I am sorry, but what this proves is that the FBI and the DOJ became willing co conspirators in an effort to evade justice by the Clintons. even when it was obvious that the Clintons were out of control to the point of been reckless. The only way out for all of them soon became Clinton's election as president.
All Trump really did was turn the guns of the FBI back upon itself, as they all knew was inevitable if he were elected. Of course it was necessary to remove all the blockages and traps as well and that took a really detailed plan of action. We all would have arrested these clowns on day one, but that would have merely allowed them all to skate.
Instead they have all been put on the public record until their entire guilt became completely transparent and also to allow enough time to pass to ensure public emotions supporting them had completely dissipated. That particularly means Clinton. When she stands in front of a Judge, it will be almost as a common criminal.
Instead they have all been put on the public record until their entire guilt became completely transparent and also to allow enough time to pass to ensure public emotions supporting them had completely dissipated. That particularly means Clinton. When she stands in front of a Judge, it will be almost as a common criminal.
DOJ reached agreement with Clinton lawyers to block FBI access to Clinton Foundation emails, Strzok says
Clinton lawyers struck deal with DOJ to limit FBI access to Clinton Foundation emails, Strzok testifies
The
Justice Department 'negotiated' an agreement with Hillary Clinton's
legal team to block FBI access to emails on her private server regarding
the Clinton Foundation, according to testimony from former FBI special
agent Peter Strzok; Catherine Herridge has the details.
The
Justice Department "negotiated" an agreement with Hillary Clinton's
legal team that ensured the FBI did not have access to emails on her
private servers relating to the Clinton Foundation, former FBI special agent Peter Strzok testified during a closed-door appearance before the House Judiciary Committee last summer, according to a newly released transcript.
Republicans late last year renewed their efforts to
probe the Clinton Foundation, after tax documents showed a plunge in
its incoming donations after Clinton’s 2016 presidential election. The
numbers fueled longstanding allegations of possible “pay-to-play” transactions at the organization, amid a Justice Department probe covering foundation issues.
Under
questioning from Judiciary Committee General Counsel Zachary Somers,
Strzok acknowledged that Clinton's private personal email servers
contained a mixture of emails related to the Clinton Foundation, her
work as secretary of state and other matters.
"Were you given access to [Clinton Foundation-related] emails as part of the investigation?" Somers asked
"We
were not. We did not have access," Strzok responded. "My recollection
is that the access to those emails were based on consent that was
negotiated between the Department of Justice attorneys and counsel for
Clinton."
Peter Strzok arrives at a closed-door interview before the House
Judiciary Committee in June. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Although
the FBI eventually took possession of the servers, Strzok continued,
the possession was "based upon the negotiation of Department of Justice
attorneys for consent."
"A significant filter team" was employed
at the FBI, Strzok said, to "work through the various terms of the
various consent agreements." Limitations imposed on agents' searches
included date ranges, and names of domains and people, Strzok said,
among other categories.
The agreement was reached, Strzok said,
because “according to the attorneys, we lacked probable cause to get a
search warrant for those servers and projected that either it would take
a very long time and/or it would be impossible to get to the point
where we could obtain probable cause to get a warrant.”
[ Neat bit of legalese here - as if the FBI ever had much trouble generating probable cause anywhere else - arclein ]
STRZOK'S PHONE FROM DAYS ON MUELLER PROBE TOTALLY WIPED; FBI SAYS SYSTEM-WIDE SOFTWARE FAILURE RESULTED IN OTHER MISSING TEXTS
Strzok
did not elaborate on whether prosecutors made any effort to secure a
search warrant, which could have delineated precisely what agents could
and could not search.
But Strzok later said that agents had access
to the "entire universe" of information on the servers when using
search terms to probe their contents. He also told Somers that "we had
it voluntarily," although it was unclear if he meant all emails on the
servers -- including ones related to the Clinton Foundation.
Former
Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who chaired the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee until 2017 and is now a Fox News
contributor, said the arrangement signaled that agents wanted willful
blindness.
"They had no interest in pursuing the truth."
"What's
bizarre about this, is in any other situation, there's no possible way
they would allow the potential perpetrator to self-select what the FBI
gets to see," Chaffetz said, noting that the FBI was aware that the
servers contained classified information in unclassified settings.
"The FBI should be the one to sort through those emails -- not the
Clinton attorneys."[ hello probable cause - arclein ]
The DOJ's goal, Chaffetz said, was to "make sure they hear no evil, see no evil -- they had no interest in pursuing the truth."
Chaffetz
added that the DOJ's behavior, including its award of immunity to top
Clinton aides early on in the investigation, signaled a clear double
standard: "They didn't go make a deal with anyone in Trump's orbit. They
seized it. They used guns and agents -- and just went in there and took
it."
"The Clinton Foundation isn't supposed to be communicating
with the State Department anyway," Chaffetz continued. "The foundation
-- with her name on it -- is not supposed to be communicating with the
senior officials at the State Department."
The Clinton Foundation did not respond to Fox News' request for comment.
Republican-led
concerns that the DOJ, under the Obama administration, was too cozy
with the Clinton team during the 2016 presidential campaign have grown
louder in recent days. Earlier this week, Fox News exclusively reviewed
an internal chart prepared by federal investigators working on the
so-called "Midyear Exam" probe into Clinton's emails. The chart
contained the words "NOTE: DOJ not willing to charge this" next to a key
statute on the mishandling of classified information.
The
notation appeared to contradict former FBI Director James
Comey's repeated claims that his team made its decision that Clinton
should not face criminal charges independently.
But Strzok, in his
closed-door interview, denied that the DOJ exercised undue influence
over the FBI, and insisted that lawyers at the DOJ were involved in an
advisory capacity working with agents.
Fox News also confirmed the chart served as a critical tip
that provided the basis for Texas Republican Rep. John
Ratcliffe's explosive questioning of former FBI lawyer Lisa Page last
year, in which Page agreed with Ratcliffe's characterization that the
DOJ had told the FBI that "you're not going to charge gross negligence."
A
transcript of Page's remarks was published Tuesday as part of a major
document release by the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary
Committee, Georgia Rep. Doug Collins.
Separately in the
closed-door session, Strzok defended his affair with Page, repeatedly
denying that the relationship presented a security risk when challenged
by GOP aides.
Former FBI director James Comey speaks during the Canada 2020 Conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Strzok, who was fired from the bureau after
months of scrutiny regarding anti-Trump text messages between him and
Page, confirmed he was involved in an extramarital affair when asked
about it during his interview before the committee on June 27, 2018. But
Strzok was also asked by Art Baker, the GOP investigative counsel for
the committee, whether that affair could have made him "vulnerable to
potential recruitment" by "hostile intelligence service[s]."
“Yeah,
I don’t think I would characterize it that way,” Strzok said. “I think
it is not so much any particular action as it is the way that action
might be used to coerce or otherwise get somebody to do something. I can
tell you that in no way would that extramarital affair have any power
in coercing me to do anything other than obeying the law and doing
honest, competent investigation."
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