Posted on 05/08/2018 12:38:25 PM PDT by bitt
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today called for an investigation into allegations that the Obama Justice Department pressured the FBI to shut down its Clinton Foundation probe during the 2016 presidential election.
A recent report issued by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General contained disturbing information that the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, who is the top staff person in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General and advises on all major investigations and policy matters, called former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to express displeasure that FBI agents were pursuing a probe into the Clinton Foundation during the election season. The Deputy Attorney General at the time was Sally Yates, who was appointed to her post by President Obama.
In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Chairman Goodlatte calls for the Justice Department to investigate allegations that senior officials at the Obama Justice Department sought to hamper the FBI’s investigation into the Clinton Foundation and to hold any wrongdoers accountable.
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Another day, another Congressional investigation that might turn up some interesting info, but ultimately will go nowhere and end with no one held accountable for anything. Investigations are DC’s favorite sport and political make work program all rolled into one.
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We don’t really know that they haven’t empaneled a grand jury.
No, we do not but that would be hard to keep secret. Just the sheer number of jurymen on the Grand Jury, to me, virtually ensures public knowledge
I believe the FBI did cave. They shut down the Clinton Foundation investigation in early 2016.
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