Damning Hillary Emails Probe Report
Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz investigated Hillary Clinton’s unsecured private server use for official State Department business – including easily hacked documents marked “classified,” “secret” and “top secret.”She’s criminally culpable for violating State Department rules and US statute laws, prohibiting documents and other information pertaining to national security and defense from being moved or removed from their “proper place of custody.”
Former FBI director James Comey obstructed justice, dismissively calling her criminality “extreme carelessness,” making him complicit in serious wrongdoing.
Ordinary Americans are held to one standard, privileged ones another, justice whatever powerful figures want it to be. Rule of law principles don’t matter.
Horowitz found evidence of FBI “willingness” to damage Trump’s presidential campaign when James Comey served as director. The 500-page IG report included detailed information on FBI and DOJ dysfunctional and unaccountable actions throughout the probe into Hillary’s private server use for official State Department business.
A damning text message between FBI agent Peter Strzok and his mistress Lisa Page, former attorney for then-deputy agency director Andrew McCabe, said: “No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it…” Page said Trump is “not ever going to become president, right? Right?!” Strzok responded: “No. No he won’t. We’ll stop it.”
Strzok served as deputy assistant director to special counsel Mueller’s Russiagate witch-hunt investigation, leading the probe – later removed because of anti-Trump text messages with bureau lawyer Lisa Page. Strzok changed the FBI’s language about Hillary’s illegal email server use for official State Department business from “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless,” an attempt to whitewash her criminality.
Text messages between Strzok and Page showed Comey lied to Congress under oath, claiming he didn’t consult with the DOJ or White House about the Hillary probe. In his report, Horowitz said Strzok’s text messages and actions are “not only indicative of a biased state of mind but, even more seriously, implies a willingness to take official action to impact the presidential candidate’s electoral prospects,” adding: The Russiagate probe “potentially indicated or created the appearance that investigative decisions were impacted by bias or improper considerations.”
That alone is reason enough to end the witch-hunt – what never should have been initiated in the first place, begun and continuing solely to delegitimize Trump for the wrong reasons (not the right ones) and bash Russia. Nothing justifies what’s going on.
In response to the IG report, Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton issued the following statement:
“The IG report has destroyed the credibility of the Department of Justice and the FBI. It confirms what Judicial Watch has investigated and revealed for nearly two years.”
“The Obama DOJ/FBI investigation of Clinton was rushed, half-baked, rigged, and irredeemably compromised by anti-Trump and pro-Clinton bias and actions.”
“As Judicial Watch uncovered the Clinton email scandal, it is outrageous to see a politicized FBI and DOJ then so obviously refuse to uphold the rule of law.”
“The IG report details repeated DOJ/FBI deference to Hillary Clinton, her aides and their lawyers.”
“Americans should examine the report and judge for themselves whether the over-the-top deference to Hillary Clinton can be explained as anything other than political, especially from agencies that at the same time were actively collaborating with the Clinton campaign’s Fusion GPS to spy on and target then-candidate Trump.”
“The IG report details how at least five top FBI agents and lawyers exchanged pro-Clinton and anti-Trump communications.”
“The IG shares the concerns of Judicial Watch and millions of Americans that this bias cast a cloud over the credibility of the Clinton email and Russia investigations.”
“As Judicial Watch has demonstrated through its independent investigations and lawsuits, there is more than enough evidence that Clinton knowingly and intentionally mishandled classified information while using a non-government email system to conduct government business.”
“Will the Sessions Justice Department now do the right thing and conduct a Clinton email investigation properly?”
“Or will it let James Comey and (Obama attorney general) Loretta Lynch have the last word on Hillary Clinton’s evident email crimes?
“In the meantime, Judicial Watch will continue its ongoing FOIA lawsuits and investigations into the Clinton email scandal and the related Obama administration cover-up.”
Law Professor Jonathan Turley said the following:
“The IG sinks Comey’s narrative with a finding that he ‘deviated’ from Justice Department rules and acted in open insubordination.”
“There is now a comprehensive conclusion by career investigators that Comey violated core (FBI) rules…In other words, there was ample reason to fire James Comey.”
There’s clear ample reason to hold Hillary, Comey and others accountable for their unlawful actions.
Media Damage Control Following Damning Hillary Emails Probe Report
by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hroughout the 2016 presidential campaign, media scoundrels served as virtual Hillary Clinton press agents – supporting her candidacy, denigrating Trump for the wrong reasons.A same-day article discusses the damning Justice Department Inspector General (IG) report on its probe into Hillary’s unsecured private server use for official State Department business – unlawful behavior, besides her criminality on other domestic and geopolitical issues not addressed in the report, all of it demanding accountability not forthcoming.
Along with other media scoundrels, NYT editors downplayed the IG’s damning findings, saying “President Trump in particular had been itching to brandish the findings as proof of a sprawling ‘deep state’ plot to bring him down – a plot that, as best anyone can tell, exists wholly within the fever swamp of the president’s imagination.”
Fact: Trump’s candidacy, from when first announced on June 16, 2015, and presidency has been relentlessly assaulted, largely for the wrong reasons, going at him on a virtual daily basis.
Fact: The Times is one of the lead offenders, ignoring his most serious high crimes, denigrating him for anything and everything the imagination of its editors, reporters and columnists can cook up.
Fact: There’s plenty about him to criticize and demand accountability for – most of all, his high crimes of war and against humanity, his partnering with Israeli viciousness against defenseless Palestinians, his war on social justice, and much more.
Fact: He’s duplicitous most often, a serial liar, a scoundrel never to be trusted. He’s right about the deplorable state of the major media, including their campaign, along with undemocratic Dems, to vilify him no matter what he does or doesn’t do.
The Times: The IG report included “no evidence (of wrongdoing or) political bias affect(ing) the outcome of the FBI’s investigation.”
Fact: Former FBI director James Comey obstructed justice, a criminal offense gone unpunished.
Fact: The IG found evidence of FBI “willingness” to damage Trump’s presidential campaign.
Fact: Its report said FBI agent in charge of special counsel Mueller’s Russiagate witch-hunt investigation Peter Strzok and his mistress Lisa Page, former attorney for then-deputy agency director Andrew McCabe, plotted against Trump to get Hillary elected president, not him.
Fact: The report said Strzok’s text messages and actions are “not only indicative of a biased state of mind but, even more seriously, implies a willingness to take official action to impact the presidential candidate’s electoral prospects.”
The Times: The IG report “found five bureau officials involved with the Clinton investigation who’d sent messages indicating an anti-Trump bias…’cast(ing) a cloud’ over the investigation and damaged the bureau’s reputation.”
“But! Horowitz’s report also confirms that mouthing off by a handful of officials did not add up to a secret plot against Mr. Trump.”
Clear evidence indicates otherwise, Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton saying:
“The Obama DOJ/FBI investigation of Clinton was rushed, half-baked, rigged, and irredeemably compromised by anti-Trump and pro-Clinton bias and actions.”
Hillary, Comey and others remain unaccountable for their unlawful actions – the way things work in America, horrendous double standard justice.
Rich and powerful figures get away with murder, grand theft, and much more. Unwanted immigrants from the wrong countries – for racial, ethnic, and religious reasons, are treated like criminals. Ordinary Americans, especially the nation’s most vulnerable, can be prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned for issues too minor to matter, including young children.
Politicized injustice in America is longstanding – a nation run by dark forces, a plutocracy, not a democracy, privileged interests exclusively served by both right wings of duopoly governance.
The law of the land is consistently ignored when conflicting with the agenda of its ruling class and members – notably high-profile figures like Hillary and Comey, parlaying their public personas to riches, accountability for their criminality out of the question.
STEPHEN LENDMAN was born in 1934 in Boston, MA. In 1956, he received a BA from Harvard University. Two years of US Army service followed, then an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. After working seven years as a marketing research analyst, he joined the Lendman Group family business in 1967. He remained there until retiring at year end 1999. Writing on major world and national issues began in summer 2005. In early 2007, radio hosting followed. Lendman now hosts the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network three times weekly. Distinguished guests are featured. Listen live or archived. Major world and national issues are discussed. Lendman is a 2008 Project Censored winner and 2011 Mexican Journalists Club international journalism award recipient. His new site is at http://stephenlendman.org
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Thank you, Stephen, for clarifying this absurd, corrupt and costly affair.