Posted on 05/16/2016 4:37:30 AM PDT by Kaslin
I posted almost exactly this phrase a few days ago.
But, my rationale was that Comey had to be sure his case was airtight, due to Clinton's position.
I hadn't thought about what you wrote:
I think they have to keep investigating until they run down every crime Hillary has committed.
Now, I think you hit the nail right on the head. When the FBI got the entire email archive (or server backup?) from Clinton's lawyer, it was the equivalent of opening Pandora's box.
Every one of those emails containing classified information is evidence of a crime. So, they have to follow it back to the source. Those "interviews" won't be announced in the media.
Then, they have to follow every one of them to any destination OUTSIDE Clinton's server, and determine the final disposition of the information -- compiling the names of every person that received it and compare the classification level against their clearance. Due to the nature of email, this is potentially an exponential level of effort.
And, we haven't yet considered the estimated 30,000 emails that were DELETED. Every one of those deletions is a potential crime even if it's not evidence of wrongdoing: if it is any official business, it was evasion of the FOIA.
If it's evidence of any criminal or civil offense, then the FBI can start with obstruction of justice and build on that. If there is any hint of bribery or washing money through the Clinton foundation, it opens a whole new front for inquiry, and an entirely new set of FBI agents.
Finally, there's another aspect that I don't think anyone has written about: who else used clintonemail.com? Was it just Hillary, Bill, and a few staff members? Or, was it also used by some/all employees of the Clinton Foundation?
I suspect the email/server backup retained by Clinton's lawyer contained more than Hillary's emails. There is likely an entire trove of messages for the FBI to examine, including messages between people other than Hillary.
The FBI may need "probable cause" to look at those, but all it will take is one questionable email between Hillary and another person with an account on that server, and they'll widen the net. And then, they'll start looking at every email that person exchanged, and they'll have a whole net set of interviews to conduct.
The FBI may have found itself "going down the rabbit hole". I don't know how far they will go before they decide whether to recommend charges against Hillary. But, she may only be the tip of the iceberg. ALL of Clinton's cronies may be under FBI scrutiny, and they are probably sweating bullets.
If that's the case, there are a lot of people that have a vested interest in Hillary's election, because it's the only way she can shut down the investigation. Perhaps the FBI wants to charge any co-conspirators before they get protected.
The United States is a petulant, spoiled, rebellious child that ran away from home sometime in the 60s to live in a squalor of drugs, whoredom and decadence. If, in fact, America was ever a Christian nation, that charade ended when a godless and arrogant Supreme Court legalized abortion, pornography, etc. The end of America is beyond question at this point. The only question is how.
Thanx for the enlightening post
Americans that have been here their whole lives mostly love the country and will not vote for someone to tear it up and break laws that everyone else has to obey.
It will be hard enough for Trump to get religious peoples vote. Trump is apparently not religious but Clinton is anti-religion.
I'm not sure my logic at prognosticating elections is very valuable any more. I was one who believed that Bill Clinton was done after the first term because of the Blue dress stains.
Excellently written.
Trump should retweet this link. Maybe twice.
Forget about Comey’s conscience. This needs to reach good, misled, low info people. WHO STILL DONT KNOW HILLARY IS A CRIMINAL because the media has shielded her well.
Both parties will have to confront the same problem - voter turnout. Both parties have significant number of disillusioned blocks who may decide to stay home. Anyone dismissing this reality is in a serious state of denial. Rallies however large are only a miniscule portion of the total electorate.
3) Putin actually start releasing the 20,000 Clinton reportedly in his possession in an effort to get Trump elected. He does so around Oct 1st.
OR Comey will make a move toward doing the right thing but will meet with an unfortunate end.
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