Very interesting update today in regards to the FBI Clinton Server Investigation.
Very interesting update today in regards to the FBI Clinton Server Investigation.
By OmahaDemocrat
Wednesday Apr 20, 2016 · 7:19 PM EDT
Lawyers for a reporter demanding access to email messages and files the FBI has reportedly retrieved from Hillary Clinton's private server are objecting to a secret filing the Justice Department submitted to a federal court last month as part of a bid to keep those messages under wraps.
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That is unique - it means the reasoning for denying the request is detrimental, not just the content.
The FOIA request was in regards to the personal emails that Clinton deleted but were eventually recovered by the FBI. Clinton described those emails as wedding plans, yoga routines, and emails to Bill Clinton.
The DOJ now has until April 26th to explain why they couldnt reveal the reasoning behind denying the FOIA request and why they did this in secret. If her personal emails that she deleted contained classified content that would put her in a very precarious position. The Clintons have had to maintain that no classified material was located in her personal emails as legally they were all supposed to be the property of the State Department and it is a crime to destroy classified material.
more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/20/1518134/-Very-interesting-update-today-in-regards-to-the-FBI-Clinton-Server-Investigation
riversedge
(70,242 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)I'm looking to see if even earlier. I know Bernie's been the true front-runner for Since the first of the year.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)suits along with the FBI, DOJ and federal agency investigations of her, unless of course you like really rude surprises.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)Hillary could be indicted. It's not looking too good for her.
This FBI investigation into Clinton's email server could upend this primary and it could have paradigm-shifting repercussions for the Democratic party.
Who gives a rat's ass what the Republicans do or say.
Any Democrat who ignores this very serious issue is nothing but an ostrich with their head in the sand.
What Hillary Clinton did, by having an unsecured, private email server--on which she conducted all of her State business--is unprecedented. No government official has done what she has.
This is very serious.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Just in case. Keep abreast of what's going on.
Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)Say's a lot about your character when you're gleefully hoping for the fall of one of your own so that it will benefit your political agenda.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)very, very real. This is The Great Continental Divide in our party right now. My character is better than hers I will tell you that much.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)And I am so sorry, there will be no indictment fairy.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)they dont apply to her the same as everyone else
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)tex-wyo-dem
(3,190 posts)Like the rules don't apply to her, whether it's classified material handling or anything else.
questionseverything
(9,656 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)I wonder how that would work out.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)and condescending. Indictment fairy, indeed.
There's an FBI investigation that centers around Hillary Clinton's email server. An unsecured, private email server that sat in her basement for two years after she stepped down as Secretary of State. No other government official has done what she did. President Obama didn't even know about this server and neither did the State Department. The FBI demanded that Hillary turn over her server, but she deleted 30,000 emails that she claimed were personal. However, she didn't turn over email chains between her and Blumenthal in which they discussed security and policy in Libya. 2,000 of her emails have been marked "classified" and 22 of them have been marked "Top Secret" which means that those emails can't be made public without posing a "grave danger to the United States."
So, she did transmit classified information via her homebrew, vulnerable server.
No one is hoping for an indictment. Many of us are sick about what has happened here, and the fact that our Democratic front runner has an FBI investigation hanging over her head.
The time for childish bullshit is over. We need to take very seriously what is going on in this investigation--as it could affect our entire party and the election.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Democrats have lost 900+ state legislature seats, 12 governors, 69 House seats, 13 Senate seats and currently enjoy a membership rate of 30% and dropping. But the Party is fine. Just fine.
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)Obama was under investigation when he ran for president in 2008? How did I miss that?
frylock
(34,825 posts)The fuck does that even mean?
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)andHillary did NOT. Howmany others did she destroy?
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)If she wins the Democratic nomination the party will see a mass exodus of supporters, maybe enough to destroy it or at least lower it to minority status. I doubt she can win the Presidency against any Republican but regardless, win or lose, she will destroy the party.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)severance.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... her Iraq War vote, Henry Kissinger, fracking, her advocacy for more H1B visas, her foundation finances, her countless lies and a boatload of other things that would disqualify any other candidate running.
It's all just right-wing smears or Bernie fans to them.
Must be hard to breathe with one's head in the sand.
2cannan
(344 posts)mistakes for the past 25 years. What always puzzles me is if you know there are people waiting to investigate everything you do, why do you do such stupid stuff and literally hand them your head on a silver platter?! I guess you can always blame it on that VRWC...
Kokonoe
(2,485 posts)Has Hillary had the FBI interview yet.
thesquanderer
(11,989 posts)Here's another article about it:
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/clinton-email-scandal-is-the-state-department-part-of-a-hillary-cover-up/
but there is very little in the news about any of this, from what I can see.
My thought about why the FBI does not want to release these emails is that, if there is still the prospect of a criminal investigation (of anyone involved), they do not want to make known to all what it is they do and do not have in terms of recovered emails. As a TV detective might say, "let them sweat." If and when these is an indictment, they will need to show their evidence to the defense, but until then, it is to their advantage to play everything close to the vest.
Blue Meany
(1,947 posts)forensic tools to pull of all or most of them, even if they have been erased and written over. Even with a damaged server, most of them would be retrievable. And the FBI has state of the art digital forensic tools.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)Some folks are going to be VERY disappointed when this RW GOP-generated "scandal" fizzles like all the rest.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)The FBI is investigating Clinton's use of a private email server to conduct all of her state business.
This is serious.
It's not a "right wing" thing, unless you believe that the FBI is a right-wing institution conducting a year-long investigation of much ado about nothing?
This is a serious issue that affects the Democratic party.
Land of Enchantment
(1,217 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Mustellus
(328 posts).. like General Petraeus.
No, wait. Betraying your country to get laid is only a misdemenor, and you only pay a fine. That's Petraeus Justice (TM) IOKIYAAR
Nitram
(22,822 posts)Does a government official have to release personal and private emails to the public under FOIA? Can I FOIA the personal emails of Rice and Powell?
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Nitram
(22,822 posts)But don't stop now, Bernie could still win. Or, if you've scared away enough liberals, Clinton could lose the GE. Nice work!
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)the party that turns it back on my Union labor family and 50-year party members. I vote for my own self interests. It's not my fault if the party chooses not to represent those interests. As it stands, Trump is talking on his General election tour about bringing the jobs back. That's just embarassing for me as a Democrat.
Nitram
(22,822 posts)Myself, Trump, Cruz, Bush and other Republicans will do just fine. I support Democrats, especially good ones with tremendous experience, skill, education and intelligence - like Hillary Clinton.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)The issue is Clinton conducted all state business on a private, unsecured email server that she had sitting in her basement that even the President didn't know about.
Condi Rice and Colin Powell used their .gov computers to send a few personal emails from their personal email accounts (such as yahoo mail or gmail). They NEVER had a private, home-built server sitting in their home.
Anyone who does not understand the GRAVE differences between conducting all state business on a private, vulnerable email server--and sending out a few personal emails on a government-issued computer---needs to just step off. Because you don't know what in the hell you're talking about.
No other government official has EVER done what Clinton has done. Not one. What she's done is unprecedented.
And the FBI is investigating this. Gee, let's all get cute and make jokes and accuse good Democrats of "slander" just because we want to discuss this very serious issue that affects our entire party.
It's CRAZY.
-none
(1,884 posts)2cannan
(344 posts)anything you send or receive is subject to public records laws. The fact that she set up her own server shows that her personal emails were more important to her than her work-related ones. What I can't understand is why noone noticed her other email address earlier (like someone on Obama's staff, etc.)!
-none
(1,884 posts)She had no .gov E-mail address for her SoS business. Why didn't anyone notice at the time?