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Comey was asked by Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), a U.S. Representative for Utah’s 3rd congressional district:
Was the Clinton Foundation tied into this investigation?
– to which FBI Director James Comey replied:
I cannot confirm or deny the existence of any other investigations.
This doesn’t outright confirm that the Clinton Foundation is undergoing Federal investigation but makes a very good case for the fact that the Clinton Foundation could be under Federal investigation. It is common practice that officials related to other investigation not comment or disclose any information to the public about any ongoing investigations.
originally posted by: RickinVa
a reply to: AMPTAH
No one is exempt from the rules and regulations set forth by ...
Gowdy: Well, in the interest of time and because I have a plane to catch tomorrow afternoon, I'm not going to go through any more of the false statements but I am going to ask you to put on your old hat. Faults exculpatory statements are used for what?
Comey: Well, either for a substantive prosecution or evidence of intent in a criminal prosecution.
Gowdy: Exactly. Intent and consciousness of guilt, right?
Comey: That is right?
Gowdy: Consciousness of guilt and intent? In your old job you would prove intent as you referenced by showing the jury evidence of a complex scheme that was designed for the very purpose of concealing the public record and you would be arguing in addition to concealment the destruction that you and i just talked about or certainly the failure to preserve.
You would argue all of that under the heading of content. You would also — intent. You would also be arguing the pervasiveness of the scheme when it started, when it ended and the number of emails whether
They were originally classified or of classified under the heading of intent. You would also, probably, under common scheme or plan, argue the burn bags of daily calendar entries or the missing daily calendar entries as a common scheme or plan to conceal.
Two days ago, Director, you said a reasonable person in her position should have known a private email was no place to send and receive classified information. You're right. An average person does know not to do that.
This is no average person. This is a former First Lady, a former United States senator, and a former Secretary of State that the president now contends is the most competent, qualified person to be president since Jefferson. He didn't say that in '08 but says it now.
She affirmatively rejected efforts to give her a state.gov account, kept the private emails for almost two years and only turned them over to Congress because we found out she had a private email account.
So you have a rogue email system set up before she took the oath of office, thousands of what we now know to be classified emails, some of which were classified at the time. One of her more frequent email comrades was hacked and you don't know whether or not she was.
And this scheme took place over a long period of time and resulted in the destruction of public records and yet you say there is insufficient evidence of intent. You say she was extremely careless, but not intentionally so.
You and I both know intent is really difficult to prove. Very rarely do defendants announce 'On this date I intend to break this criminal code section. Just to put everyone on notice, I am going to break the law on this date.'
It never happens that way. You have to do it with circumstantial evidence or if you're Congress and you realize how difficult it is prove, specific intent, you will form lathe a statute that allows for gross negligence.
My time is out but this is really important. You mentioned there's no precedent for criminal prosecution. My fear is there still isn't. There's nothing to keep a future Secretary of State or President from this exact same email scheme or their staff.
And my real fear is this, what the chairman touched upon, this double track justice system that is rightly or wrongly perceived in this country. That if you are a private in the Army and email yourself classified information you will be kicked out. But if you are Hillary Clinton, and you seek a promotion to Commander in Chief, you will not be. So what I hope you can do today is help the average person, the reasonable person you made reference to, the reasonable person understand why she appears to be treated differently than the rest of us would be. With that I would yield back.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
The FBI investigation into the Clinton foundation is ongoing. The State Departments IG is also involved.
Congress today drafted a referral to the FBI formally requesting the FBI investigate Clinton for perjury.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
It makes one wonder just how long the Clintons have been involved in illegal action since you pointed out 25 years. I would think intelligent people would research the charges / crimes Clintons have committed and go from there. .
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: AMPTAH
Based on the evidence they are somehow untouchable. Of course thats because people with the incriminating information usually end up dead.
originally posted by: AMPTAH
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: AMPTAH
Decide for yourself...
Accusations, speculations, "thoughts of other people", lots of imagination on display.
No proof.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
the proof is in the videos but if thats the excuse you are going to use so it doesnt distort the false impression you have of the Clintons then I guess thats on you.