SUMMARY:
In 2016, the FBI’s
chief lawyer,
James Baker,
originally thought
Hillary Clinton
should be indicted,
and James Comey
wrote a draft
announcement
supporting the
felony standard
in late April 2016,
but then walked back
that decision in early May.
And Hillary
was "exonerated"
in early July 2016.
Between early May and
early July 2016, FBI agents
had already started informally
investigating the evidence-free
Trump - Russia collusion claim,
dropping the Hillary Clinton
destroyed e-mails investigation
like a hot potato.
Attorney General Bill Barr
seems to be in no rush
to explain what happened
within the FBI in 2016,
assuming he will ever
try to explain.
DETAILS:
The Obama Justice Department
and FBI in 2016 had two standards
of justice -- one for candidate
Hillary Clinton, and another for
candidate Donald Trump.
Hillary committed many crimes,
we were told by James Comey,
such as moving highly classified
documents from the government
computer system, to an
unsecured private server
off government property,
and then destroying at least
30,000 e-mails under subpoena
by Congress, for which she
received no punishment.
Trump committed no crimes,
but he, and associates, were
treated as if they were guilty.
President Obama's former
FBI director James Comey
deliberately ignored the
"highly classified"
evidence in the
Hillary Clinton
e-mail investigation,
and downgraded the
initial FBI assessment
of her crime,
from a felony, to a
"grossly negligent"
mistake.
Comey decided to back off
"even though the agents believed
access to the sensitive evidence
was "necessary" to complete
the investigation,"
wrote investigative
journalist John Solomon.
Fired FBI agent Peter Strzok
was responsible for downgrading
the language regarding Clinton's
conduct, from the criminal charge
of "gross negligence" to
"extremely careless."
"Gross negligence"
is a legal term
associated with
recklessness.
"Extremely careless"
is not a legal term.
18 U.S. Code § 793
"Gathering, transmitting
or losing defense information"
specifically uses the phrase
"gross negligence.":
In 2016, FBI General Counsel
James Baker thought Clinton
should face criminal prosecution,
but was talked out of it.
The FBI obviously decided
not to pursue Hillary's
"highly classified" evidence
to avoid having to charge her
with "gross negligence."
It's obvious the FBI's strong
anti-Trump / pro-Clinton bias
played a role in their decisions.
IG Horowitz concluded in his
final report that anti-Trump bias
led then FBI agent Strzok, and
bureau lawyer Lisa Page,
to quickly wrap up the
Hillary Clinton investigation
so they could focus on the
fake Trump-Russian collusion
claim, created out of thin air
by smarmy Hillary Clinton,
and other nasty Democrats.
