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The letter reveals specific edits made by senior FBI agents when Deputy Director Andrew McCabe exchanged drafts of Comey's statement with senior FBI officials, including Peter Strzok, Strzok's direct supervisor, E.W. "Bill" Priestap, Jonathan Moffa, and an unnamed employee from the Office of General Counsel (identified by Newsweek as DOJ Deputy General Counsel Trisha Anderson) - in what was a coordinated conspiracy among top FBI brass to decriminalize Clinton's conduct by changing legal terms and phrases, omitting key information, and minimizing the role of the Intelligence Community in the email investigation. Doing so virtually assured that then-candidate Hillary Clinton would not be prosecuted.
Furthermore, the FBI edited Comey's statement to downgrade the probability that Clinton's server was hacked by hostile actors, changing their language from "reasonably likely" to "possible" - an edit which eliminated yet another justification for the phrase "Gross negligence." To put it another way, "reasonably likely" means the probability of a hack due to Clinton's negligence is above 50 percent, whereas the hack simply being "possible" is any probability above zero.
"At one point, the attorney general had directed me not to call it an investigation but instead to call it a matter, which confused me and concerned me," Comey said. "That was one of the bricks in the load that led me to conclude I have to step away from the department if we're to close this case credibly."
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"I wanted to know, was she going to authorize us to confirm we had an investigation, and she said, 'Yes, but don't call it that, call it a matter,'" Comey said. "And I said, 'Why would I do that?' And she said, 'Just call it a matter.'"
Comey said he didn't push back.
"I said (to myself), 'This isn't a hill worth dying on, OK."
But he said the matter gave him a "queasy feeling."
originally posted by: slapjacks
a reply to: shawmanfromny
The Clintons have a huge pocket book, what else would you expect?
So we have the head of the agency in charge of prosecuting any criminal wrongdoing insisting that the agency investigating the criminal wrong doing characterize the investigation as something other than investigating criminal wrong doing.
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: luthier
Yup, AG Lynch insisted that Comey refer to the criminal investigation as a, "matter."
"At one point, the attorney general had directed me not to call it an investigation but instead to call it a matter, which confused me and concerned me," Comey said. "That was one of the bricks in the load that led me to conclude I have to step away from the department if we're to close this case credibly."
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"I wanted to know, was she going to authorize us to confirm we had an investigation, and she said, 'Yes, but don't call it that, call it a matter,'" Comey said. "And I said, 'Why would I do that?' And she said, 'Just call it a matter.'"
Comey said he didn't push back.
"I said (to myself), 'This isn't a hill worth dying on, OK."
But he said the matter gave him a "queasy feeling."
CNN
So we have the head of the agency in charge of prosecuting any criminal wrongdoing insisting that the agency investigating the criminal wrong doing characterize the investigation as something other than investigating criminal wrong doing.
originally posted by: JoshuaCox
a reply to: shawmanfromny
Zero hedge is a propaganda site that constantly pushes fake stories and doesn’t even employ journalists....
How many fake stories does it take for people to stop baa baa baaing right behind them???
originally posted by: jtma508
So we have the head of the agency in charge of prosecuting any criminal wrongdoing insisting that the agency investigating the criminal wrong doing characterize the investigation as something other than investigating criminal wrong doing.
So if it's this simple, this cut-and-dry, explain to me why Donald wouldn't get his pet schnauzer, Sessions to rain hell and fury on Clinton? Would divert attention from the Russia thing. If it's this clear-cut why no special prosecutor, why no charges?
Strzok then praised Clinton's nomination in July: "Congrats on a woman nominated for President in a major party! About damn time!"
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The messages were sent between Aug. 16, 2015 through Dec. 1, 2016.
Many were sent before either party locked up its nominee, and Strzok and Page took shots at candidates across the spectrum, including former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — both of whom were seeking the Democratic nomination — and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican.
Clear bias is clear.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: jadedANDcynical
Clear bias is clear.
Biased towards the first woman candidate of a major party?
Sure.
Now did that bias affect how he did his job and did he do anything that changed the outcome of the investigation?
That is what matters. Not his bias, which everyone has.
originally posted by: Whereismypassword
I thought the FBI was one of the reasons Hillary lost the election , they certainly did not help her run
Only one person has ever been prosecuted under the umbrella of gross negligence and it was hotly debated afterwards.
n. a case in which a question of interpretation of law is presented which has never arisen before in any reported case. Sometimes, it is only of first impression in the particular state or jurisdiction, so decisions from other states or the federal courts may be examined as a guideline.