Moderated Inside the latest Clinton pay for play scandal

[The Big Dog]

CNN has a very interesting article about the latest Clinton Foundation pay for play scandal:

Officials from the FBI and Department of Justice met several months ago to discuss opening a public corruption case into the Clinton Foundation, according to a US official.

At the time, three field offices were in agreement an investigation should be launched after the FBI received notification from a bank of suspicious activity from a foreigner who had donated to the Clinton Foundation, according to the official.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/politics/hillary-clinton-state-department-clinton-foundation/

The DoJ vetoed the request for a public corruption investigation on political grounds.

 

[The Don]

But reading on in that same article...

As a result, DOJ officials pushed back against opening a case during the meeting earlier this year. Some also expressed concern the request seemed more political than substantive, especially given the timing of it coinciding with the investigation into the private email server and Clinton's presidential campaign.

Unnamed official with a (political) axe to grind ?

 

[The Big Dog]

But reading on in that same article...

Unnamed official with a (political) axe to grind ?

Sure sounds that way, the political hacks at the DoJ sure as hell tried to cut that investigation off at its knees.

 

[The Big Dog]

Hillary gets a pass on her pay-to-play shenanigans

Here is another article about the sleazy pay for play antics:

http://nypost.com/2016/08/11/hillary-gets-a-pass-on-her-pay-to-play-shenanigans/

Keep in mind that Hillary specifically agreed not to do this type of stuff, a "vow" that was broken within months of her taking office.

Sad

 

[The Don]

Sure sounds that way, the political hacks at the DoJ sure as hell tried to cut that investigation off at its knees.

Or fair minded officials stop politically motivated snipe hunt

 

[The Don]

Here is another article about the sleazy pay for play antics:

http://nypost.com/2016/08/11/hillary-gets-a-pass-on-her-pay-to-play-shenanigans/

Keep in mind that Hillary specifically agreed not to do this type of stuff, a "vow" that was broken within months of her taking office.

Sad

More unsubstantiated allegations in an editorial presented as evidence - very weak beer indeed.

 

[Foolmewunz]

Here is another article about the sleazy pay for play antics:

http://nypost.com/2016/08/11/hillary-gets-a-pass-on-her-pay-to-play-shenanigans/

Keep in mind that Hillary specifically agreed not to do this type of stuff, a "vow" that was broken within months of her taking office.

Sad

There, ya go. Good doggie but no scoobie snack. You fetched the real newspaper first and had to go back for the Murdock version of the same story. Always good to cite the NY Post. Much more credible that way.

 

[Crossbow]

Yet again, ...

'The Big Dog' is barking up the wrong tree.

 

[The Big Dog]

Or fair minded officials stop politically motivated snipe hunt

Well fortunately we KNOW that didn't happen:

At the time, three field offices were in agreement an investigation should be launched after the FBI received notification from a bank of suspicious activity from a foreigner who had donated to the Clinton Foundation, according to the official.

THREE FBI FIELD OFFICES

 

[The Don]

Well fortunately we KNOW that didn't happen:



THREE FBI FIELD OFFICES

According to the unnamed official

and of course...

As a result, DOJ officials pushed back against opening a case during the meeting earlier this year. Some also expressed concern the request seemed more political than substantive, especially given the timing of it coinciding with the investigation into the private email server and Clinton's presidential campaign.

But of course the DOJ is crooked, the FBI is crooked, the polls are crooked, the election is fixed. The only non-crooked thing is the proven serial liar, Trump

 

[The Big Dog]

More unsubstantiated allegations in an editorial presented as evidence - very weak beer indeed.

well if that is "weak beer" your politically motivated snipe hunt conspiracy theory is positively Homeopathic Beer!

 

[The Don]

well if that is "weak beer" your politically motivated snipe hunt conspiracy theory is positively Homeopathic Beer!

I disagree there is a long history of politically motivated fishing trips instigated against the Clintons - Ken Stark anyone ?

edited to add....

and a New York Post editorial presented as evidence ?

For shame !

 

[The Big Dog]

According to the unnamed official

and of course...

But of course the DOJ is crooked, the FBI is crooked, the polls are crooked, the election is fixed. The only non-crooked thing is the proven serial liar, Trump

Nothing to do with Trump, of course, lets see if we can have one thread that does not get derailed in a TDS fest.

As noted, the DoJ vetoed the recommendations of three field offices for political reasons.

 

[The Big Dog]

I disagree there is a long history of politically motivated fishing trips instigated against the Clintons - Ken Stark anyone ?

edited to add....

and a New York Post editorial presented as evidence ?

For shame !

THREE FBI FIELD OFFICES

/ad hominem fallacy? For Shame!

 

[The Don]

THREE FBI FIELD OFFICES

/ad hominem fallacy? For Shame!

According to "unnamed official"

Really, you Bernie Bros* are willing to believe anything as long as it paints Hillary in a poor light.


* - I continue to doubt that you really are/were an ardent Bernie supporter but will continue to give you the benefit of that doubt.

 

[The Don]

As noted, the DoJ vetoed the recommendations of three field offices for political reasons.

According to an unnamed official...

Get some independent verification and you might have a case

 

[TheL8Elvis]

CNN has a very interesting article about the latest Clinton Foundation pay for play scandal:



http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/politics/hillary-clinton-state-department-clinton-foundation/

The DoJ vetoed the request for a public corruption investigation on political grounds.

FBI officials wanted to investigate whether there was a criminal conflict of interest with the State Department and the Clinton Foundation during Clinton's tenure. The Department of Justice had looked into allegations surrounding the foundation a year earlier after the release of the controversial book "Clinton Cash," but found them to be unsubstantiated and there was insufficient evidence to open a case.

Or in HDS-land, it was "political grounds"

 

[The Big Dog]

According to "unnamed official"

Really, you Bernie Bros* are willing to believe anything as long as it paints Hillary in a poor light.


* - I continue to doubt that you really are/were an ardent Bernie supporter but will continue to give you the benefit of that doubt.

why did you put quotes around the word "unnamed." That word does not appear in the CNN article.

While I am sure you feel strongly about your conspiracy theory, the CT forum is <---- that-away.

 

[Crossbow]

Some dogs just won't hunt.

But here is a bunny with a pancake on his head for a little, lost doggie to play with in the meantime:

 

[Travis]

Some idiot wanted to investigate a perfectly fine charity for political reasons, the DOJ rightly stopped it and this is supposedly a scandal?

Sounds to me like the system worked.