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.
I don’t see anything remotely solid about this. So far as I can tell it’s rumor only. I’m not too hopeful that the Witch will ever be brought to justice; however, I seriously doubt that the FBI would decide or announce anything, even by anonymous “sources,” over the holiday weekend.
If the FBI doesn’t deliver the goods on Hillary, everything else they do from here on out will be suspect.
Shame, a once great organization with unparalleled respect goes into the toilet for a witch.
Yes.
It was just announced-by sources-that no charges will be brought against Crooked Hillary Clinton. Like I said, the system is totally rigged!
Bump!
Any idea what he is talking about. I’ve seen no such announcement.
Is he predicting the future?
Is he pulling our leg? (My best guess)
Is he making fun of the MSM?
If this is true what’s with all the drama this week with Bill and Loretta and the Black FBI SUVs picking up Hillary today?
Makes no sense.
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And, it was not voluntarily!
Hillary went to FBI headquarters!!!?
I thought the FBI came to HER house! Am I missing something?
Yes, if they weren't vested in protecting Hillary it would seem the obvious thing to do: take politics out of it and appoint a special prosecutor. If they weren't desperate to protect her by letting Obama and his minions go through a fake kabuki dance with the pre-determined outcome that she skates then they would absolutely do that. And yet they didn't.
Yet another data point that shows that they are a fake opposition party that only exists to allow the democrats to pretend they have opposition.
Only the SS agents really know how "Pleased" she was. Flying bric-a-brac pleased? Cloud of blue swear words pleased? Kick Bill in the crotch pleased?
“sources”
He risks making himself look foolish, and diverts attention from H Clinton, and W Clinton and Lynch.
If they don’t indict Hillary, Trump’s tweet is correct. If they do indict this wretched woman, Trump is correct about crooked Hillary. Can’t lose.
Why didn’t they meet on a private airplane on some tarmac somewhere?
Trump is capturing the news cycle and the narrative as he does so well.
the truth is not really required if she suffers a massive coronary and shuffles off thei mortal coil
“There’s no good reason for her to have met with him. None. Zip,” said former U.S. Attorney Joseph DiGenova...”
So why did they meet? They knew it was ‘inappropriate’. They knew the might get caught. The purpose of a meeting is to convey information. Exactly what information would require a face-to-face meeting. Had to be something so sensitive or so important that it could only be conveyed face-to-face. Shortly following this meeting, the news that HRC will be “interviewed” by the FBI only a few days later.
HRC meet with the FBI on Saturday for approximately 3.5 hours. Previous interviews with her principal staff took two to three times as long. Rather doubtful that an extensive interview took place unless HRC spent the time “taking the fifth”. So, what happened?
Hypothesis: The purpose of the Phoenix meeting was to use WJC to convey to HRC a summary of the conclusions and recommendations of the FBI and to offer HRC the opportunity for a detailed brief on Saturday. There is no reason to think this meeting was to share “good news”. HRC now has three days to contemplate her future.
I think there was early misreporting about the Suburbans. From later reports, I believe that the black Suburbans were her Secret Service detail picking her up from her home to transport her to the FBI offices.
Or, wine-board her (if you've seen the last episode of Game of Thrones).
Wouldn't it be against the law for Lynch to do that (not that the law matters to any of them)? Besides, all indications are that WJC blindsided her at the airport. But with the Clintons, it's all theater and misinformation.
I believe it was reported yesterday the FBI were going to her home but it looks like she went to them.
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