Maybe you're being sarcastic, but I'm going to reply in case you're actually serious. Do you think that the FBI agent who was at the head of the Clinton investigation during the lead up to the election may have had a little bit more ability to influence things than a single voter casting his or her ballot? |
NP. I can name several actions, and have already, that raise a lot of suspicion about whether or not there was a valid reason to start investigating Trump for colluding with Russia. And that's what matters at this point, because the election is long over, yet the quest to find evidence of the Trump campaign's collusion carry on and on. It began on bogus grounds. |
Not a leak--a whistleblower. Don't know about the leak to Giuliani. The NYPD also knew, according to reports. But, again, Weiner's computer should have been claimed as evidence long before the NYPD found the pedophilia communications. All computers used by Huma should have been searched long before summer of 2016. Please remember, Mills was also able to control her computer. Why? |
What do you mean too bad for our country? It's the FBI's role to stop a candidate they don't like? Is that what you are stating? |
Absolutely nothing you just laid out that is unrelated to Russian collusion has a thing to do with the investigation. Has Mueller been tasked with finding anything he can on Trump to get him removed from office? Was Mueller told to go back to the 80s to see what he can find relating to Miss USA, sexual harassment and discrimination? You are misinformed. Trump's personal and professional behavior for the past 40 years, or the fact that you dislike him, is not subject to investigation as grounds for removal or impeachment. |
The investigation into the Trump campaign absolutely did not begin on bogus grounds. You have to be willfully ignorant of a considerable number of facts to suggest as much. You have Manafort who has committed an laundry list of crimes involving Russians and pro-Russia Ukrainians acting as campaign manager, George Papadopoulos drunkenly telling an Australian diplomat that the Russians have the DNC's emails, and a host of contacts between campaign officials and Russian intelligence figures. The FBI would have been delinquent not to investigate. Also, keep in mind that the IG report was about the Clinton email investigation, not the Trump investigation. So, you are actually going off-topic. |
However, the IG did raise concerns about Strozk and his part in the Russian investigation. Remember, Comey orchestrated the special counsel It is very difficult not to compare the two investigations when many of the actors participated in both. |
The only way he could have done significant damage to Clinton is by charging her under the espionage act, which he didn't. This statement below, by Comey is NOT believable given past cases on mishandling of classsified information, legal precedent. the espionage statutes and existing US Code on actions, and NDA Standard Form 312, which Hillary Clinton signed. "Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent. Responsible decisions also consider the context of a person’s actions, and how similar situations have been handled in the past. In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of: clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information; or vast quantities of materials exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct; or indications of disloyalty to the United States; or efforts to obstruct justice. We do not see those things here. To be clear, this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances, a person who engaged in this activity would face no consequences. To the contrary, those individuals are often subject to security or administrative sanctions. But that is not what we are deciding now. As a result, although the Department of Justice makes final decisions on matters like this, we are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case. I know there will be intense public debate in the wake of this recommendation, as there was throughout this investigation. What I can assure the American people is that this investigation was done competently, honestly, and independently. No outside influence of any kind was brought to bear." Bottom line, Hillary Clinton was given special treatment that NO ONE else would get. |
Patently false. None of those things started the investigation. The investigation was started by the dossier and only the dossier. That does not meet the standards for FISA action. Even the writer of the dossier, Christopher Steele stated it's 50/50 accurate on it's claims. |
Nope. The investigation was underway before the FBI received the dossier. You seem to believe the investigation started with Flynn, but it started before that. |
And he's quoting LYNCH no less!! |
Nothing that Manafort is in jail for relates to or shows any link to anything he did while working for Trump for 49 days. Many people believe that the Papadopoulos situation was a setup to create a reason. And like another pp said, many of the same cast of characters worked on both the Hillary investigation and the Russia investigation, namely Strzok. They are intertwined. |
Is Lynch the head of the DOJ who Hillary Clinton's HUSBAND walked on her DOJ jet and had an ex-parte discussion with her over grandchildren , which she doesn't even have any (for 30 minutes)?
I just can't remember. |
No, he didn't. He said he wouldn't have included things in the dossier if they didn't have a high likelihood of being true, and estimated it to be about 85% accurate. So far, nothing in it has been disproven. |
The way I understand it, other agents knew about the emails on the Weiner laptop and also knew the cover ups re: Clinton by the upper echelon of the FBI. The text by one of the agents specifically said that Clinton's person lied and seemed quite pleased about it and said nothing would be done about it. So one of those agents tipped off the fix, which then required Comey to open the investigation to cover his butt. They knew when they opened it, they would 'find nothing', but they thought NOT opening it would be worse. They needed to clear her. They were also afraid of her, because they believed she'd be the next President. |