, husband of Hillarygate...they are all dirty..and now Mueller is spinning the wheels of deceit with his phony investigation of our President Donald J Trump.. anyone who can't see these facts are enemies of America... whether by ignorance or dishonesty...

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