Posted on 10/30/2016 7:24:53 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Flashback: Clinton cheered 11th hour indictment that doomed Bush re-election
By Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) • 10/30/16 8:16 AM
Whispers of "payback" are being directed at Hillary Clinton after she decried as "unprecedented" the surprise FBI revival of its probe of her email scandal.
That's because 24 years ago, as former President George H.W. Bush was surging back against challenger Bill Clinton, a special prosecutor raised new charges against Bush in the Iran-Contra probe, prompting Clinton to claim he was running against a "culture of corruption."
Many Republicans claimed that the indictment made by special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh against former Reagan-era Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger the weekend before the 1992 election cost Bush a second term. The indictment, later thrown out, challenged Bush's claim that he did not know about a controversial arms-for-hostages deal that dogged the Reagan-Bush administration.
When it came, Clinton seized on it, saying for example, "Secretary Weinberger's note clearly shows that President Bush has not been telling the truth when he says he was out of the loop." Clinton added, "It demonstrates that President Bush knew and approved of President Reagan's secret deal to swap arms for hostages."
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Shortly after the election, a federal judge threw out the new indictment because it violated the five-year statute of limitations and improperly broadened the original charges. President Bush then pardoned Weinberger.
Keep this history in mind during the coming days when you hear Democratic hacks talking about how awful it is for law enforcement officials and/or prosecutors to "interfere" in the presidential election process."
Wasn’t there also something like this regarding Senator Stevens of Alaska?
I remember that. Lawrence Walsh-Republican. I knew then everything was rigged and politically motivated. Somewhere down the road it was ‘Republican business interests’ that favored a Harry Reid reelection for the Senate.
The Klinton Kulture of Korruption. Let them eat their own words.
That indictment of Bush was the FIRST THING that came to mind when this happened. Like it or not, if you’re under investigation while campaigning, there is ALWAYS a possibility of something like this happening, particularly if you are as corrupt as Clinton.
What I have never understood, over the past year, is: WHY have Republicans not DEMANDED a Special Prosecutor for this case... a LONG TIME ago.
Obama himself is hip deep in this whole mess. There is NO WAY the Justice Dept can do a fair investigation. If ever there was a case needing a Special Prosecutor, it was this one.
Yes. The entire prosecution against Stevens was a made up fraud.
It is well documented, but only after Stevens lost the election. Stevens died shortly thereafter.
All under the Obama administration.
WHY have Republicans not DEMANDED a Special Prosecutor for this case... a LONG TIME ago.
Because Obama is black, most of the Republican leadership are RINO progressives, and all are terrified of the media.
If somebody just had video of Hillary acting all indignant about Walsh’s indictment! It would be priceless.
Spineless? Complicit? Take your pick.
Wow, the real LAW OF RETRIBUTION at work, and no one is even noticing. The HAND OF THE LORD is in all of this.
Interesting that the Bush’s side with the Klintons now on this election so I guess all is forgiven from their persective
WHY have Republicans not DEMANDED a Special Prosecutor for this case... a LONG TIME ago.
Because Obama is black, most of the Republican leadership are RINO progressives, and all are terrified of the media.
They just don’t have the guts for that.
More than that,,, they are cowards!
Well, yes.... there’s always that.
Bttt
This needs to saturate Twitter for the next week.
It’s OK with Hillar if this occurs four days before an election if it helps her get into the White House.
It’s not OK with Hillary if it occurs 11 days before an election if it might prevent her from getting into the White House.
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