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FBI Rewrites Federal Law to Let Hillary Off the Hook

Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 9 months ago to Government
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"The point of having a statute that criminalizes gross negligence is to underscore that government officials have a special obligation to safeguard national defense secrets; when they fail to carry out that obligation due to gross negligence, they are guilty of serious wrongdoing. The lack of intent to harm our country is irrelevant. People never intend the bad things that happen due to gross negligence."

"It is a common tactic of defense lawyers in criminal trials to set up a straw-man for the jury: a crime the defendant has not committed. The idea is that by knocking down a crime the prosecution does not allege and cannot prove, the defense may confuse the jury into believing the defendant is not guilty of the crime charged. Judges generally do not allow such sleight-of-hand because innocence on an uncharged crime is irrelevant to the consideration of the crimes that actually have been charged. It seems to me that this is what the FBI has done today. It has told the public that because Mrs. Clinton did not have intent to harm the United States we should not prosecute her on a felony that does not require proof of intent to harm the United States. Meanwhile, although there may have been profound harm to national security caused by her grossly negligent mishandling of classified information, we’ve decided she shouldn’t be prosecuted for grossly negligent mishandling of classified information."


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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Still ahve the Clinton Foundation investigation 2016 published under Wiki Quotes in another thread instances of serial non-intent providing intelligence sources to other countries and foreign entitities for wow what were those Foundation contributions from other countries for really - and Soros Dollars.

    What to do? Well if your out for revenge there is Trump but we don't really know what's he's going to do except he's a left wing liberal with no plan and no clue.

    hmmm

    I guess it's down to Johnson until the Bimbo Btigades are released, Trump as the unknown evil vs the known evil, and None Of The Above. That's when you cash in leave a rigged game behind and walk away. I'm registered probably for the last time but I'm also not voting in the Presdiential Election as I object to my vote being given to one of the others without my permission. The polite way of saying stolen and tampered with before delivering it elsewhere. .
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    With respect your_name, A=A.
    You appear to expect ethical action from the head of an agency that has skated without punishment from burning innocent people to death and murdering an innocent mother who was nursing her baby, even getting promotion for such acts.
    To expect ethical behavior from the FBI director or any other statist looter is just not reasonable.
    These statists are past the point of hiding their actions. They believe they can get away with anything so they will keep doing it with impunity until we stand up and stop them.
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, the entire government is corrupt. But most voters don't get it.
    Part of the point is to expose that it's not just the Dems that are corrupt statists and it's not just the GOP. None of them are representing the people; none of them deserve a vote.
    Just because a corrupt Democrat administration controlled FBI ignores the law and recommends no prosecution of a well known criminal who is running for president does not mean that issue is closed. I think that this even more obvious corruption can cause a disruption to Hillary's planned coronation if it gets enough attention in a short enough time. Maybe that is worth the effort.
    You may just see it as a distraction from the issues, but unethical and even criminal behavior is unacceptable in a president. These criminals keep pushing the envelope. Eventually enough people will be convinced that the Dems and GOP have betrayed their trust and they are criminals that can't be reformed.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago
    Intent? How many occurences over her entire tenure does it take to show chronic intent and if not Hillary her ENTIRE staff played stuipid the whole time?.Intent was overflowing the sewer system as they tried to flush it all away.
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  • Posted by $ Your_Name_Goes_Here 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I disagree... Comey has been a "fly in the ointment" for Obama for years now. This was surprising to me. Note his verbal gymnastics to cite Shrillary's misdeeds only to then say, "what difference, at this point, does it make?" Very disappointing.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago
    The Fourth Branch of Government has spoken. As discussed elsewhere we now have the Executive that leads the country (somewhere) and enforces the laws, The Judicial that provided legal oversight and justice. The legislative which makes the laws.

    Then there is the Fourth Branch - the Bureaucracy which has it's own enforcement, law making, and law enforcing, it's own courts and it's own police and embodies what one Hillsdale Professor described in a lecture. When you combine all three powers together without checks and balances and oversight you have the secular definition of GOD.

    Don't forget Jesus Corney in your prayers
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  • Posted by ewv 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Comey is a top level political appointee in the Obama administration. They have the same ideological goals within the same political mafia. The Clintons don't have to have anything in particular on him.
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  • Posted by $ Daniel_Maranello 8 years, 9 months ago
    Oh come on, what difference does it make now? It's clearly a case of Gross negligence (probably deliberate) but what difference does it make now? It is another example of the Political class making the rules to suit themselves, but what difference does that make now? Hilary for Prison 2016 should be more than a meme it should be written in stone. Evil personified, at least she's all yours.
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  • Posted by ewv 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Some of the laws she broke require intent and some don't. She did deliberately bypass security procedures both by setting up her own server and in how she used it and told others to use it. She did lie about what she did and did deliberately destroy emails that were later discovered on other systems. "Intention" covers a lot more than intentionally helping enemies of the country for the sake of helping them (but what difference does that make when she is an enemy of the country).

    But the reckless "non-intentional" violations would be enough by themselves to prosecute her. Comey didn't say her lack of intent was the justification for not recommending prosecution -- after laying out more than enough evidence against her he said that the justification for not prosecuting is that no "reasonable prosecutor" would, which begs the question.
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This act alone on the part of the FBI Director is gross negligence and he should be charged, prosecuted, and convicted.
    The return of States Rights is long overdue.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Run down to Home Depot and get one of those special rung cleaners that does the underside. I wonder what having that bitch as CinC will do to enlistment rates. That's right she can always enact the draft.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Either that or he gets canned. Basically he just chickened out. On balance I would rather have Petreaus and his girl friend. How much more embarrassing can it get? Now THAT was a stupid comment and if true he should be history Do you think he said it on purpose just to highlight what is already happening?
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This particular law does not require intent for the perpetrator to be found guilty and is irrelevant (not a factor) in the decsion of whether to press charges. The FBI Director is just wrong and is lying. I said he makes a point, but it is not a valid point.
    Following the law and having a trial would take time and have a negative effect on the campaign of the Democratic Party candidate. In that event the only way out for the Clinton looter is having the judge publicly either (1) find the perp not guilty with legal slight of hand, or (2) if there is a jury, instruct them to ignore the facts of the case and the law and find the perp not guilty (and threaten them with contempt if they do not.) The FBI director suggests that it would be less embarrasing and more practical to ignore the rule of law and just let the guilty bitch walk.
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  • Posted by $ Your_Name_Goes_Here 8 years, 9 months ago
    I can't help but wonder what the Clintons have on Comey... Any of us would be placed UNDER the jail by now for doing what she did.
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  • Posted by $ Your_Name_Goes_Here 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So intent is not relevant? Tell that to General Petraeus... Wasn't he thrown overboard for sharing his calendar with his gal-pal? That's my recollection anyway.
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago
    FBI Director Comey makes a point about Hillary not having intent of releasing state secrets and that is the reason she should not be prosecuted for this crime.
    However, intent is irrelevent in this crime.
    If Hillary had also had intent, she would be guilty of T R E A S O N instead of gross negligence. She is likely guilty of gross negligence and should be tried and, when found guilty, she should be imprisoned therfore.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    But what about all the rest of her offenses? Bengazi, her foundation and foreign money taking, and that fact that russia hacked her server and the 29 documented emails they went public with...
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago
    Excerpt:

    "a reasonable prosecutor would ask: Why did Congress criminalize the mishandling of classified information through gross negligence? The answer, obviously, is to prevent harm to national security. So then the reasonable prosecutor asks: Was the statute clearly violated, and if yes, is it likely that Mrs. Clinton’s conduct caused harm to national security? If those two questions are answered in the affirmative, I believe many, if not most, reasonable prosecutors would feel obliged to bring the case."
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