John R. Houk
© May 31, 2016
There have been unsubstantiated rumors that Hillary Clinton
is about to be indicted. Very recently the Huffington
Post put out a report that an indictment was imminent, then the report was
pull off the HuffPo website in less
than 24 hours:
Huffington Post Removes Article
Claiming Hillary Clinton Will Be Indicted
29 May 2016
The liberal publication Huffington
Post removed an article on its website Sunday claiming that the FBI plans to
pursue an indictment against Hillary Clinton on federal racketeering charges.
HuffPo freelance contributor Frank
Huguenard, a scientist and public speaker, posted an article on the site’s blog
entitled “Hillary Clinton to be Indicted on Federal
Racketeering Charges”. Huguenard wrote:
The Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a United States Federal Law passed in 1970
that was designed to provide a tool for law enforcement agencies to fight
organized crime. RICO allows prosecution and punishment for alleged
racketeering activity that has been executed as part of an ongoing criminal
enterprise.
Activity considered to be
racketeering may include bribery, counterfeiting, money
laundering, embezzlement, illegal gambling, kidnapping, murder, drug
trafficking, slavery, and a host of other nefarious business practices.
James Comey and The FBI will
present a recommendation to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the Department
of Justice, that includes a cogent argument that the Clinton Foundation is an
ongoing criminal enterprise engaged in money laundering and
soliciting bribes in exchange for political, policy and legislative favors to
individuals, corporations and even governments both foreign and domestic.
…
But the article link now directs to a page that says
“404” with a frownie face and the message “This is so
embarrassing” after Huffington Post took the piece down Sunday.
In this vein the Freedom
Outpost cross posts a PBS
News Hour interview with a Washington
Post reporter talking about how egregious Hillary Clinton’s email scandal
has become. When two Left leaning news media outlets begin reporting Hillary is
in trouble then I am guessing something is up for Crooked Hillary.
(Spoiler Alert: The
PBS interview is so bland you may fall asleep before the end of the five minute
or so segment. Tape your eyes open and listen to the details it is quite
enlightening.)
JRH 5/31/16
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Clinton Cooked: Report on Email Scandal Worse Than
Initially Expected (Video)
Even though this specific report has no “official” legal
ramifications, it very likely provides a small window for the general public to
gain some idea as to the nightmare the FBI is dealing with, and that
doesn’t look very good for Mrs. Clinton moving forward.
MAY 30, 2016
The State Department’s report condemning Hillary Clinton has
brought the debate over her conduct as Secretary of State back to the forefront
of the political landscape, and throws the race for the White House into
uncharted territory. Judy Woodruff talks to Rosalind Helderman of The
Washington Post about the details of the report and why Clinton’s violations
are worse than her predecessors’.
In the video below, you’ll learn that the main purpose of
the most recent report that could jeopardize Clinton’s bid for the White House,
was to examine the overall usage and handling of State Department email while
in office, and then the preservation of those government records upon leaving
office. The investigation examined the records for the five
previous Secretary’s [sic] of State to get a fair comparison. This
particular report concluded that of the last five Secretaries, Hillary’s
violation of Department policy, and her lack of compliance with the
Federal Records Act were by far the most egregious.
The primary reason that Clinton’s records were the worst,
was because during her tenure as Secretary, the threat and risks associated
with cyber security were much better understood than they were perhaps 15
years prior to her tenure. That fact, coupled with her lack of taking anything
even resembling reasonable steps to protect and securer
the information in her possession made her the worst offender.
The report also states that despite Clinton’s public
statements about how she has remained always willing to help in any way
requested of her, the reality behind the scenes has been anything but
cooperation from Hillary and most of her aids. The Department’s Inspector
General still has yet to ever interview Hillary herself (at
all), because Hillary has refused every request. Also, several of her
aids have failed to respond to various questions asked of them.
Even though this specific report has no “official”
legal ramifications, it very likely provides a small window for the general
public to gain some idea as to the nightmare the FBI is dealing with, and
that doesn’t look very good for Mrs. Clinton moving forward. Perhaps
it's best Bernie is sticking around after all.
Posted by PBS NewsHour
Published on May 25, 2016
The State Department’s report
condemning Hillary Clinton has brought the debate over her conduct as Secretary
of State back to the forefront of the political landscape, and throws the race
for the White House into uncharted territory. Judy Woodruff talks to Rosalind
Helderman of The Washington Post about the details of the report and why
Clinton’s violations are worse than her predecessors’.
Hillary Clinton and her top
aides failed to comply with U.S. State Department policies on records by using
her personal email server and account, possibly jeopardizing official secrets,
an internal watchdog concluded in a long-awaited
report (pdf) on Wednesday.
Clinton also never sought
permission from the department's legal staff to use the server, which was
located at her New York residence, a request which—if filed—"would
not" have been approved, the report by the agency's Office of the
Inspector General (OIG) states.
"At a minimum, Secretary
Clinton should have surrendered all emails dealing with Department business
before leaving government service and, because she did not do so, she did not
comply with the Department's policies that were implemented in accordance with
the Federal Records Act," it continues.
The findings are the latest
development in the email scandal that has persisted throughout Clinton's
presidential campaign to little effect—but its conclusion was unexpectedly
critical.
And it could spell trouble for
the former secretary of state in the final stretch of the election, as public
trust in Clinton continues to decline while polls
show her rival Bernie Sanders has become the most formidable
candidate against Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
As Politico's Rachael Bade,
Josh Gerstein, and Nick Gass write:
The watchdog’s findings could
exact further damage to Clinton’s campaign, and they provide fresh fodder for
Trump, who has already said he will go after Clinton for the email scandal
“bigly.” The Democratic frontrunner’s bid for the White House has already been
hindered by high unfavorability ratings, with people saying they don’t trust
her.
The report represents the
latest pushback — in this case by a nonpartisan government entity — against her
campaign’s claim that she did not break any rules and that her use of a private
server was completely allowed.
In fact, technology staff in the
Information Resource Management (S/ES-IRM) office who brought up concerns about
Clinton's use of her private server were reportedly instructed not to question
the arrangement.
"In one meeting, one staff
member raised concerns that information sent and received on Secretary
Clinton’s account could contain Federal records that needed to be preserved in
order to satisfy Federal recordkeeping requirements," the report states.
"According to the staff member, the Director [of S/ES-IRM] stated that the
Secretary's personal system had been reviewed and approved by Department legal
staff and that the matter was not to be discussed any further. As previously
noted, OIG found no evidence that staff in the Office of the Legal Adviser
reviewed or approved Secretary Clinton's personal system."
Other staff from different
offices were also instructed "never to speak of the Secretary's personal
email system again."
On Wednesday, Clinton's campaign
was quick to point out that the report's criticisms also extended to the State
Department in general, which the OIG found to be riddled with
"longstanding, systemic weaknesses related to electronic records and
communications" and noted that other department officials, including
former Secretary of State Colin Powell, also used personal e-mails while in
office.
The findings were issued a day
after a group of U.S. intelligence veterans, including William Binney, John
Kiriakou, and Diane Roark, published an open
letter to President Barack Obama urging him to expedite the
forthcoming FBI report on Clinton’s alleged email security violations.
"The question is not
whether Secretary Clinton broke the law," the letter states. "She
did. If the laws are to be equally applied, she should face the same kind of
consequences as others who have been found, often on the basis of much less
convincing evidence, guilty of similar behavior."
Article posted with
permission from The Last Great Stand.
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Hillary Indictment Rumors – We can Only
Hope
John R. Houk
© May 31, 2016
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Clinton Cooked: Report on
Email Scandal Worse Than Initially Expected (Video)
Edited by John R. Houk with
spellcheck.
Text enclosed by brackets are
by the Editor.
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