Posted on 07/02/2016 2:14:14 PM PDT by jazusamo
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was questioned by the FBI for over three hours Saturday over her use of a private email server for official correspondence while secretary of state. The meeting -- characterized as "voluntary" because there was no subpoena -- lasted about three and a half hours according to reports, and was conducted at the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Via Fox News:
Clinton “is pleased to have had the opportunity to assist the Department of Justice in bringing this review to a conclusion” campaign spokesman Nick Merrill said in a statement. He also said Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, will not make further comment about the interview.Clinton’s use of the private server and email address -- particularly whether the setup was used for classified information and how secure they were -- has cast a shadow over her campaign from the start.
The FBI investigation is purportedly coming to a close, and the Clinton interview is considered among the final steps in the case.
The Clinton campaign has long characterized the FBI investigation as a "security review" or "security inquiry" in order to downplay the severity of the probe. In what PJ Media's J. Christian Adams interpreted as a very bad sign, Attorney General Loretta Lynch recently used the same language, calling it a "security inquiry." But FBI Director James Comey said he wasn't familiar with such language, saying in May, "we’re conducting an investigation… That’s what we do.”
"She is the main subject -- we believe with good reason -- of a criminal investigation here," said former FBI Assistant Director Steve Pomerantz on Fox News today. "And this interview -- interrogation if you will -- is the culmination of that lengthy investigation."
Pomerantz said, "the agents who conducted this interview have prepared for weeks, if not months, and have a list of questions very long to ask her. It's an adversarial process." He continued, "these agents -- if you'll excuse the terminology -- they want to sweat her. They want to get her under pressure, and they want to get answers to tough questions that they have."
The former G-man added, "this is not a pleasant process for her."
The ongoing email scandal blew up earlier this week when Bill Clinton initiated a meeting with Lynch on her airplane
on an airport tarmac in Phoenix, prompting calls for Lynch to recuse herself.
“There’s no good reason for her to have met with him. None. Zip,” said former U.S. Attorney Joseph DiGenova during an interview with The Daily Caller.
Presumably she had a lawyer present. I’d like to know who they are. Also, what questions were asked, and what did she refuse to answer.
BS; I don’t buy any of it; Kabuki.
Her Hindquarters @ FBI headquarters. Probably 500 objections and 500 don’t-recalls.
Coulda wrote this lead myself,the next one also, the only game Hillary has is a source bein quoted sayin she aced it
The next source story will find dirty laundry on whoever is key to this investigation
Bill, I had that fantasy for a sweet July 4th, too, but a fellow freeper doused water on the idea saying that it would take a nod from a grand jury before cuffs could be put on a former first lady... Darn.. I had sweet visions dancing in head (of an OJ-esque slow chase around the beltway with Huma at the wheel and Thing in the back with a weapon to her own noggin). There were scrambled Tomcats and stinger missiles involved.. sigh...
> It was just announced-by sources-that no charges will be brought against Crooked Hillary Clinton.
If that is true then why the ex parte meeting in Phoenix?
Anyone else reporting this?
Why would they query her for 4 hours and then immediately announce that they don’t recommend any changes?
Charges
The FBI doesn’t like being recorded without their knowledge.
Slick’s gonna have to hit the speaker circuit hard to recoup the funds they’re having to expend paying for silence.
Nice. Good work!
I believe that there are “insiders” who got burned on the Mr. Chelsea Hedge Fund “Greece Grease” will have some input on the eventual outcome of this sordid mess...
Kabuki plot....
The republican house and senate should have already made sure a special prosecutor was appointed. Vallery Plame was worth one. Vallery Plame. And not this mess? Really. Trump needs to bring up a special prosecutor every 13 seconds until November. After that if one hasn’t been appointed do so.
What? No waterboarding? Darn it
Trump should avoid tweeting about this until the outcome is certain (i.e., Comey communicates) and then publicly confront it with a planned speech about corruption at the highest levels of government. He must be certain of the facts and not shoot blanks. The story is about Clinton and collusion with DOJ at the highest levels.
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