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‘I don’t know’: US AG Lynch claims ignorance on Clinton email probe timeline
RT ^ | July 1, 2016

Posted on 07/01/2016 5:57:24 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch has recused herself from deciding whether Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be charged in the classified email investigation, following outrage over the AG's private Monday meeting with Bill Clinton, the justice department announced Friday morning.

The announcement comes in the wake of accusations that the Obama appointee has a conflict of interest in the case, after she met with the former president on her government plane while on the tarmac of Phoenix, Arizona's Sky Harbor Airport on Monday.

Lynch will discuss the decision during an interview on Friday morning at the Aspen Ideas Festival, an anonymous DOJ official said.

Normally, the AG and other DOJ officials would have the final say in bringing charges in an investigation, but Monday’s 30 minute meeting is thought to have led to the change in protocol.

Although Lynch stressed the two did not discuss official business, she was accused of impropriety and and urged to recuse herself.

(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; billclinton; bubba; clinton; clintoncrime; criminalconspiracy; doj; email; hillary; hillarycriminalprobe; lorettalynch; lynch; lynchclintonmeeting; lynchnorecusal; lynchrecusal; phoenix
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To: utahagen

I believe you are saying that Comey WILL bring charges, Your phrasing was a little awkward, not sure what you meant.


121 posted on 07/01/2016 7:22:00 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: OLDCU

There is no evidence of wrongdoing against Mrs. Clinton.

There has always been no evidence of wrongdoing against Mrs. Clinton.

Orwell would have been proud of this charade.


122 posted on 07/01/2016 7:27:07 AM PDT by Deo volente (They want to eradicate us, and will never stop. We need to eradicate them first.)
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To: lodi90
Well that’s what happens when trash from Pravda/Russia Today is posted on a conservative website.

Since you've complained twice on this thread regarding RT, yes their news story is not correct regarding "recusing herself". But neither are several other news sources from our Nation this morning. RT is proving to be no less reliable than Pravada/New York Times, Pravada/Washington Post, or Pravada/American TV Networks.

Might want (occasionally) to get the RT view of things also. You might be surprised what you can find with the word "Russian" in the news source title.
123 posted on 07/01/2016 7:27:11 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: COUNTrecount
Daaamn, and I thought Hitlery had cankles.....


124 posted on 07/01/2016 7:27:48 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (By His wounds we are healed.)
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To: faucetman
Sorry I was so verbose! Yes, I believe Comey will recommend that HRC be indicted, and I believe the charges would be felonies, not misdemeanors. (Remember that the FBI recommended that Petraeus be indicted for a felony, and Eric Holder knocked it down to a misdemeanor.)
125 posted on 07/01/2016 7:28:09 AM PDT by utahagen
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To: COUNTrecount

nod, nod, wink, wink ;o)


126 posted on 07/01/2016 7:32:38 AM PDT by Twinkie (Cowards die a thousand deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.)
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To: Cboldt

The public is more interested in the comings and goings of the Kardashians and the latest ‘romance’ of Taylor Swift than they are by the fundamental issues affecting the survival of this nation.

We’re pretty much doomed at this point.


127 posted on 07/01/2016 7:33:10 AM PDT by Deo volente (They want to eradicate us, and will never stop. We need to eradicate them first.)
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To: dead
The Clintons tried a blatant strong arm on Lynch so she threw up her hands and walked away.

So far your explanation seems most plausible.

These Clinton's have got to be a pain in the ass to everyone around them and especially in Obama's orbit.

The Clinton's paranoia and intimidation on the plane was a result of panic.

Personally I think Bill would be fine with Hillary in the clink - I think now he worried about himself too

128 posted on 07/01/2016 7:35:54 AM PDT by datricker (Its morning in America! Sorry Rush, Jim Robinson is the new mayor of Realville)
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To: Starboard

“So it appears that she got caught and screwed up big time.”

This makes you wonder why they wouldn’t teleconference or handle things with a phone call. Or email. Who would spy on those things? :-)


129 posted on 07/01/2016 7:42:39 AM PDT by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: Deo volente
-- The public is more interested in the comings and goings of the Kardashians and the latest `romance' of Taylor Swift than they are by the fundamental issues affecting the survival of this nation. --

True! And out of those who are politically wired, "candidate junkies," most can be snookered by quick-talking, especially when the subject is legally technical.

130 posted on 07/01/2016 7:44:01 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Stentor

Does Comey lift weights?


131 posted on 07/01/2016 7:46:55 AM PDT by sweetiepiezer (MY COUNTRY WAS OF THEE!!!!)
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To: COUNTrecount

What is going on at the Just-Us department and the Federal Bureau of Incompentency makes the Kestone Cops look so much better.

132 posted on 07/01/2016 7:47:12 AM PDT by seawolf101
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To: Stentor
Is Comey a kayaker?

He is definitely swimming in the deep end of the pool now - wonder if he bumps in to Ed Snowden. By the way who did kill the director?

133 posted on 07/01/2016 7:47:27 AM PDT by datricker (Its morning in America! Sorry Rush, Jim Robinson is the new mayor of Realville)
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To: erlayman

When is it big news when an AG tells you they’ll do their job? When they work for Obama and he’s already endorsed the skank being investigated. This means one thing and one thing only. There will no criminal referral coming from Comey’s Keystone Cops


134 posted on 07/01/2016 7:48:23 AM PDT by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: ecomcon
How? Comey is not AG

Legally, the situation has not really changed. She's never going to prison. Ever. But it's the political situation that's changed.

If Comey played it by the book, he would have handed over the results of his investigation and walked away, leaving it with Lynch, Obama, the Clintons and the media to spin it.

Lynch has changed everything with this statement, again politically not legally.

Not bound by professionalism any longer, Comey is obligated now to say "indict" or "she didn't break any laws", and she absolutely undeniably broke laws regarding her handling of classified data.

Comey cannot maintain his professional reputation and respect in the intelligence community without publicly listing her crimes and recommending she be prosecuted for them. Politically that's a stake in the heart, regardless of the legal machinations down the road that keep her out of jail.

135 posted on 07/01/2016 7:48:27 AM PDT by dead
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To: edh

Whenever there’s an in-person meeting, big things are being discussed and deals are being struck. If we knew what the quid pro quo really was, I think we’d all be amazed. You can be pretty sure that Lynch got big time assurances she would be taken care of in exchange for her cooperation.

Its looking more and more like Comey can’t be bought off so they’re planning on how to contain the damage. Just my humble opinion.


136 posted on 07/01/2016 7:50:22 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: COUNTrecount

Maybe Lynch gave Bill a penile plethysmograph test in anticipation of further legal actions.


137 posted on 07/01/2016 7:51:09 AM PDT by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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To: utahagen

It’s also possible that Lynch felt smothering pressure from the Clinton machine and leaked the story herself. The public news of this wildly inappropriate meeting gave her the out to walk away from it all.


138 posted on 07/01/2016 7:51:45 AM PDT by dead
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To: Resettozero

Might want (occasionally) to get the RT view of things also. You might be surprised what you can find with the word “Russian” in the news source title.


Sorry, I don’t need to get my news from the government media of one party state fascist Russia.


139 posted on 07/01/2016 7:52:53 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: CygnusXI
and yes.. she will get in.

No, she won't.

140 posted on 07/01/2016 7:54:12 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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