The Federal Bureau of Investigation will recommend that the Justice Department bring criminal charges against Hillary Clinton and various of her aides, and soon. The evidence consists of materials that the Bureau has gathered in the course of its months-long investigation of Mrs. Clinton’s personal server. The recommendations will come very soon.
The charges will consist of some of the following:
1. Improper disclosure or retention of classified information.
2. Destruction of government records.
3. Lying to federal agents.
4. Lying under oath.
5. Obstruction of justice.
All the counts are familiar to those of us who have followed the Clintons for a quarter of a century, but, as one source familiar with the FBI’s investigation told me, the evidence has now reached a “critical mass.”
There are those who have told me that the FBI has been engaged in a ruse. And that the Bureau will report it has come across nothing criminal. Then the whole imbroglio is expected to blow over.
But such cynics are in the minority. Most sources have told me the investigation is genuine, serious, and all but completed. One told me that it was completed two months ago. The Bureau has put together a case that as one source put it “is locked up. It is solid.”
In the past, as FBI agent I.C. Smith wrote in his book Inside: A Top G-Man Exposes Spies, Lies, and Bureaucratic Bungling Inside the FBI, the Clintons have benefited from a few corrupt agents, usually in Arkansas. But that was years ago, and in Arkansas. This is the FBI in Washington, at the top where there are plenty of utterly professional law enforcement officials. They believe truth matters and so does the pursuit of justice. “They have been building a case that is unassailable,” one source told me. “It is beyond the case against Petraeus.… It is about the violation of federal statutes.”
The only question now is will the recommendations come this month or within sixty days. Politicians with the presidential itch such as Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry hope the FBI’s recommendations will come in a week or so to allow them to get into the race. Other observers say the decision will come later. “The FBI,” said one source, “does not care about politics.” Whether it comes tomorrow or in sixty days, Justice Department policies mandate making such decisions as far in advance of elections as possible. If there are conflicting winds blowing in the Bureau or DOJ, they must avoid the appearance of being motivated by partisan politics.
Yet such is the gravity of the charges and the consequences of neglecting them that they cannot be ignored. If they are ignored, people familiar with the investigation say, it will be impossible to prosecute future defendants being charged with the mishandling of classified information. Said Joseph DiGenova, a former U.S. attorney, “The intelligence community will not stand for that. They will fight for indictment and they are already in the process of gearing themselves to basically revolt if [the Attorney General] refuses to bring charges.” FBI Director James Comey has reportedly said he will resign if the Bureau’s recommendations for charges are ignored.
One source familiar with the case said the indictments will begin with the “small fish” starting with Bryan Pagliano, the keeper of Hillary’s server, and move on to the Big Enchilada, Hillary. Whatever happens, seasoned political players have claimed Hillary will continue in the race for Democratic nomination. Joe Trippi, former campaign manager for 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean, was overheard in the Green Room at Fox saying Hillary will run to the end.
Avert your gaze.
I will believe it when I see it! She and cigar boy have gotten away with murder-literally!
The FBI in Washington believes truth matters and the pursuit of justice????? What a crock of shit! They are all self serving, law breaking pieces of shit. The American Spectator needs a history lesson . Got to get to the bathroom, I feel I’m about to lose my supper.
It’ll be like the last fbi investigation when then they investigated themselves.
The results not only showed them innocent of any/all wrongdoing but they had actually gone above and beyond in protecting the people’s rights. Wish I could remember exactly which investigation but just like all the rest.
That will be the outcome of any investigation and I’d bet my arse on it.
“I’ll believe it when I see it!” is EXACTLY what I thought when I saw this headline. Not being cynical. Just being practical with no faith whatsoever in a govt. run by criminal psychopaths.
“… as one source familiar with the FBI’s investigation told me, the evidence has now reached a “critical mass.”
Which means they need new false flags for distraction.
I still have no doubt whatsoever that this evil troll will be (s)elected.
Assuming things get that far.
There gonna get her charged quickly and I predict she will be Obama’s first pardon on his way out. Then she will still deny everything.
“Because of her many years of public service, we’ve decided to pardon her, so we can move on, and heal as a nation” — Obama, after she’s found guilty.
The bell isn’t tolling for any one of the crooks in D.C. unless the people are holding the bell rope.
The original tip was “leaked” by someone associated with Valerie Jarrett. That could only mean 1. The “O” team is backing another horse to continue their legacy. or 2. They feel no one can do it quite like them, and wish to continue their destruction another term or three. The clock ticking as it is, makes #2 the more likely. Would the “late” ouster of the leading candidate (money-wise) be enough to postpone an election? Any resultant mayhem, by black swans or patriot alike would add fuel to their cause. Diabolically brilliant… and those pesky Clintons get swept away too.