Everyone thought FBI Director James Comey was a man of principle and honesty. So why did he not recommend criminal charges when Hillary violated the use of classified material? Why did the FBI recommend felony charges be brought against General David Petraeus for misuse of classified information but not Hillary Clinton? This video tells you all you need to know to answer that question:
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No defense of James Comey himself or his actions regarding the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s homebrew email and document classification transmission issues but a common misconception that is constantly repeated and just not correct is that the FBI has any prosecution or actual direct charging responsibilities. It is a national investigatory agency not the one that brings or withdraws actual charges. The Department of Justice under which the FBI sets has the prosecutors that actually issue the charges and prosecutes any illegal actions.
The FBI does make recommendations to DOJ prosecutors that may or may not be accepted regarding moving forward with any specific prosecuted judicial case. Mr. Comey is in effect a hand puppet for the media, pundits and others to employ to deflect attention away from the decision makers themselves and that would be Obama’s Department of Justice and it’s highly politicized head Loretta Lynch, remember her the one that “accidentally” met one on one with Bill Clinton on the tarmac of Phoenix’s Sky Harbor airport on June 27 to spend 20 minutes reportedly “talking about their families.”
Poor dumb Comey is nothing more then a “heat shield” that threw away his career and reputation and severely damaged the public trust in the FBI for the real culprits in this case the Obama administration and likely for the protection of Obama himself. The corruption goes a lot deeper here then just one sorry, equivocating bureaucrat.
All true. However, there were alleged to be numerous agents who were prepared to resign if this investigation was corrupted or iced. At the time, those FBI agents were suspicious that Lynch and her DoJ bureaucracy would refuse to act on a valid FBI finding, but they had confidence in their boss, Comey, and they were committed to support him in the fight about it. Instead, they learn that their own leader has been corrupted too, in an even more devastating way that undermines the case entirely. Good honest people are now drifting without cover in a sea of corruption. They can’t trust anybody in their own organization, much less the DoJ or national leadership. The extent of the damage this corruption has inflicted on the nation won’t be fully understood for some time.
“Alleged”
Looks like we will hear more about the depth of the corruption soon.
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/23/exclusive-ed-klein-unveils-artwork-upcoming-book-guilty-sin/
If there is an honest person in Washington, the rest of the crooked bunch will run the honest person out of town. If one is an employee at a service company, and is honest, the rest of the crooked employees will run the honest employee off. No honest person is welcome.
I doubt Comey got were he is by not being a team player. It’s all crooked.
Makes sense to me.
that means that anyone who ever sent or received emails to Clinton, Powell, etc. should be investigated. This would include generals, CIA, congress, etc- can’t go after one if not all.
Yes, but start with those who deliberately circumvented security, like Petraeus and Hillary et al. Anybody compromising security deserves consequences.
Pretend it’s not e-mail, what if it was notes in envelopes — setting up your own handoffs because you wanted to bypass ‘inconvenient’ channels?
All men equal before the law? Some are more equal than others?
Sandy Berger anyone?
” deliberately circumvented security” – this article is about Obama being the reason the FBI does not pursue Clinton. You can stretch the topic all you want but only after acknowledging that this article is quite a bit skewed
It’s a good reason, and a fairly good hypothesis, skewed towards a most likely explanation.
What other logical explanation fits?
Her pattern is not honesty, and Comey/Lynch have a pattern of lighthandedness towards things Clinton.
I did a “Bing” search using words “Comey Clinton connections”
One comes up with various reports. Like this
“A review of FBI Director James Comey’s professional history and relationships shows that the Obama cabinet leader — now under fire for his handling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton — is deeply entrenched in the big-money cronyism culture of Washington, D.C. His personal and professional relationships — all undisclosed as he announced the Bureau would not prosecute Clinton — reinforce bipartisan concerns that he may have politicized the criminal probe.
These concerns focus on millions of dollars that Comey accepted from a Clinton Foundation defense contractor, Comey’s former membership on a Clinton Foundation corporate partner’s board, and his surprising financial relationship with his brother Peter Comey, who works at the law firm that does the Clinton Foundation’s taxes.” https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/10017f7f950f25791345e933f7c9414669f4a600842ac97f985db52f498b940b.jpg :
this is stupid……..
no reference, no source, no supporting data, just some random jamoke splicing a video together but yeah, the main stream media is the devil. It’s the same stupid crap but this is under the guise of “conservatism” so it’s ok. Hell, it may be true but you certainly can’t discern that from this. “This video tells you all”?
C;mon, you/we gotta do and be better than this. “Conservatives” are at the exact same point as “liberals”, they just took a different route to get there.
Oh, sorry, I thought everyone knew about Obama’s emails to Hillary using the fake email name.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi-228607
http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/23/fbi-docs-obama-used-pseudonym-to-email-hillarys-server/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/24/obama-used-pseudonym-emails-hillary-clinton-fbi/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/24/obama-reportedly-used-pseudonym-to-email-with-clinton-on-her-private-server.html
Let me know if you need more information.
The video, which supposedly “tells all” doesn’t make reference to any of that. This is just more of the same self serving circle jerk that, while I’m sure may provide personal satisfaction for the creator, does zero, zilch, nada, bumpkiss to further the Conservative cause to those that may be undecided. At most, this will illicit a “here we go again” eye roll, congrats.
Instead of focusing on the myriad of topics that are on the hearts and minds of those that are undecided, this speaks once again to those that are already in the fold.
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I dunno, I think it will raise some eyebrows and cuts through the crap.
The country has swallowed some poison and is reaching for some political ipecac.
How about credible sources, not just tabloids
It’s a hypothesis, and I’m invoking Occam’s Razor.
Republicans block attempts to probe Trump-Putin ties. What are they hiding?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/30/gop-blocks-probes-into-trump-russia-ties.html?via=twitter_page
Suspicion is mounting about Donald Trump’s
ties to Russian officials and business interests, as well as possible
links between his campaign and the Russian hacking of U.S. political
organizations. But GOP leaders have refused to support efforts by
Democrats to investigate any possible Trump-Russia connections, which
have been raised in news reports and closed-door intelligence briefings.
And without their support, Democrats, as the minority in both chambers
of Congress, cannot issue subpoenas to potential witnesses and have less
leverage to probe Trump.
Privately, Republican congressional
staff told The Daily Beast that Trump and his aides’ connections to
Russian officials and businesses interests haven’t gone unnoticed and
are concerning. And GOP lawmakers have reviewed Democrats’ written
requests to the FBI that it investigate Trump before they were made
public.
But the lawmakers in
both chambers have declined to sign on to them. Republicans have no
appetite to launch inquiries into their party’s presidential nominee,
and they continue to believe the FBI flubbed its investigation into
Clinton and her aides, who should have been charged with mishandling
government secrets, the staffers said.
Instead
Republican lawmakers appear far more interested in probing Hillary
Clinton’s use of a private email server, nearly three months after the
Justice Department declined to press charges against her or her aides.
FBI Director James Comey has been called to testify to Congress three
times about the email investigation, and Republicans have launched a
separate inquiry into whether the former secretary of State committed perjury when she testified before Congress about her unorthodox communications system.
Yes, today, both candidates for president of the United States are now locked in a fierce debate. The topic,
that could affect the future of the entire planet? Did Donald Trump call a beauty contestant a fat chick 20 years ago? We all need the answer to that, our very survival depends on it.
Today, as it stands, I ain’t voting for any of the trash running for president. None of em’.
Just when we think this campaign can’t get any worse, it sinks to a new low.
This is nothing, October has barely started. Nasties will fall faster than the leaves.
No comment on the tax returns release this weekend? Are you not bothered that Trump has been gaiming the system he pretend to despise for decades? Does anyone truly believe he is. It it this simply for the money and power and not for US?
He can’t despise it and game it? No, I am not bothered by Trump legally using the tax code as written. I do have some concerns about theft however and it appears his tax returns were stolen.
Of course you don’t find it disturbing – you support his bigotry and poor business skills and illiterate ramblings.
I notice you are not concerned about stolen emails – you actually cheer for them and hope Russian hacks can get more.
What is the color of the sky in your world?
Call me a bigot, or any other name, again and you’re gone.
Why must Democrats be so nasty? Can you have a cogent argument without name calling?
Yes, I do hope more emails are released because that appears to be the only way to get to the truth in the Democrat’s world.
so, you are OK with stealing emails but have a problem with stealing a 20 year of tax return –
BTW – I did not call you a bigot, I called Trump one – please read before you whine. I said you support him no matter what he says or does.
So, is threatening to ban someone here for not going along with the Alt right movement the way you want to be known?
Finally, why do you assume that I am a democrat simply because I worry about a country that would elect Trump – there are pleanty of people with this fear and not everyone against Trump is a dem
Today, the establishment owned media showed they crooked asses again. They all attacked Trump for “maybe” not paying any Federal taxes. The reason he “maybe” didn’t pay any? Well, because according to the law, he didn’t owe any taxes.
How many of you people pay taxes that you do not owe? But, you all have expect someone else to pay taxes that they do not owe?
You are sickooos. You are afraid you are going to lose your government check. That’s all.
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you cant have it both ways. You cants laud Trump for being a great business man who has built an empire legally and honestly AND cut him a break for a $900 million loss. You cant say he will work for the little guy AND applaud him for sticking it to the little guy.
Why is it so hard to ask the rich to pay their fair share? Where do you think they got the money from?
Good question, “why is it so hard to ask the rich to pay their fair share”?Because the congress and president determine how much is the fair share.
Congress is on the payroll of Wall St., special interest, unions, etc.. Just have a look at the donor list for Barbara Comstock in the link below. Do you think these donors want to pay more taxes? Do you think these donors want fair trade, and to stop jobs from going to communist China? Do you think these donors want to enforce illegal immigration? Do you think these donors throw this kind of money at Comstock and expect nothing in return?
https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2016&cid=N00036023&type=I&newmem=N
Why do you blame Trump for the crooks in congress, who are being pimped by Wall St. and special interest? Why would a union throw $10,000 at a Republican? For nothing?
It’s all crooked, it’s all corrupt.
Trump pretends to represent the middle class all while sticking it them. Here is a good explanation of this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/02/the-most-shocking-part-of-donald-trumps-tax-records-isnt-the-916-million-loss-everyones-talking-about/?tid=sm_fb
You are just here to criticize Trump. The whole system is corrupt, both party’s. Clinton sucks.
Come back when ain’t on a party payroll.
wait, I can get paid for this. And all this time I was posting for free. Where do I sign up?
So, you are switching tactics now that you understand why Trumps losing that much money and paying no taxes is an issue. He is not a genius. He is part of the problem that he has you believed he wants to fix.
exactly on point about not being able to despise it and game it – he does not despise the system – he profits from it and works to keep it in place. This is why he would work towards another disastrous trickle down
A beauty queen that gains 60 pounds in less than a year damaging the brand declares herself Miss Gluttony. Instead of accepting her resignation by deed per the contract, Mean Donald gives her a chance to be a big loser. She then goes on to hook up with a drug kingpin, threaten a judge, do a sex tape, and become a Clinton tool.
Politics as usual in America.
If you don’t vote, you’re still responsible, your actions either facilitate The Donald or the end of the Republic.
See how voter suppression works?
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Yep, just like Gorbachev and Reagan.
Congrats, you Dems are destroying the FBI, a Director with Clinton ties protects a Clinton that could bring down the embarrassing racket before he could get a Clinton pardon.
I thought the reason was that they didn’t want to lower the class of whatever population of the prison she would reside in.
The time is now to go https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/106bb06fed85e198d37451bf74df906e18677c82a1b7fcd461bbf09261021ba9.jpg to your local Republican headquarters and ask what you can do.
My local HQ has been open 19 hours in the last 3 days. I have been there for 18 hours.
Could use some help guys
So, let me get this straight, see if I understand you, Jeanine. Comey would have had to flush his job and future government career down the toilet to recommend indicting Hillary.
Now, you really believe that the people who read this blog, would have made that sacrifice if the tables were turned and it was a Republican instead of Hillary?
Get real. Comey did what just about any other crooked American would have done, saved their own ass.
Nixon resigned for far less. But Democrats never resign. I get that.
As I remember it, Nixon resigned in exchange for a Ford pardon.
And what, Morrissey and Wiener are Republicans? And, is Richard Morris a Democrat?
Morrissey never resigned and is now in the lead for Governor. Yes, Wiener resigned when caught sexting with underage girls.
Really, maybe you should start reading The Bull Elephant, like I do;
http://thebullelephant.com/morrissey-reluctantly-resigns-after-less-than-a-week-of-criticism/
And, it mayor, not governor for Mr. Joe. However, in a couple years, one never knows.
My bad, I forgot that he briefly resigned and then went right back to the GA.
Your worst bad is saying “my bad.”
True. I hate it. Don’t know why I persist in using it.
Whatever, you do a good job. I know we do not agree, but, you still do a good job.
Nixon not resigned because it was tearing the country apart, of course he got a pardon because it was tearing the country apart.
Clinton, Obama, Clinton again are totally happy playing chicken with the country — they want to tear it apart because they think they will be rebuilding it in their image.
The country is retaliating with ineluctable Trump.
Far less. You are old enough to remember better
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Oh no! The scary clowns are everywhere!
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Depends upon the Republican.
Take out the fact that they were e-mail, pretend they were handwritten notes put in briefcases and moved around, Is it ok now?
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