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WH: 'We Have Gone to Great Lengths to Avoid the Appearance of Interfering' With FBI's Clinton…[tr]
Cybercast News Service ^ | July 6, 2016 | 5:09 AM EDT | Susan Jones

Posted on 07/06/2016 1:26:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai

No one at the White House knew that FBI Director James Comey was going to speak on Tuesday, never mind what he’d say, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Tuesday.

“With regard to a reaction from the White House, I don’t have an official reaction to share,” he said. “The reason for that is simply that, while the FBI is completing their investigation, the career prosecutors at the Department of Justice still have to make a final determination about how and whether to proceed.

“And we have gone to great lengths to avoid the appearance of interfering with this ongoing process. Director Comey himself noted that there was no outside influence brought to bear on this investigation. That certainly is consistent with the effort that we have made to protect the independence of the investigation.” …

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: avoidtheappearance; benghazi; chrisstevens; clinton; comey; dhimmitude; doj; emails; joshearnest; lorettalynch; obama; rop; whitehouse
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To: DiogenesLamp
No one at the White House knew that FBI Director James Comey was going to speak on Tuesday

If that wasn't telegraphing the outcome, I don't know what was.

Maybe that is why Comey picked such an odd day and time to hold his press conference.

Perhaps he resents being forced or coerced into not recommending a Hillary indictment and did his best to arrange things to make it obvious that the events surrounding the investigation and Obama's endorsement of Hillary are just Kabuki theater.

hHe certainly laid out a blistering case against her leaving no doubt as to Hillary's guilt.


21 posted on 07/06/2016 2:02:52 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Olog-hai

‘We Have Gone to Great Lengths to Avoid ... ‘= Give us credit for attempting to maintain a facade of plausible deniability, as risible as it may be ...


22 posted on 07/06/2016 2:04:41 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Olog-hai
No one at the White House knew that FBI Director James Comey was going to speak on Tuesday,

Yeah...we know, the first they found out about it was from the news, like everybody else.

23 posted on 07/06/2016 2:05:39 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Iron Munro
Perhaps he resents being forced or coerced into not recommending a Hillary indictment and did his best to arrange things to make it obvious that the events surrounding the investigation and Obama's endorsement of Hillary are just Kabuki theater.

Maybe that is why Comey picked such an odd day and time to hold his press conference.

Interesting theory, though I don't think the Chicago Mafioso would find it amusing if that is the case.

hHe certainly laid out a blistering case against her leaving no doubt as to Hillary's guilt.

If he had said "Indict", I think Obama would have sh*t a brick.

24 posted on 07/06/2016 2:07:22 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Dilbert San Diego
My thought also.

When she was Sec State, she went out of her way to look drab and unkept.

Suddenly, when she runs for President, she finds a stylist.

25 posted on 07/06/2016 2:09:34 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Olog-hai
If you like your doctor..........blah blah blah blah blah blah...................one of those secret service agents ought to stuff their boot in this mo fo’s lying a$$
26 posted on 07/06/2016 2:11:45 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Olog-hai
... Great Lengths ...

Yep, many, many millimeters, maybe even a few centimeters!

27 posted on 07/06/2016 2:15:26 PM PDT by relee (Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: relee
I was thinking micrometers (the μm unit that is a thousandth of a millimeter rather than the caliper instrument), myself.
28 posted on 07/06/2016 2:18:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Not hard to do if you got a phone and a pen, let alone disappearing e-mails.


29 posted on 07/06/2016 2:19:56 PM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: Olog-hai
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(9)  Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

(10)  For whoremongers, , for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

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30 posted on 07/06/2016 2:35:15 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Olog-hai

Yes, he cleverly managed to avoid the appearance while coaching Comey behind the scene.

The Director of the FBI knew very well what was required of him if he wanted to keep the job, the office, the perks, and the pension.


31 posted on 07/06/2016 2:52:47 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: DiogenesLamp

I’m sure it was communicated through numerous channels.


32 posted on 07/06/2016 3:20:31 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: djpg
They have gone to great lengths to appear as if they had not interfered.

"Appear" seems to be the operative word...

Nothingnew here, move along...

FMCDH(BITS)

33 posted on 07/06/2016 6:12:55 PM PDT by nothingnew (Hemmer and MacCullum are the worst on FNC)
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34 posted on 07/06/2016 8:09:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Jack Hammer
The Director of the FBI knew very well what was required of him

After chewing on this I have other thoughts.

The investigations opened up multiple cans of worms. To have taken Hillary into open court would have resulted in much evidence having to be off limits due to its classification.

I suspect there has been tremendous effort in place behind the scenes to more fully assess the damage being performed by those that have sensitive document privileges. That investigation need not be known to the public and thus not fully known by the AG's office.

Comey has had to walk a thin line about Lynch and his reporting-to relationship with her.

There were many potential defendants in this investigation. Does Blumenthal get off scot-free?

Here is my guess. A RICO white collar fraud investigation is in the works

35 posted on 07/07/2016 4:44:57 AM PDT by Dustoff45 (Make a Declaration of Dependence on God Almighty)
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To: Olog-hai

Not saying we didn’t interfere, we don’t want to look like did so.


36 posted on 07/07/2016 5:25:21 AM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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To: Gamecock

Saying the phrase “avoid the appearance” is another “let them eat cake” on the administration’s part.


37 posted on 07/07/2016 8:04:10 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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