Justice Department officials are taking a fresh look at Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she served as secretary of State, The Daily Beast has learned.
A former senior DOJ official familiar with department leadership’s thinking said officials there are acutely aware of demands from President Donald Trump that they look into Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of State—and that they lock up her top aide, Huma Abedin.
For instance, Trump tweeted on Dec. 2, “Many people in our Country are asking what the ‘Justice’ Department is going to do about the fact that totally Crooked Hillary, AFTER receiving a subpoena from the United States Congress, deleted and ‘acid washed’ 33,000 Emails? No justice!”
Brian Fallon, formerly a spokesperson for the Justice Department and Clinton’s presidential campaign, said he suspects DOJ officials are engaging in perfunctory steps “to give Trump and his allies something to talk about and point to, and something to give Fox News to devote segments to.”
“I think that even that is extremely dangerous, and that the Justice Department should not be opening itself up to the perception that it is bending to political pressures from the White House,” Fallon continued. “The Justice Department is supposed to operate independently of the White House, and even if this is just a perfunctory step that they’re taking to try to appease the president, that in and of itself is an abuse of the DOJ authority.”
To head off the predictable response, an "Obama-Justice Department" decision does not equal an order from Obama.
This is a dangerous red line we're crossing now. If this sets any kind of precedent, our standing as a Democracy will be in serious question.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-looking-into-hillary-clintons-emails-again
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to head off the predictable response, an "obama-justice department" decision does not equal an order from obama.
To head off the predictable response, an "Obama-Justice Department" decision does not equal an order from Obama.
This is a dangerous red line we're crossing now. If this sets any kind of precedent, our standing as a Democracy will be in serious question.
Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is.
How is this investigation going to end the former?
It's just like someone getting caught, and petulantly saying, "OH yeah? I'm friggin tellin' on you too."
This is a dangerous red line we're crossing now. If this sets any kind of precedent, our standing as a Democracy will be in serious question.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-looking-into-hillary-clintons-emails-again
And irony meters around the world just blew up.........Do you think the President should be allowed to use the Justice Department to persecute his political rivals?
Besides the action itself being flagrantly Banana Republic, there's the danger of setting precedent.
This is a dangerous red line we're crossing now. If this sets any kind of precedent, our standing as a Democracy will be in serious question.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-looking-into-hillary-clintons-emails-again
And irony meters around the world just blew up.........
This is a dangerous red line we're crossing now. If this sets any kind of precedent, our standing as a Democracy will be in serious question.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-looking-into-hillary-clintons-emails-again
It would have been nice if ALL of the evidence had been collected and considered the first time around...but it wasn't. So...much as it irritates you that this issue is being revisited now that new information has been revealed, do you think Hillary and her subordinates should get away with likely violations of law?
To head off the predictable response, an "Obama-Justice Department" decision does not equal an order from Obama.
Do you think the President should be allowed to use the Justice Department to persecute his political rivals?
If you think this is a demonstration of irony, then please cite an example of a previous President telling the Justice Department to investigate his political rivals. We'll wait.
Do you think the President should be allowed to use the Justice Department to persecute and investigate his political rivals?
To head off the predictable response, an "Obama-Justice Department" decision does not equal an order from Obama.
No doubt Obama was totally clueless about what was happening in his own Justice Department in regard to such a minor issue, right?
Wait, wait wait...let me get this straight. You want to head of the "Obama-Justice Department" decision while at the same time complain about a "Trump-Justice Department" decision. Neato!
See post 18.
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