Posted on 02/08/2016 5:27:42 PM PST by smoothsailing
February 8, 2016
by Michael Walsh
Just the thing to propel her into the New Hampshire primary tomorrow:
In a letter disclosed Monday in a federal court filing, the FBI confirms one of the world's worst-kept secrets: It is looking into Hillary Clintons use of a private email server.
Why say this at all, since it was widely known to be true? Because in August in response to a judge's direction, the State Department asked the FBI for information about what it was up to. Sorry, the FBI said at the time, we can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any investigation.
Now, in a letter dated February 2 and filed in court Monday, the FBI's general counsel, James Baker, notes that in public statements and congressional testimony, the FBI "has acknowledged generally that it is working on matters related to former Secretary Clinton's use of a private email server."
Baker says the FBI has not, however, "publicly acknowledged the specific focus, scope or potential targets of any such proceedings." He ends the one-paragraph letter by saying that the FBI cannot say more "without adversely affecting on-going law enforcement efforts."
The letter was filed in one of the Freedom of Information Act cases brought against the State Department over access to documents from Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state. This one was filed by Judicial Watch.
Meanwhile, over at the Justice Department, the pressure is mounting on attorney general Loretta Lynch to step aside for a special prosecutor:
Loretta Lynch is on the edge of the spotlight, about to be dragged to the center. If the FBI finds sufficient evidence to launch a criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton or one of her top aides for mishandling classified information, Lynch’s Justice Department will have to decide whether to press ahead.
Even if no evidence of wrongdoing is found, Clinton's many critics are unlikely to take the word of an appointee of President Obama's and will doubt that justice has been served. Already, top Republicans are calling for a special prosecutor to be brought in and evaluate the situation. No. 2 Senate Republican John Cornyn (Texas) took to the floor of the Senate last week to call for a special counsel to be appointed "because of the conflict of interest by asking Attorney General Lynch to investigate and perhaps even prosecute somebody in the Obama administration."
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) agrees that Lynch ought to consider a special counsel, a representative said, to reassure the country that decisions are made "without regard to any political considerations." The Justice Department, however, has so far declined the request.
It's almost over for Mrs. Clinton. The question for the Democrats is: what do they do now? Notes Salon:
It would be hard to overstate what Bernie Sanders has already achieved in his campaign for president, or the obstacles he's had to surmount in order to achieve it. Not only has he turned a planned Hillary Clinton coronation into an exercise in grass-roots democracy, he's reset the terms of the debate. We are edging closer to the national conversation we so desperately need to have. If we get there, all credit goes to Bernie.
A prominent Democratic donor worried about the party's chances of winning the presidency emailed dozens of fans of Vice President Joe Biden on Friday, urging them to remain prepared to donate if Biden jumps into the race.
The donor, Bill Bartmann, cited new polling showing Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont nearly tied with the Hillary Clinton, eroding the 30-point lead the former secretary of state held at the end of last year. Bartmann and other party insiders are concerned that Sanders, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, is too far to the left to win against a Republican in the Nov. 8 presidential election.
"We cannot afford to lose the White House," Bartmann wrote in the email, seen by Reuters. The email drew a string of affirmative responses, also seen by Reuters.
Biden announced in October that he would not seek the presidency, despite support from a group of backers under the name "Draft Biden 2016." But whispers have continued among some donors who hope that Biden could be convinced to run after all should Clinton's campaign prove fruitless.
Or, to put it in terms the Clintons can understand: criminal.
I just read a piece on CNN that Bloomie confirmed his interest in an interview today in England. Says he has to decide soon as March deadlines for ballot in some states.
It would be ironic to see a Republican win POTUS with a Clintonian plurality.
Too bad nothing will come of it. There’s no one to prosecute her.
They have a liver transplant team on alert just in case.
wild
wild
Of course you realize that they do not make pantsuit prison jumpers in her size? ...
It would simply take too long to do that apart from their usual legal and strategic reasons to keep investigations private. They undoubtedly have found hundreds of separate lines of inquiry to follow.
Bill Clinton and her lawyers say she is innocent.
Well that settles it. She’s guilty beyond treason ...
Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email Account at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules MARCH 2, 2015
If it were you or me, we would already be indicted. On the other hand, imagine trying to come up with a jury of 12 that would not contain one dembot that would hang the jury?
Yawn. The thrice daily FR porn post - “hitlery’s in trouble now!”
No.
Multiple decades of the worst federal crimes as part of the Clinton Crime Family, fully supported by USGOV but now, now! she’s in trouble.
Did the FBI find the one person in their employ with any sense of Truth, Justice, and the American Way, put them in charge of the investigation, and will follow through? Is that what happened?
I’m astonished and frightened that these posts occur three time every day and get dozens of replies each.
Porn has taken other the American people’s psyche and minds.
Shouldn’t we be beating up Cruz?? /s
I guess they’re getting away with it the same way Obama got away with it while we were all standing on our seats yelling “THE MAN’S NOT A CITIZEN!!!!!”
The Hippies showed the way, mass protests. Needs to be now, not after the fact.
Three years try 35 or so back to her stunning watergate times
A joke he is, but as someone suggested a while back, quick witted enough to beat Paul Ryan in a debate. He’s got a schtick, people forget he’s an idiot. He’s like Ted Baxter from the old Mary Tyler Moore show. Nice head of hair. Great smile. Not much going on inside. But not to be underestimated.
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