Hillary Pre-Cleared By Comey

Say what?

James Comey started drafting statement exonerating Hillary Clinton before FBI interviewed her, aides

C'mon, we all knew that the Obama DoJ was never to allow a thorough investigation of Hillary culminating in her indictment but I thought former FBI head Comey would at least maintain something like the facade of a pretense.

Comments

[matt, deplore me if you must]

frist!

Bill Frist...

[matt, deplore me if you must]

The stink of the Obama Administration grows with every day.

[maryrose]

TM:
Once again you have picked up on the topic near and dear to my heart- Clinton Corruption!

[Dave (in MA)]

Quietly schadenfreuding in my office listening to a couple of the November 9th WHAAAAH Trumpers commiserate about their solar vendor going bankrupt.
:)

[maryrose]

Do you realize it has been 25 years of national Clinton garbage to sift through and expose the lies?

[henry]

They thought they would win. Why hide anything. Then, oops!!! The smug failed. Efemall.

[Bubarooni]

Tailgating at iu-osu game. Frickin' Buckeye's everywhere! They travel good.

[maryrose]

Clarice:
Comey's actions constitute obstruction of justice.
Closing down an investigation while the fix was in.

[maryrose]

OL:
I always enjoy your descriptive posts.
However I was late to the Trump train and had to have Clarice, Porch and MM as well as Captain pull me onboard.

[Beasts of England]

Good luck to the Buckeyes this evening!! They won't need it, but I still wanna give a shout-out to the many fine OSU commenters and friends at JOM! :)

[Thomas Collins]

And if TM's threadstarter isn't enough to bring your blood to the boiling point, how about this article:

https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2017/08/31/justice-department-forces-christian-pastor-testify-islam-views/

[Barbara]

maryrose,

One of my sisters was also late to the Trump train. In fact, she wouldn't even support him after he won the nomination. You should hear her now! She was won over during the campaign after the convention, and is a die hard Trump supporter. When you have my sister in your corner, you have THE seal of approval. She just loves his rallies and how he really gives the media what for.😊

[Captain Hate]

At this stage I'd just as soon see that tall bag of piss get prosecuted as Curb Dive.

[narciso.]

The fellow mentioned bellil belkacem was one of those dots they failed to tie to the Barcelona imam

http://moderndiplomacy.eu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2909:jihadist-terrorism-in-italy-exhortations-and-prophecies

[James D.]

OK, since we now know, officially, that Comey is a corrupt, lying ratfucker who instigated the Special Council investigation with lies, leaks and corrupt scheming, what possible reason is there to allow it to continue?

Why on Earth is AG Sessions right now not calling a press conference to announce that, since his recusal was based on a flawed reading of the law, and since Mueller was appointed based on lies from a self-serving crook, he's un-recusing himself and terminating Mueller, effective immediately?

The Dems and the MSM would scream, but who cares? They're doing that at the top of their lungs 24/7 anyway.

[Captain Hate]

We all had our come to Jesus moment; Miss Marple, Porch and Clarice all jumped on the Trump train before I did. Believe it or not, I think the crowded primary field was quite effective at helping Trump hone his game. There's no way to know that for sure but other than those idiotic nineballs at the Poop Scoop and Tepid, I don't know of any major lasting animosities from other primary candidates that hurt him. maryrose and I were Cruz supporters; box was for Jeb; JiB was for Walker iirc and I'm not sure of anyone else. Now we're one big happy family!

[Captain Hate]

TC,

I'm sure RG will set things straight on how that human dynamo, Elmer Fudd Sessions, is playing 8 dimension chess with those DoJ underlings and all will be fine.

[narciso.]

Yes that's of a piece with this:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-fbi-fights-public-release-of-trump-dossier-info/article/2633048

[clara]

I hate to say this, but I tend to agree with CH and OL as to Sessions. What a tragedy he has been. Very sad and depressing to me.

[cboldt]

"My old man's a buckeye,
what do you think about that?
He wears a buckeye's collar,
he wears a buckeye's hat ..."

[Captain Hate]

What percentage of the FBI is too corrupt to have their employment continue? Articles like York's make me think it's a significant number.

[cboldt]

CH - the 80/20 rules is a good place to start. Congress is (at least) 80% corrupt. FBI is at least 20% corrupt.

[Jim Eagle]

-peter,

If you are finally off your train, we are in Oyster Bay tomorrow morning for scrimmage with them and E. Rockaway. I think we start 0930 and finish 1200hrs.

[Porchlight]

Reposting from the last thread:

Hi friends,

Just wanted everyone to know that tomorrow is the last day of the campaign to help our dear friend Ignatz Ratzkywatzky.

You are all wonderfully generous. Thank you.

[cboldt]

James D. - a couple points. I don't believe Sessions' recusal touches the prosecution of Comey. Sessions recused from cases against the Trump campaign (he can't investigate himself, roughly), and from cases against Hillary and the Clinton Foundation, because he appears to be prejudiced against them.

As for timing, I think the corrupt parts of the FBI have sequestered the evidence from the DoJ, precluding them from making a case. That dam is breaking open now.

And too, the public can and should pressure Congress to impeach Comey and Lynch for this. The remedy isn't criminal, but Congress ought to see to it that these two aren't allowed to hold federal office. I'm not sure the Senate would convict, but the DEMs who don't so vote are signaling they are not opposed to corruption in government.

[James D.]

Speaking of corruption at the FBI - and DoJ - there's this little bit of joy via Insty:

https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2017/08/31/justice-department-forces-christian-pastor-testify-islam-views/

Someone really needs to ask our Attorney General: what the hell, Jeff?

Yeah, they're Obama holdovers doing this crap. Yeah, he can't just fire them all. Yeah, we have to be patient. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't care anymore.

Sessions is in charge. It's his department. He's ultimately responsible for what it does - and for whatever mischief out of control employees get up to, as long as he's not doing anything to stop them.

He needs to get his house in order, regardless of how many trusted staff he's got, regardless of how dirty his toga might get, regardless of anything. Either fire the saboteurs and malcontents and Obama moles and all the rest of them; or reassign them to unpleasant duty in the most distant and crummy postings available; or just keep paying them but cut off their computer access and padlock their offices. However he does it, he has to MAKE THEM STOP THE DAMAGING THINGS THEY'RE DOING!

Otherwise he's on the hook for all of it. That's the price of the job, and he knew that perfectly well when he accepted it.

[Tom Maguire]

"My old man's a buckeye, what do you think about that?

He can go buck himself?

Or, bemall.

[Tom Maguire]

Fuller Disclosure: my sister is Maize and Blue through and through. Osmosis has given me a high regard for Tom Brady and a lower regard for OSU.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

"maryrose and I were Cruz supporters; box was for Jeb; JiB was for Walker iirc and I'm not sure of anyone else. Now we're one big happy family!"

I was for Walker, then Cruz, but once it was clear Trump was the nominee I was all in. The prospect of a Hillary presidency was more than I could stomach, and I had some grudging admiration for Trump.

[Jim Eagle]

Bama v. Seminoles tomorrow. Who you got?

If the 'Noles can contain the 'Bama QB they have a chance. If not, forget about it. That and the Gators v. Meechigan are the only two games that matter for us.

What chump does OSU play this week?

[DrJ]

TM,

my sister is Maize and Blue through and through

I knew there was good in you! Even if only by osmosis. :)

[JimNorCal]

New scam: corporate and charity giving limited by hate group lists created by SPLC.
Said group looking even more unethical.

http://freebeacon.com/issues/southern-poverty-law-center-transfers-millions-in-cash-to-offshore-entities/

The SPLC has turned into a fundraising powerhouse, recording more than $50 million in contributions and $328 million in net assets on its 2015 Form 990, the most recently available tax form from the nonprofit. SPLC's Form 990-T, its business income tax return, from the same year shows that they have "financial interests" in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda. No information is available beyond the acknowledgment of the interests at the bottom of the form.

However, the Washington Free Beacon discovered forms from 2014 that shed light on some of the Southern Poverty Law Center's transfers to foreign entities.

[JimNorCal]

I don't click on WaPo but told this is a good read.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/in-crises-such-as-harvey-you-want-outdoorsmen-on-your-side/2017/08/29/e6588e8c-8cd0-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html

At a time such as this, you want the guys who can still thread a line when their hands are wet and cold. They’re descending on Houston in their fleets of flat-bottomed aluminum boats, the sport fishermen and duck hunters outnumbering the government rescuers by the hundreds, their skiffs sitting low in the floodwaters with their human catch in the back, clutching plastic-wrapped possessions.

[jimmyk]

my sister is Maize and Blue through and through

Same here, just from growing up in Motown. Plus having the good fortune to see the historic 1969 upset of OSU live. Though I'm happy to support MSU if they are in a big game (other than vs U-M).

[DrJ]

jimmyk,

What, you're not a Wayne State supporter? Why not? :)

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

JimNorCal,

I have a friend on another site who thinks that SPLC is taking Obama cash through off shore accounts in order to fund the riots and such.

[cboldt]

CNN - unnamed sources whitewash Comey's draft

... pushed back on the notion that Comey had already reached a conclusion that affected the investigation. [because he had reached a conclusion] ..in spring 2016 ... there was a belief that the evidence was going in a direction to not support bringing charges. ...

... second source says [the same thing the first source said] the FBI had already reviewed much of the evidence by spring and it was becoming more clear that it was not likely to support bringing charges.

No mention of Comey usurping the role of prosecutor. Quelle surprise.

[mike in houston]

If you have time. watch this

https://www.facebook.com/charliediggs/posts/10210276784340728

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 3h3 hours ago

THANK YOU to all of the incredible HEROES in Texas. America is with you! #TexasStrong

[Janet the expert 🚬]

An old comment from lyle - "Yeah, YOU try getting a deal like that from the FBI, Mr. and Mrs. Unpeople from Flyoverville.

[cboldt]

North Korea has a serious libel law ...
North Korea sentences South Korean reporters to death over review of book about country

[Jim Eagle]

Pretty simple as far as I am concerned. Texans are not lazy, waiting for Sam kind of people compared to Louisiana, New Jersey and some parts of Long Island. I don't know how much Texas will get per capita of the overall destruction compaered to Katrina and Sandy but I'll bet they do more with what they have now then those other disaster areas did.

This is the leftist media condumdrum now. How do you paint self starters, press on regardless culture and people as being just like them: Government fueled and obliged customers? You can't and its driving them crazy enough to fake their own heroism.

Its even more clear watching from Lurker's Ledge.

[Old Lurker]

James, my problem with your 6:17 is the problem that always gets me in trouble with my friends here. Everything you lay on Sessions is true. But Sessions is not God of the DoJ...Trump is. Good CEO's don't like to meddle in the affairs of their Direct Reports until those affairs start to reflect on the CEO or the Company. Then a good CEO fixes it.

There is a reason the navy fires the Captain when his ship runs aground even if the Captain was nowhere near the helm when that happened.

Some say 3D Chess and super secret double backflips being done behind the scenes, but in the meantime what is happening on the stage in front of the screen is scaring the crap out of the audience.

[narciso.]

The jupiterian has a sad:
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1BA2RY

[Threadkiller]

https://youtu.be/M9GzKO1OgVc

[Jim Eagle]

Watched the France v. Netherlands World Cup Qualifier earlier where France dominated 4-0 and every goal showed the ManBoy Macron. I can see a hardened Islamic headman like Erdogan taking advantage of Macron every other day.

I think his approval is down to 15% now.

[James D.]

OL @ 7:28

I have to agree with that.

[daddy]

We are at a fancy new Hotel in Osaka. Just back from the marvelous jacuzzi/sauna set up they have, and noticed that the posted rules for using the sauna banned tattoos, saying: "Due to local custom anyone with a tattoo is not permitted in the sauna."

I love Japan!

[Porchlight]

Can you imagine such a sign in the U.S., daddy?

"Due to local custom, anyone who does not stand for the national anthem will get his/her ass kicked from here to next Tuesday."

[narciso.]

Sr forn you've already removed all doubt

Http://telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/31/spain-admits-receiving-barcelona-terrorist-attack-

I do wonder daddy what do they do with yakuza, I'm guessing as little as possible

[lyle]

Japan is looking better every day, then.

[Clarice Feldman]

daddy, the criminal gangs in Japan wear tattoos.

Note from a friend to meon the Grassley-Graham letter: Wow, that's some letter. How did you like the bit about how "OSC closed its inquiry after Mr. Comey's removal pursuant to its standard policy of not investigating former government employees." One of the biggest instances of political/legal corruption in recent years, and as long as you become "former" you skate? I think you can see in all this the role that people like Rybicki play in keeping the FBI in line with the political operatives at DoJ and the WH, guys like him who shuttle back and forth between positions at DoJ and the FBI. And you can see how the actual investigators get frozen out of the decision making process, with several layers of lawyers insulating Rybicki from them.

I'd say Grassley really nails Comey and his gang to the wall. Of course Wray had nothing to do with all that, but Grassley is clearly putting Wray on notice: drain the swamp or else.

[Ralph L]

Japan is looking better every day, then.

And very few screaming babies.

[daddy]

Louisiana judge rules Sofia Vergara’s frozen embryos are ‘citizens of California’

So fetus's have no human rights of any kind but frozen embryo's are US citizens.

former fiancé...Loeb...named the two embryos “Emma” and “Isabella” in court documents

[Threadkiller]

So fetus's have no human rights of any kind but frozen embryo's are US citizens.

JATFI

[Neo]

Richard Anderson, co-star of 'The Six Million Dollar Man,' dies at 91

[clara]

I do hope so, clarice.

[daddy]

Here's Narciso's 08:06. Spain admits receiving Barcelona terrorist attack warning

... the US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), which co-ordinates the CIA and other intelligence agencies, had alerted Spanish intelligence and police forces on May 25 that Isil was planning “to conduct unspecified terrorist attacks during the summer against crowded tourist sites in Barcelona, Spain specifically La Rambla street”.

Spain received warnings in May about a possible terrorist attack in Barcelona but decided it lacked credibility, Catalan authorities said ...

[daddy]

Odd ain't it how in Japan you just don't hear about a lot of Islamic Terror attacks.

I wonder what could possibly explain that?

[Janet the expert 🚬]

post on Sally Quinn disappeared.

Anyway...come to find out the WaPo's old 'On Faith' writer & editor was/is into the occult.

figures. https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/274368/

[narciso.]

And these same folks want tie form an army, good luck with that, their culloden happened in 1715, and they still haven't gotten over it.

[Stephanie]

FOOTBALL!!!

woot!!

[lyle]

Day ain't over so here's lyle's final indignity to Buckeye: go Hoosiers!

J/k. OSU wins going away.

[daddy]

Geebus, Janet!

Ouija boards, astrological charts, palm reading, talismans—Sally Quinn embraces it all. And yes, she has been in contact with her husband (Ben Bradlee) since his passing. Through a medium. Repeatedly.

Wasn't it the Washington Post that constantly derided Nixon for praying to God and Nancy Reagan for having talked to some astrologer about horoscopes?

[cboldt]

Clarice - I think OSC reports go to the "head of the agency" and no further. I don't think OSC has criminal law enforcement power. OSC is a sort of HR department in the FedGov. Once a person is out, HR has no more power over that person.

[narciso.]

In my culture, one knows not to mess with those forces, how does she know its Ben bradlee.

[maryrose]

It is official,
Grassley is my favorite Senator and Cruz.I also like Rand Paul.
Everyone else is asleep.

[Janet the expert 🚬]

Yeah. Sally was always dishing out advice to the Catholic church too. They needed to get with the homosexual program.

She also had that creepy column about taking communion at Tim Russert's funeral to feel closer to Russert.

[maryrose]

Daddy:
Don't forget Hillary and Eleanor Roosevelt.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Imagine, you die and you still can't get rid of Sally Quinn...

[henry]

Might send a hex of your own then Ig.

[daddy]

Here's Sundance's take on the Grassley letter revealing the Comey fix was in: James Comey Drafted Conclusion in Clinton Probe Prior to FBI Interviewing Key Witnesses…

From the comments: Well it’s official now. DC is THE white collar crime center of the world.

[narciso.]

I hadn't thought of it from that angle:
Our deep state is relatively shallow:

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/227291-Five-accused-arrested-in-Benazir-murder-case-acquitted-Musharraf-declared-absconder

[Janet the expert 🚬]

Here's The Occultist wondering why Christians were upset at Muslims worshiping allah in a supposedly CHRISTIAN church.

Why Are Christians So Upset Over Muslim Prayers at a Christian Church?

https://www.onfaith.co/onfaith/2014/12/09/why-are-christians-so-upset-over-muslim-prayers-at-a-christian-church/35363

Quinn didn't even have a basic, minimal, academic understanding of Christianity.

Yeah....let's get HER to write the 'On Faith' column.

[daddy]

Don't forget Hillary and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Yes Maryrose, but Hillary was able to talk to Eleanor without having to use a Ouija Board:)

[Janet the expert 🚬]

Well to be fair, the ministers at the church don't seem to understand Christianity either.

[Catsmeat]

We must bow to our pagan betters!

[narciso.]

True, In Retrospect Henry v111 would reconsider the whole project.

You have to hand it to islamists, they believe with great fervor and are nit hesitant to spread their creed. It is our faith which is circumscribed.

[art in newport]

7-3 Indiana. IU looks like they came to play.

[lyle]

LOL, Ig!!

[Clarice Feldman]

Cboldt, it based its decision on "policy". Given that one can hardly imagine a more significant case of corruption, I think OSC should have turned over its work to the AG when Comey was fired.

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Janet,

She got that column as a token when she was removed as the society editor, I think. Subscribers might know, for sure.

I never got over their giving her a religion column. She was well-known for sleeping her way to the top (how she snagged Ben Bradlee) and using her influence to garner party invitations and general influence due to the fear of her husband.

Occult and hexes? Nothing surprises me.

I think I will stand by that Old Testament warning: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

My grandson is an intern with IU football! That must be the difference!

[daddy]

Here is Sally Quinn in a Washington Post story from 1989 dumping on Nancy Reagan for using an Astrologer: NANCY REAGAN LOOKS BACK IN ANGER

...(I was looking for astrologer Joan Quigley in the index, I swear!)...But wait. Whose ideas were these, anyway? Nancy's or her astrologers', including Joan Quigley? (According to sources close to the Reagans, both of them consulted astrologers long before they came to the White House.) Who was really running the country, anyway? Nancy claims that she only started consulting Quigley after her husband was shot and says it was a crutch, her way of coping. But she also claims she only talked to her once or twice a month. Quigley has said that she spoke with Mrs. Reagan two or three times a day, and CBS reports that she had Quigley on a $3,000-a-month retainer. (Think of all the clothes she could have bought with that. At least one and a half Galanos dresses!) Quigley claims that it was her advice to Nancy about Gorbachev's chart that persuaded Ronald Reagan to initiate a closer relationship with the Russians. This is not to mention Quigley's advice on the timing of everything from takeoffs and landings of Air Force One to the signing of treaties. I happen to have an interest in astrology, but if Quigley is telling the truth, Nancy Reagan's dependency, and ultimately the president's, is frightening and shocking.

Hey Sally, say "Hey" to Ben Bradlee next time you see him, you massive hypocrite.

[Tom R]

Bill Clinton's pedophile friend Epstein is back in the news. I wonder if the DoJ will fight back hard to prevent his plea bargain from being overturned?

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/fight-reopen-teen-sex-case-against-jeff-epstein-may-set-precedent/hxt8lQgkABEc59vrbz8teK/

[daddy]

I'm off to work but I'll be interested in a few hours finding out if there's any back story to the news about this recently deceased Secret Agent posted at Reddit

And here's the beginning of the Conspiracy Theory, where Hillary Clinton's name is mentioned: Federal Security Agent Found Dead – Body Pulled from Potomac – Media Silent

Sayonara!

[art in newport]

Your grandson is with IU? Ohio is doomed!

[Janet the expert 🚬]

That Vogue oompa loompa lady.
Occultist Sally Quinn.
Carlos Danger Weiner.
Raper Bill Clinton.
Vulgar Dan Savage, Olbermann, Terry Bean,...
Al 'Punxsutawney Phil' Gore, ....

These are the pitiful losers judging God fearing, hard working, tax paying Americans.
It really is sickening.

[art in newport]

7-6 IU.

[art in newport]

14-6 Indiana!

[Clarice Feldman]

daddy, I saw that story but it could have been suicide so without more, there's nothing.Benghazi might have been enough to make any responsible person depressed.

[art in newport]

14-13. Have to leave this. Good luck, Indiana.

[lyle]

OSU starts getting tuned...well, look out, Hoosiers. I have dog in the hunt but the difference in talent is obvs to me.

[lyle]

Although the JUCO transfer QB for IU is impressing me.

[Dave (in MA)]

Not sure how a facade of a pretense thread got this far without a reference to travesty of a mockery of a sham. Are you OK, narciso?

[narciso.]

We're so far past that, Dave with rakoff sneering at the huntress, the 7th circuit ratifying chishilms piracy, Mueller nit given his walking papers,

Eto piz Des.

[maryrose]

OSU has a pattern of pulling it out at the end.
We shall see.
They really need a more competitive schedule.
Janet:
I find it sickening as well.
These losers can't be the best we can do.

[Dave (in MA)]

Ha! I just drove by a Russian School tonight and I remarked to my wife that I ought to see if they offer a Curse Words 101 for people with dashcams.

[Buckeye]

Secondary play has been piss poor.

[narciso.]

I didn't even know Richard Anderson was still around, in retrospect, six million dollar man was one of the first prime time series I recalled. Cozi does reruns on Saturday.