Senate intel panel opens investigation into Loretta Lynch based on debunked Russian intelligence

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory


TRAVIS GETTYS
23 JUN 2017 AT 13:18 ET

Republican senators have opened an investigation into former Attorney General Loretta Lynch based on the same Russian fake news that prompted former FBI director James Comey to act on the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

The secret document, which the FBI now considers to be phony, appeared to be a piece of Russian intelligence claiming that Lynch had privately assured the Clinton campaign that the investigation into her handling of classified information would be limited.

That false information prompted Comey to publicly declare in July that the investigation was over, but he criticized Clinton for “extremely careless” handling of classified info.

The Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter Friday to Lynch asking about her involvement in the FBI investigation, including whether she had assured Clinton associates that the probe wouldn’t “push too deeply into the matter.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/senate-intel-panel-opens-investigation-into-loretta-lynch-based-on-debunked-russian-intelligence/

[question everything]

1. Can she say: I will not diginify this lie with an answer?

And, please, please, do not invoke the Fifth. This implies, I think, that you are concerned about indictment.

[jpak]

2. Russian Stooges

yup

[Freethinker65]

3. Perfect distraction and waste of time and resources. Bravo GOP

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Benghazi!

[Achilleaze]

5. republicans are phony representatives of American democracy

honesty, integrity and honor.

Freakin republican phonies.

[Tactical Peek]

6. The headline is not accurate, this is not from the Senate Intel Committee.

(Although the headline of the post is the headline from the linked article.)


The article never mentions the Senate Intelligence Committee, and all the references in the linked article are to the Senate JUDICIARY Committee.

Yes, it says "panel" rather than committee, but it is an inaccurate and misleading headline.

Facts matter.

Just my view, but the effect of the headline is to unfairly besmirch the Senate Intelligence Committee which, again in my view, has behaved more nearly bipartisan than the Judiciary Committee and is now a crucial factor in the exposure of Russian/Republican hanky panky. So don't knock it unless the facts support knocking it.

[OKNancy]

12. typical rawstory sloppy writing and research.

Personally I don't think it should be a credible source for LBN

[DonViejo]

15. It's the headline writer, it's not the author of the article but, I hope you feel better

getting your angst out about RawStory's "sloppy writing and research"

You can let RawStory know: [e-mail]

[OKNancy]

17. thanks Don

No reflection on you as I know that sometimes the original story is a pay site, etc.

[ProudLib72]

7. Can she say

Yes, I sent my response to your boss in Moscow?

[SharonClark]

8. Is Grassley behind this?

[ripcord]

14. Grassley and Pelosi signed the letter sent to Lynch

[7962]

16. As did Feinstein, unless that was a different letter. nt

[Blue Idaho]

9. Smear Tactics

Good old GOP...

[Shell_Seas]

10. This is how they appease their base.

What else are they going to do?

[MrScorpio]

11. The Russians sure got their money's worth this group of GOPrs, haven't they?

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Trolled once, trolled twice...

Republicans can be trolled whenever.

[Mr. Ected]

18. An investigation? To what end?

Are they going to fire her?