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RandySF

(58,836 posts)
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:53 PM Nov 2016

The FBI strikes again.

“Secret recordings of a suspect talking about the Clinton Foundation fueled an internal battle between FBI agents who wanted to pursue the case and corruption prosecutors who viewed the statements as worthless hearsay,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Agents, using informants and recordings from unrelated corruption investigations, thought they had found enough material to merit aggressively pursuing the investigation into the foundation that started in summer 2015 based on claims made in a book by a conservative author called Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich.“


https://politicalwire.com/2016/11/02/secret-recordings-fueled-fbi-feud-clinton-probe/#disqus_thread

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NoGoodNamesLeft

(2,056 posts)
4. Meanwhile while the FBI engages in a Clinton witch hunt...they let Russia in the back door
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 10:08 PM
Nov 2016

What a bunch of bumbling idiots.

Lie detector tests for every last FBI employee. Toss every last mole in jail and throw the book at them.

lapucelle

(18,265 posts)
5. It's the NY FBI office doing this damage with the help of Rudy Giuliani.
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 10:09 PM
Nov 2016

They need to be investigated for unauthorized leaks to the WSJ which is, incidentally, now owned by Rupert Murdoch.

If the leaks have been authorized, then Comey needs to be investigated for a possible violation of the Hatch Act.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
9. and Ghouliani needs to be charged as well
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 10:39 PM
Nov 2016

this is one of the most egregious acts I've ever seen, that what supposed to be a neutral and trusted agency is now an arm of Trump/Putin/alt-right/Wiki.

Disgusting, every American regardless of party should be concerned about this flagrant assault on our democratic process.

Jason1961

(413 posts)
6. Obama needs to step in
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 10:14 PM
Nov 2016

The ranks of the FBI need to be purged (not that kind of purged, just fired) of these rouges that think they can use their badges to influence an election.

We shouldn't tolerate this anymore than we'd tolerate a backwoods sheriff putting up road blocks around polling locations in minority neighborhoods.

still_one

(92,192 posts)
8. The WSJ's Devlin Barrett is pushing as much negative innuendos against Clinton as he can before
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 10:22 PM
Nov 2016

the election. All this FBI bullshit was started by the Peter Schweizer garbage about the Clinton Foundation.

This country is very close to becoming a fascist country. We are the upcoming election away from it. It is NOT an exaggeration that this is the election of our lives.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/secret-recordings-fueled-fbi-feud-in-clinton-probe-1478135518?emailToken=JRr8f/9%2BYXuWgtMxaswn2VYyY7VNEeKCQUnbLXbFIQ3CqXHRrO7kya80wtW6vG/qREA/7NQF6XI4Q3jJmm1gUYrIx%2BEvyAz5JiAN


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