Hillary Committed a "High Crime" Confirmed by Comey

Hillary Clinton, as a public figure that took an oath of office to uphold the Constitution and the laws of this country, is bound by different rules (as we have already seen) that civilians are not. This can be seen in the military, where improper conduct can result in punitive action. The same goes for public figures. Let's look at a Constitutional scholar's definition and see if this whole fiasco fits the profile:

Meaning of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors"

by Jon Roland, Constitution Society

The question of impeachment turns on the meaning of the phrase in the Constitution at Art. II Sec. 4, "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors". I have carefully researched the origin of the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors" and its meaning to the Framers, and found that the key to understanding it is the word "high". It does not mean "more serious". It refers to those punishable offenses that only apply to high persons, that is, to public officials, those who, because of their official status, are under special obligations that ordinary persons are not under, and which could not be meaningfully applied or justly punished if committed by ordinary persons.

Under the English common law tradition, crimes were defined through a legacy of court proceedings and decisions that punished offenses not because they were prohibited by statutes, but because they offended the sense of justice of the people and the court. Whether an offense could qualify as punishable depended largely on the obligations of the offender, and the obligations of a person holding a high position meant that some actions, or inactions, could be punishable if he did them, even though they would not be if done by an ordinary person.

Offenses of this kind survive today in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It recognizes as punishable offenses such things as perjury of oath, refusal to obey orders, abuse of authority, dereliction of duty, failure to supervise, moral turpitude, and conduct unbecoming. These would not be offenses if committed by a civilian with no official position, but they are offenses which bear on the subject's fitness for the duties he holds, which he is bound by oath or affirmation to perform.

Perjury is usually defined as "lying under oath". That is not quite right. The original meaning was "violation of one's oath (or affirmation)".

The word "perjury" is usually defined today as "lying under oath about a material matter", but that is not its original or complete meaning, which is "violation of an oath". We can see this by consulting the original Latin from which the term comes. From An Elementary Latin Dictionary, by Charlton T. Lewis (1895), Note that the letter "j" is the letter "i" in Latin.

- periurium, i, n,, a false oath, perjury.
- periurus, adj., oath-breaking, false to vows, perjured. iuro, avi, atus, are, to swear, take an oath.
- iurator, oris, m., a swearer.
- iuratus, adj., sworn under oath, bound by an oath.
- ius, iuris, that which is binding, right, justice, duty.
- per, ... IV. Of means or manner, through, by, by means of, ... under pretense of, by the pretext of, ....

By Art. II Sec. 1 Cl. 8, the president must swear: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." He is bound by this oath in all matters until he leaves office. No additional oath is needed to bind him to tell the truth in anything he says, as telling the truth is pursuant to all matters except perhaps those relating to national security. Any public statement is perjury if it is a lie, and not necessary to deceive an enemy.

When a person takes an oath (or affirmation) before giving testimony, he is assuming the role of an official, that of "witness under oath", for the duration of his testimony. That official position entails a special obligation to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and in that capacity, one is punishable in a way he would not be as an ordinary person not under oath. Therefore, perjury is a high crime.

An official such as the president does not need to take a special oath to become subject to the penalties of perjury. He took an oath, by Art. II Sec. 1 Cl. 8, to "faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States" and to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" to the best of his ability. While he holds that office, he is always under oath, and lying at any time constitutes perjury if it is not justified for national security.

Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr erred in presenting in his referral only those offenses which could be "laid at the feet" of the president. He functioned like a prosecutor of an offense against criminal statutes that apply to ordinary persons and are provable by the standards of "proof beyond a reasonable doubt". That is not to say that such offenses are not also high crimes or misdemeanors when committed by an official bound by oath. Most such offenses are. But "high crimes and misdemeanors" also includes other offenses, applicable only to a public official, for which the standard is "preponderance of evidence". Holding a particular office of trust is not a right, but a privilege, and removal from such office is not a punishment. Disablement of the right to hold any office in the future would be a punishment, and therefore the standards of "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" would apply before that ruling could be imposed by the Senate.

It should be noted, however, that when an offense against a statute is also a "high crime or misdemeanor", it may be, and usually is, referred to by a different name, when considered as such. Thus, an offense like "obstruction of justice" or "subornation of perjury" may become "abuse of authority" when done by an official bound by oath. As such it would be grounds for impeachment and removal from office, but would be punishable by its statutory name once the official is out of office.

An executive official is ultimately responsible for any failures of his subordinates and for their violations of the oath he and they took, which means violations of the Constitution and the rights of persons. It is not necessary to be able to prove that such failures or violations occurred at his instigation or with his knowledge, to be able, in Starr's words, to "lay them at the feet" of the president. It is sufficient to show, on the preponderance of evidence, that the president was aware of misconduct on the part of his subordinates, or should have been, and failed to do all he could to remedy the misconduct, including termination and prosecution of the subordinates and compensation for the victims or their heirs. The president's subordinates include everyone in the executive branch, and their agents and contractors. It is not limited to those over whom he has direct supervision. He is not protected by "plausible deniability". He is legally responsible for everything that everyone in the executive branch is doing.

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Hillary committed PERJURY. She lied to the American public and Congress, under oath!

...and we have the video to prove it, so perhaps Comey is a genius. If she is hit with perjury, she can't serve in ANY public office. EVER.

~Namaste

Voters considering the Democrat nominee this year have a lot to think about.

Should they stay or should they go is the question.

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How much time and effort and money have the republicans spent trying to find something on her? The FBI found nothing to charge her with... But hey, maybe they never heard of perjury???

You could be on to something here, Somebodys interpretation of the word "high" in high crimes. Maybe it was people who smoked pot and committed crimes....DOH...

I'm sad all of this didn't happen earlier, so that Bernie could smash that bitch.

Now, after it is proven that she's a liar who doesn't give a f##k about the people, and thinks she's above the law, there's no possible logical reason to give your vote to that criminal.

Maybe Garry Johnson stands a chance, after all?

Didn't Reagan come on tv and say something to the effect of " we dont trade arms for hostages? and if I remember came on acouple nights later and said he said that in a mental fuzz and wasnt true...

But he is the repub hero so he gets a pass....

Bush/Cheney lied about about WMD to fatten Halibutons pockets right? But again, repubs, so they get a pass.

Im not saying Hillary is my favorite choice for the dem party but jeeze louise get over it.... the next 8 years all we will hear is she perjured herself....

I say 8 years because the best you guys can come up with cant even beat a circus side show clown

a reply to: tinner07
Congress has it , and I wouldnt want to be Comey when he goes up in front of the committee. They gonna ream him a new one.

Comey will resign shortly , and I hope he doesnt run into an "accident"

a reply to: Gothmog

Exactly. Comey becomes the eventual fall-guy and will fall on his sword in exchange for whatever he was offered during a private meeting with you know who.

Not surprising, same thing happened when Bush was caught lying about the justification for the Iraq war.

Or Chenney and his personal puppet who served a little time before getting pardoned.

It's amusing to see those who ensure the laws of the land are maintained are in fact the worst criminals of them all.

You've just been struck by a smooth criminal. Annie are you ok, are you ok Annie?

From the Huf Po. That 'right wing propaganda out let'

The question has been percolating in right-wing circles since last October, when Republican Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama broached the subject in an interview with conservative talk-radio host Matt Murphy. If Clinton makes it to the White House, Brooks declared in no uncertain terms, “the day she’s sworn in is the day that she’s subject to impeachment because she has committed high crimes and misdemeanors” arising from her use of a private email server to discuss matters of national security during her tenure as secretary of state

As explained in a 2015 study, “Impeachment and Removal“, prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS), “The Constitution gives Congress the authority to impeach and remove the President, Vice President, and other federal ‘civil officers’ upon a determination that such officers have engaged in treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”

www.huffingtonpost.com...

Read it or don't.

a reply to: neo96

This is what will happen IF the republicans keep their majority. Lets hope it happens but prepare for the wurst. Otherwise its Hello Hittlary klinkton.

originally posted by: Rosinitiate
Not surprising, same thing happened when Bush was caught lying about the justification for the Iraq war.

One thing is absolutely unacceptable: We cannot have another president that has a record of lying to Congress.

I don't condone it with Bush and I do not condone it with Hillary. It is unforgivable in a nation of people that allow themselves to be governed only by their consent.

So, in other words it's an entitlement program?

I pictured a wild West hanging where the noose is applied while standing under the platform.

originally posted by: tinner07
How much time and effort and money have the republicans spent trying to find something on her? The FBI found nothing to charge her with... But hey, maybe they never heard of perjury???

You could be on to something here, Somebodys interpretation of the word "high" in high crimes. Maybe it was people who smoked pot and committed crimes....DOH...

Did you read the actual law?

They would file perjury charges separately, not at the same time. Since she took an oath to Congress and that's where the perjury occurred, I would assume it would fall to the State Department and Congress to bring those charges.

High crimes were well defined by the Founders, and written into law, it has nothing to do with one person's interpretation and to insinuate that someone is high for trying to hold our public leaders accountable in the way our Founders intended, is asinine.

Thanks for feeding the machine though!

~Namaste

a reply to: Gothmog

I hop[e he does

a reply to: SonOfTheLawOfOne

Hillary Clinton is an Illuminati witch, she will never be prosecuted for anything. She will be the next POTUS unless she has a medical issue and dies before January 2017. She was selected years ago.