New Calls For Special Prosecutor in Clinton Email Probe Because of Conflict of Interest

LawNewz ^ | June 30, 2016 | Chris White

[2ndDivisionVet]

There were new calls on Thursday for a special prosecutor in the Clinton email investigation amid reports that former President Bill Clinton met privately with Attorney General Loretta Lynch earlier this week in Phoenix.

The legal watchdog group Judicial Watch requested that the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General investigate the meeting on the grounds that, at the very least, the meeting gives the appearance of impropriety. The FBI and, ultimately the DOJ, will likely soon have to make a decision as to whether or not to charge Hillary Clinton with a crime over her use of a private email server. Judicial Watch cites a number of statutes, regulations, executive orders and the United States Department of Justice Ethics Handbook for On and Off-Duty Conduct, 14 Principles for Ethical Conduct that states:

“14. Employees shall endeavor to avoid any actions creating the appearance that they are violating the law or the ethical standards set forth in this part. Whether particular circumstances create an appearance that the law or these standards have been violated shall be determined from the perspective of a reasonable person with knowledge of the relevant facts.”

Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said, “Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s meeting with Bill Clinton severely undermined the already low public confidence in her agency’s criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton.”

In a segment with host Jake Tapper on CNN on Thursday, Donald Trump supporter Kayleigh McEnany addressed issue, saying the incident clearly gives the appearance of a conflict of interest and called on Attorney General Lynch to recuse herself. GOP Senator John Cornyn of Texas also raised the issue with a tweet on Thursday...

[JBW1949]

It’s become obvious Clinton took no risk in this meeting...BECAUSE no one is talking about it...

[realcleanguy]

I fear for this reporters life. The Democrats have a record lately of “silencing them” or that people like this “die suddenly” without cause

[Thank You Rush]

For anyone interested in the Phoenix reporter’s appearance on O’Reilly last night:

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/07/01/reporter-fbi-ordered-no-photos-no-pictures-no-cell-phones-during-clintonlynch-meeting/

[varon]

Honestly, I believe its time to start over

Do you really believe England would take us back as a colony?

[realcleanguy]

Hum, never thought that. But we need to rid ourselves of Washington DC. It’s a quagmire, we need to abandon it and build a wall around it so no one leaves there and infects us

[varon]

But we need to rid ourselves of Washington DC. It’s a quagmire, we need to abandon it..........

Agreed. Washington D. C. has transformed from an administrative center serving the union of states to a seat of power for occupying bands of political criminals.........