Thread: Clinton demands 'full and complete facts' from FBI

October 28, 2016, 07:15 pm

Clinton demands 'full and complete facts' from FBI



Hillary Clinton called on the FBI to release more information about newly uncovered emails connected to the investigation into her private server, addressing the issue for the first time at a press conference.


"We are 11 days out from perhaps the most important national election of our lifetimes," Clinton said in a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa. "Voting is already underway in our country, so the American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately."


Clinton took just three questions during the press conference, which lasted about four minutes.

She revealed that the FBI had not contacted her before or since Comey sent a letter to lawmakers Friday afternoon.

"So we don't know the facts, which is why we are calling on the FBI to release all the information that it has," she said. "Even Director Comey noted that this new information may not be significant, so let's get it out."

Comey's letter said that the FBI was reviewing pertinent emails that it found in an unrelated investigation, but did not reveal much more than that.

Republicans and the GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump quickly pounced on the news.

Clinton was asked about a New York Times report that said the FBI had found the new emails in its separate investigation into Anthony Weiner’s sexting scandal.

“We’ve heard these rumors,” she said “We don’t know what to believe. And I'm sure there will be even more rumors. That’s why it’s incumbent on the FBI to tell us what they're talking about, Jeff. Your guess is as good as mine and I don't think that’s not good enough.”

Trump seized on the development at a rally in Manchester, N.H., hoping that the FBI would revisit its decision to not call for charges against Clinton.

"Hillary Clinton's corruption is on a scale that we have never seen before,” he said. “We must not let her take her criminal scheme into the Oval Office. I have great respect for the fact that the FBI and the Department of Justice are now willing to have the courage to right the horrible mistake that they made.

“This was a grave miscarriage of justice that the American people fully understood, and it is everybody’s hope that it is about to be corrected.”


Lawmakers on both sides have called on the FBI to make more information public, including Trump's running mate Mike Pence.

Some Democrats, including Sen. Dianne Feinsten (Calif.) and DNC interim chairwoman Donna Brazile, have even lashed out at Comey for not being forthcoming in the letter and throwing the presidential race into confusion.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...fo-about-email

October 28, 2016, 07:00 pm

Anger, disbelief in Clinton camp



Hillary Clinton’s allies were cast into a state of anger and disbelief over the FBI’s stunning announcement that it is reviewing new emails “pertinent” to Clinton’s use of a private email server.

That shocking development — revealed in a letter to Congress by FBI Director James Comey — pushed some of Clinton’s allies past the boiling point.

They said they were “dumbfounded” by the revelation that the new FBI review may have been spurred by a separate investigation into Anthony Weiner sending lewd texts to a minor. Weiner is separated from wife Huma Abedin, one of Clinton’s closest aides.

And they worried that Clinton’s unconventional email arrangement had finally caught up to her and might imperil her presidential bid less than two weeks before Election Day.

“I'm livid, actually,” one Clinton surrogate told The Hill. “This has turned into malpractice. It's an unforced error at this point. I have no idea what Comey is up to but the idea this email issue is popping back up again is outrageous. It never should have occurred in the first place. Someone somewhere should have told her no. And they didn't and now we're all paying the price.”

Another ally called the campaign’s mood something akin to “paralysis,” and blamed Weiner’s behavior for railroading the campaign.

One strategist said the developments would further cement the notion that Clinton has something to hide.

“It’s made people think there’s always going to be something around the Clintons, some investigation, some inquiry,” the strategist said. “It never goes away.”

Campaign chairman John Podesta and other Democrats lashed out at the FBI over the timing of its announcement and for the lack of details in Comey’s letter.

They demanded clarity, fearing that the open nature of the investigation would lead speculation to run wild.

“FBI Director Comey should immediately provide the American public more information than is contained in the letter he sent to eight Republican committee chairmen,” Podesta said in a statement. “Already, we have seen characterizations that the FBI is ‘reopening’ an investigation but Comey’s words do not match that characterization. Director Comey’s letter refers to emails that have come to light in an unrelated case, but we have no idea what those emails are and the Director himself notes they may not even be significant.

“It is extraordinary that we would see something like this just 11 days out from a presidential election,” Podesta added.

Clinton world was already on edge over Podesta's hacked emails, which are being published by Wikileaks on a near-daily basis.

Those revelations have given new ammunition to Republican Donald Trump, who has seized on the leaked emails to accuse the Clintons of running a corrupt network of influence for personal gain.

After the FBI news broke on Friday, the campaign seemed resigned to Trump and other Republicans campaigning on the email issue in the final days of the race.

“In the short term at least, this does provide Republicans with something they can all hang their hat on, at a time when they've been fighting with each other so much — so that can have a salutary effect by shoring up the GOP base and distract from the daily drama around Trump himself,” one longtime Clinton adviser said.

The surrogate predicted the news would also hurt Democrats in down ballot elections.

“I assume Senate Democrats are peeing in their pants right now,” the surrogate said. “The [Republican] ads are being cut as we speak.”

At the same time, other Democrats interviewed by The Hill were taking the FBI letter in stride.

They believe that the presidential race is set and will not be meaningfully impacted by Comey’s announcement. Millions of people voted early, when Clinton held about a 6-point lead nationally.

And Democrats believe scandal fatigue has set in over the emails, essentially rendering new developments meaningless.

Voters have been hearing about Clinton’s email troubles for more than a year, Democrats say, yet she’s favored to win the White House.

“This is just a distraction,” said Democratic pollster Mark Mellmann. “People had already reached their conclusions about the emails. Certainly everyone on my side of the aisle would rather be talking about something else, but I don’t think it’s sufficient to change the outcome.”

Rather than panic over Clinton’s new troubles, Democrats expressed outrage at FBI director Comey for dropping what they view as a politically motivated bombshell close to the election.

“It is extraordinary for the FBI director to do this 11 days before the election,” said Democratic strategist Steve McMahon. “It violates the Justice Department’s rules about engaging in investigations in a way that might impact our democracy. It is extraordinary and very, very surprising.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...n-clinton-camp

Hillary, the FBI does NOT owe you "full and complete facts", YOU OWED THE US CONGRESS "full and complete facts". You would still have your "full and complete facts" IF you hadn't violated the law, obstructed justice, jeopardized national security, and conducted pay to play with the Clinton Foundation which is WHY you wanted your sneaky dangerous little private email server to begin with, and destroyed 33,000 emails to cover up your crimes. You made your bed of CORRUPTION, and now you can rot in it.

October 28, 2016, 03:53 pm

WH: New Clinton email probe won't alter Obama campaign plans




The White House on Friday stressed that a new probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server won’t affect President Obama’s support for the Democratic presidential nominee in the final days of the campaign.

Obama spokesman Eric Schultz indicated Obama will not shift his campaign schedule as a result of the reports, which rocked the 2016 campaign just 11 days out from Election Day.

“I don’t think anything has surfaced to change the president’s opinions and views of Secretary Clinton,” Schultz told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Orlando, Fla., where Obama will headline a rally for Clinton's campaign.

Schultz said he "would not expect" Obama to address the email inquiry at the event. Instead, he'll say why he believes Clinton is “uniquely qualified” to serve as president.

"He’s going to be proud to support her between now and Election Day,” he added.

Obama ignored shouted questions about the email investigation earlier Friday on the South Lawn as he was boarding Marine One to travel to the Clinton rally.

The White House also sought to reassure the public it’s not asserting its influence over the probe.

Schultz said the White House first learned of FBI Director James Comey’s letter to Congress through news reports.

“We did not have advance warning,” the spokesman said.

“The president’s expectation is all FBI efforts follow the facts wherever they lead," he added. “The president believes that decisions made by independent prosecutors must be made irrespective of politics."

The timing is awkward for Clinton, but also for Obama, who is scheduled to spend almost every day on the road stumping for the nominee in the final week of the campaign.

Obama has worked hard to ensure Clinton succeeds him in the White House, but the renewed focus on Clinton’s email server could pose difficult questions as he tries to convince the public she should be the next president.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...obama-campaign

October 28, 2016, 09:33 pm

NY Post mocks Weiner's alleged role in Clinton email case



The New York Post released it's provocative front cover that takes on Friday's news that the FBI discovered new emails related to the Clinton investigation, reportedly through its separate investigation into Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal.

"Dickileaks: FBI Reopens Email Case," the cover for Saturday reads. "Stroking gun: Weiner sext probe found dirt on Hill."

Weiner, who resigned from Congress after it was revealed he had sent sexual photos on social media, is married to top Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

The New York Post cover includes one of the photos Weiner texted to other women.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...on-email-probe

LOL!!!! That New York Post cover is hilarious!!!

As to Obama continuing to work for Hillary, well, of course he will. He has his Legacy of sex, corruption, globalism, illegal immigration, doubling of the debt, and bad trade deals to protect!!!! Besides, she knows that wasn't Osama bin Laden they took out and dumped in the sea.

Hysterical!

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LOCK HER UP!!!

Actively campaigning for Hillary at this point could blow up in Obama's face if the latest revelation turns out to be serious. Unfortunately though, thanks to mainstream media bias, Hillary seems to be cloaked in an impregnable coat of armor these days. Hmm, a president without the ability to gain the required security clearance to perform the functions required by office. How much sense does that make?