Posted on 10/03/2016 10:26:23 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
Just when you think the Hillary email scandal can't get any more bizarre and corrupt, it does. According to a just released letter from the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Bob Goodlatte (R - Virginia), to Attorney General Lynch, the FBI apparently struck "side agreements" with both Cheryl Mills an Heather Samuelson to "destroy" their "laptops after concluding its search."
While we parse the letter to understand what basis for action the FBI may have had when pusuing such a course of action, we can't help but note that the FBI appears to have acted as a co-conspirator in what appears to be an unprecedented case of destruction of key evidence.
Below are some of the key excerpts from the letter (full document attached at the end of this post)...
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
How about this?
Dear FBI. I want to get to the bottom of this corruption.
I can’t fire Comey, but I can veto every dollar appropriated for the FBI, eliminating the entire Bureau.
Now if Comey resigned, or if the evidence showing his guilt and the guilt of the DOJ was promptly turned over, I might be persuaded to change my mind...
The whole batch must go to prison.
I want Comey arrested.
The special counsel for the Valerie Plame investigation was not appointed under the Independent Counsel statute. It had expired before that.
The law is the same right now as it was when Patrick Fitzgerald was appointed. They could have appointed a special counsel for Hillary under the same procedure.
Fodder for those who actually think...anything will happen to those that rule us.
Oh, man. Am I on the right planet?
I think it’s even simpler than that — but I could be wrong.
Congress appropriates money. They have the power of the purse. Yes, it’s true that the president can veto spending bills, but that often gets messy.
But, as leader of the Executive Branch, I believe the president has direct control over agencies within that branch. Congress may appropriate money for the FBI, but if the chief executive refuses to spend that money ... does the bureau cease to exist?
They are too busy telling us about the Trump Foundation cease and desist order.
This is a good reason the FBI and Justice Dept need to be independent of the executive branch.
The key word here is "progressive." It's on purpose.
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While I agree Comey is bought remember who actually negotiated and wrote up the Immunity Deals.
IT was the U.S. Justice Department. Loretta Lynch is the kingpin in this criminal enterprise.
I think she did it to cover for Obama’s use of the email server, the exact communications and perhaps financial ties for his decisions to the Clinton Foundation.
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A comment on ZeroHedge:
‘We are witnessing the last credible branch of our government burn to the ground, the one branch that was supposed to be the “safety valve” against the other two branches...’
Another safety valve is the election system, but what remains to protect it?
Wouldn’t be the first time.
The ZH comment on branches makes no sense. The House of Representatives was supposed to be the people’s safeguard, and the judicial branch intended to be the weakest branch. That was the argument in the Federalist Papers that carried the day.
Our election system’s been compromised for decades. It just gets more covert and worse with each passing election.
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