>A much-anticipated report about the F.B.I.’s handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton was scheduled to be released on Thursday, and few were looking forward to it more than President Trump.
>Did the F.B.I. really put the fix in to save Mrs. Clinton?
>Did a secret cabal of Mrs. Clinton’s supporters inside the F.B.I. conspired to clear her of wrongdoing over her handling of classified information. And did this same group of agents then cooked up a phony investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia as a way to undermine his presidency.
>When the Russia investigation began, Mr. Comey made a decision that ultimately proved fateful. Rather than assign the case to agents in the field, he gave it to the same team at headquarters that had investigated Mrs. Clinton. So, any criticism of decisions in the Clinton case — no matter how unrelated to the Russia investigation — will ultimately be used by Mr. Trump challenge the integrity of the team that began investigating his campaign.
>The tarmac meeting was not a good idea.
>In the final days of the Clinton investigation, the attorney general at the time, Loretta E. Lynch, held an impromptu private meeting with former President Bill Clinton when the two found themselves unexpectedly on the same tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The meeting led to calls for Ms. Lynch to recuse herself from the investigation. She did not, but said she would defer to the F.B.I. and career prosecutors on whether to prosecute Mrs. Clinton. The tarmac meeting, as well as Ms. Lynch’s half-in-half-out response, are expected to be criticized in Thursday’s report. Ms. Lynch has already said she regrets the meeting.
>What about those text messages?
>Two F.B.I. officials, who were assigned to both cases, exchanged text messages that revealed strong anti-Trump sentiment. They said Mrs. Clinton “just has to win” and described a potential victory by Mr. Trump as “terrifying.”
>Was the F.B.I. slow to respond?
>The inspector general is expected to criticize officials at F.B.I. headquarters for the speed at which they responded to the discovery of new emails on a laptop belonging to the estranged husband of one of Mrs. Clinton’s top aides. Critics, including some inside the F.B.I., have suggested that officials at headquarters were uninterested in revisiting the investigation before the election.
>The report is expected to run more than 500 pages, and it is likely to criticize many of these decisions and more. It is unclear where Mr. Horowitz will come down on the larger question of whether any of these decisions affected the outcome of the case. Inspectors general do not often second-guess investigative conclusions, and it is not clear that Mr. Horowitz will weigh in on whether the decision not to charge Mrs. Clinton was the right one.
http://archive.is/BC0bU
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Active shooting when?
>>153514
Looks like it is to be released in a bit over one hour
>Former FBI Director James Comey deviated from the bureau’s norms in handling a probe into former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, but there is no evidence his actions before the 2016 election were motivated by political bias, a Justice Department watchdog report concludes, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
>“While we did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey’s part, we nevertheless concluded that by departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms, the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and the department as fair administrators of justice,” Inspector General Michael Horowitz said in the report’s conclusions, which were obtained by Bloomberg.
The report by Horowitz on the FBI’s handling of a probe into Clinton’s emails, is due to be released publicly at 2 p.m. (1800 GMT). It arose from a review he launched about a week before President Donald Trump took office in January 2017.
http://archive.is/FYCkW
Looks like it is to be released in a bit over one hour
>Former FBI Director James Comey deviated from the bureau’s norms in handling a probe into former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, but there is no evidence his actions before the 2016 election were motivated by political bias, a Justice Department watchdog report concludes, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
>“While we did not find that these decisions were the result of political bias on Comey’s part, we nevertheless concluded that by departing so clearly and dramatically from FBI and department norms, the decisions negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and the department as fair administrators of justice,” Inspector General Michael Horowitz said in the report’s conclusions, which were obtained by Bloomberg.
The report by Horowitz on the FBI’s handling of a probe into Clinton’s emails, is due to be released publicly at 2 p.m. (1800 GMT). It arose from a review he launched about a week before President Donald Trump took office in January 2017.
http://archive.is/FYCkW
we've been here before so i'll save you the trouble of waiting:
"she obviously broke the law but shall face no consequences"
"she obviously broke the law but shall face no consequences"
I tried to shorten the number of paragraphs to include, but it became a wall of text anyway.
>Former FBI Director James Comey was “insubordinate” in handling the probe into Hillary Clinton, damaging the bureau and the Justice Department’s image of impartiality even though he wasn’t motivated by politics, the department’s watchdog found.
>Horowitz said that five FBI officials expressed hostility toward Trump before his election as president and disclosed in his report to Congress on Thursday that their actions have been referred to the bureau for possible disciplinary action.
>One example cited in the new report is an exchange of texts between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page on Aug. 8, 2016. Page questioned whether Trump would become president. Strzok replied: “No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it.”
>Under those circumstances, Horowitz said “we did not have confidence that Strzok’s decision to prioritize the Russia investigation over following up” on new evidence in the Clinton case “was free from bias.”
>Horowitz, whose office said it reviewed more than 1.2 million documents and interviewed more than 100 witnesses, didn’t challenge Comey’s fundamental decision against recommending prosecution of Clinton for mishandling classified information.
>But the inspector general called it “extraordinary and insubordinate for Comey to conceal his intentions from his superiors, the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, for the admitted purpose of preventing them from telling him not to make the statement, and to instruct his subordinates in the FBI to do the same.”
>The report also noted that Comey used personal email at times to conduct official business.
>Republican critics seized on previous revelations from the inspector general Strzok and Page, two of the FBI officials who worked on Mueller’s Russia investigation, exchanged text messages sharply critical of Trump. Mueller removed Strzok from the inquiry after the texts were discovered, and Page has since left the FBI.
>But Horowitz said in the report to be issued Thursday that “we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that improper considerations, including political bias, directly affected the specific investigative actions we reviewed.” Still, he wrote that “the conduct by these employees cast a cloud over the entire FBI investigation.”
>Republicans zeroed in on the evidence of anti-Trump sentiment. “It appears as though all or most of the 39 people who were tangentially involved had a bias toward believing they were going to work for Hillary Clinton -- and as a result didn’t have the guts to take on wrongdoing," said Representative Darrell Issa of California.
>Horowitz found a “troubling lack of any direct, substantive communication” between Comey and Attorney General Lynch ahead of Comey’s July 5 press conference on Clinton and his October 28 letter to Congress.
>“We found it extraordinary that, in advance of two such consequential decisions, the FBI director decided that the best course of conduct was to not speak directly and substantively with the attorney general about how best to navigate those decisions.”
>Lynch had announced that she would go along with whatever Comey recommended with regard to the Clinton case, although she didn’t formally recuse herself. Lynch had come under heated criticism for agreeing to meet with former President Bill Clinton in June 2016 on her plane while it was sitting on a tarmac in Phoenix. The two sides have said they didn’t discuss anything related to the investigation.
http://archive.is/jFEZa
>Former FBI Director James Comey was “insubordinate” in handling the probe into Hillary Clinton, damaging the bureau and the Justice Department’s image of impartiality even though he wasn’t motivated by politics, the department’s watchdog found.
>Horowitz said that five FBI officials expressed hostility toward Trump before his election as president and disclosed in his report to Congress on Thursday that their actions have been referred to the bureau for possible disciplinary action.
>One example cited in the new report is an exchange of texts between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page on Aug. 8, 2016. Page questioned whether Trump would become president. Strzok replied: “No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it.”
>Under those circumstances, Horowitz said “we did not have confidence that Strzok’s decision to prioritize the Russia investigation over following up” on new evidence in the Clinton case “was free from bias.”
>Horowitz, whose office said it reviewed more than 1.2 million documents and interviewed more than 100 witnesses, didn’t challenge Comey’s fundamental decision against recommending prosecution of Clinton for mishandling classified information.
>But the inspector general called it “extraordinary and insubordinate for Comey to conceal his intentions from his superiors, the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, for the admitted purpose of preventing them from telling him not to make the statement, and to instruct his subordinates in the FBI to do the same.”
>The report also noted that Comey used personal email at times to conduct official business.
>Republican critics seized on previous revelations from the inspector general Strzok and Page, two of the FBI officials who worked on Mueller’s Russia investigation, exchanged text messages sharply critical of Trump. Mueller removed Strzok from the inquiry after the texts were discovered, and Page has since left the FBI.
>But Horowitz said in the report to be issued Thursday that “we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that improper considerations, including political bias, directly affected the specific investigative actions we reviewed.” Still, he wrote that “the conduct by these employees cast a cloud over the entire FBI investigation.”
>Republicans zeroed in on the evidence of anti-Trump sentiment. “It appears as though all or most of the 39 people who were tangentially involved had a bias toward believing they were going to work for Hillary Clinton -- and as a result didn’t have the guts to take on wrongdoing," said Representative Darrell Issa of California.
>Horowitz found a “troubling lack of any direct, substantive communication” between Comey and Attorney General Lynch ahead of Comey’s July 5 press conference on Clinton and his October 28 letter to Congress.
>“We found it extraordinary that, in advance of two such consequential decisions, the FBI director decided that the best course of conduct was to not speak directly and substantively with the attorney general about how best to navigate those decisions.”
>Lynch had announced that she would go along with whatever Comey recommended with regard to the Clinton case, although she didn’t formally recuse herself. Lynch had come under heated criticism for agreeing to meet with former President Bill Clinton in June 2016 on her plane while it was sitting on a tarmac in Phoenix. The two sides have said they didn’t discuss anything related to the investigation.
http://archive.is/jFEZa
>>153541
We can hope, but I think they want this to die down as soon as possible to avoid more embarrassment. They will probably blame it all on lacking HR training in how to handle hability questions and proper use of email (i.e. don't use personal email in official capacity). So in the end they will hire some people to do some internal training and force all FBI employees to attend seminars.
We can hope, but I think they want this to die down as soon as possible to avoid more embarrassment. They will probably blame it all on lacking HR training in how to handle hability questions and proper use of email (i.e. don't use personal email in official capacity). So in the end they will hire some people to do some internal training and force all FBI employees to attend seminars.
COMPLETE
FUCKING
WHITEWASH
SWAMP PROTECTING THE SWAMP
Two tiered justice system.
So bad, in fact, Queen Bitch joked about her emails on Twitter. She knows she will not be touched when she should be swinging from a goddamn noose.
Civil war is coming.
FUCKING
WHITEWASH
SWAMP PROTECTING THE SWAMP
Two tiered justice system.
So bad, in fact, Queen Bitch joked about her emails on Twitter. She knows she will not be touched when she should be swinging from a goddamn noose.
Civil war is coming.
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>>153622
>Hope the pizza-ring gets broken soon.
https://twitter.com/johnpodesta/status/1007002079049723904
???
>Hope the pizza-ring gets broken soon.
https://twitter.com/johnpodesta/status/1007002079049723904
???
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>>153625
Is the low number of indictments in Oklahoma related?
>I have to admit I am not too familiar with the news about Pruitt
Is the low number of indictments in Oklahoma related?
>I have to admit I am not too familiar with the news about Pruitt
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>Man on Hoover Dam Bridge in tactical vehicle has traffic blocked both directions. Notes taped to windows demanding POTUS release the UN-REDACTED IG report.
https://twitter.com/search?q=marktnggirl
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/15/man-barricades-himself-in-armored-truck-near-hoover-dam-with-notes-for-mr-president-reports-say.amp.html
https://twitter.com/search?q=marktnggirl
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/15/man-barricades-himself-in-armored-truck-near-hoover-dam-with-notes-for-mr-president-reports-say.amp.html
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…
>“You get all our oconus lures approved? ;),” Strzok asked Page in the December 2015 text message.
“No, it's just implicated a much bigger policy issue. I’ll explain later,” Page replied. “Might even be able to use it as pretext for a call… :)”
“It means international, outside of the U.S.,” Steve Gomez, an ABC News consultant and former FBI special agent in charge, explained. “It is an acronym outside of the continental United States. O, outside, CON, continental, U.S., United States. So that's oconus.”
The Justice Department describes a lure as a technique used to “entice a criminal defendant to leave a foreign country so that he or she can be arrested in the United States.”
“They're going outside of the U.S. to conduct a lure to bring them together with somebody in the hopes of gathering information about whatever case they're working on,” Gomez said.
…
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/oconus-lures-evolution-conspiracy-theory-reddit-white-house/story?id=55730297
>“You get all our oconus lures approved? ;),” Strzok asked Page in the December 2015 text message.
“No, it's just implicated a much bigger policy issue. I’ll explain later,” Page replied. “Might even be able to use it as pretext for a call… :)”
“It means international, outside of the U.S.,” Steve Gomez, an ABC News consultant and former FBI special agent in charge, explained. “It is an acronym outside of the continental United States. O, outside, CON, continental, U.S., United States. So that's oconus.”
The Justice Department describes a lure as a technique used to “entice a criminal defendant to leave a foreign country so that he or she can be arrested in the United States.”
“They're going outside of the U.S. to conduct a lure to bring them together with somebody in the hopes of gathering information about whatever case they're working on,” Gomez said.
…
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/oconus-lures-evolution-conspiracy-theory-reddit-white-house/story?id=55730297
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>Trump: "Comey Was The Criminal Ringleader Of A Den Of Thieves"
https://youtu.be/Yd3pxYjGSII
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-15/trump-comey-was-ringleader-den-thieves-what-he-did-was-criminal
>Wow, the highest rated (by far) morning show, @foxandfriends, is on the Front Lawn of the White House. Maybe I’ll have to take an unannounced trip down to see them? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1007591075601637376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://youtu.be/Yd3pxYjGSII
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-15/trump-comey-was-ringleader-den-thieves-what-he-did-was-criminal
>Wow, the highest rated (by far) morning show, @foxandfriends, is on the Front Lawn of the White House. Maybe I’ll have to take an unannounced trip down to see them? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1007591075601637376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte started the clock Friday on a procedure to subpoena Peter Strzok, the FBI agent accused by an internal Justice Department watchdog of harboring intense bias against President Donald Trump.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/15/subpoena-fbi-agent-accused-of-anti-trump-bias-648993
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/15/subpoena-fbi-agent-accused-of-anti-trump-bias-648993
>>153723
Awesome. Would be nice to hear what they say under oath when they need to explain meaning of text messages.
Awesome. Would be nice to hear what they say under oath when they need to explain meaning of text messages.
IG Report: FBI Agent Peter Strzok Sent Weiner Sealed Indictment To His Personal Email…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/06/16/ig-report-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-sent-weiner-sealed-indictment-to-his-personal-email/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/06/16/ig-report-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-sent-weiner-sealed-indictment-to-his-personal-email/
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>>153866
I really hope they (the good folks) got all the information they need to really go after them all and get convictions.
Imagine any other case where the accused is allowed to determine what info the investigators can have and not. And all the accused determine that investigators don't need they irreversibly delete and wipe all traces of. And then they argue that what they deleted was not related to the investigation about mishandling of data so no one have the right to question why they deleted it.
I really hope they (the good folks) got all the information they need to really go after them all and get convictions.
Imagine any other case where the accused is allowed to determine what info the investigators can have and not. And all the accused determine that investigators don't need they irreversibly delete and wipe all traces of. And then they argue that what they deleted was not related to the investigation about mishandling of data so no one have the right to question why they deleted it.
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