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Haa haaa
funny, Madam this is not about balancing things up, this is about making sure that justice is served.By the way, you probably heard yesterday, the Former FBI Assistant Director James Kallstrom said that the Clintons are basically a crime family, an organized crime family and that the Clinton Foundation is a cesspool.
I know that makes you feel cheesed off but these are the people who know the Clintons better. He also said Hillary is a pathological liar, sometimes called 'pseudologia fantastica' in psychiatry.
Ex-FBI official: Clintons are a 'crime family'
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Harry Reid: Comey may have violated the Hatch Act
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol September 13, 2016 in Washington, DC
Washington (CNN) Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday that FBI Director James Comey may have violated the Hatch Act, barring political activity by federal employees, through a late election season letter to Congress about the scope of the bureau's probe of Hillary Clinton's private email service as secretary of state.
Comey's letter on Friday to congressional committee chairs said the FBI is reviewing newly discovered emails that might be linked to Clinton's private server. The new emails were found several weeks ago, law enforcement officials told CNN Sunday, but the FBI did not disclose them until Friday. The timing raises questions about why the information was released just days before the election.
"I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act," Reid said in his letter to Comey. "Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law."
There has been no immediate response from the FBI.
The Hatch Act prohibits FBI officials from using their official authority to influence an election. Reid said that by releasing this information, which he says is not conclusive or pertinent, Comey may have broken the law. Reid referenced a memo from Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates from March of this year that establishes all Justice Department employees, including Comey, are subject to the Hatch Act.
Reid accused Comey of having intent to aid one political party over the other in the election and called his behavior a "double standard" due to the fact that, as Reid claimed in the letter, Comey has information related to Donald Trump's dealings with Russia.
"I wrote to you months ago calling for this information to be released to the public," Reid writes. "And yet, you continue to resist calls to inform the public of this critical information."
"By contrast, as soon as you came into possession of the slightest innuendo related to Secretary Clinton, you rushed to publicize it in the most negative light possible."
Reid is not alone in claiming that Comey violated the Hatch Act. In a New York Times op-ed, Richard W. Painter, the chief White House ethics lawyer under George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007, says that he filed a complaint the F.B.I. with the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates Hatch Act violations.
"Violations of the Hatch Act and of government ethics rules on misuse of official positions are not permissible in any circumstances, including in the case of an executive branch official acting under pressure from politically motivated members of Congress," Painter writes in his opinion. "Such violations are of even greater concern when the agency is the F.B.I."
On Sunday night, Republicans came out in opposition to Reid's letter. Among them was Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who tweeted, "Harry Reid is a disgrace to American politics, among worst men ever in Senate. He can't go soon enough, & many Democrats privately agree."
Hivi, who does the FBI director report to?!
He's appointed by President, and I think the FBI is under the DOJ. I wonder if Comey reports to Obama or Lynch. And if he reports to Obama, itakuwa shughuli Hillary akishinda.
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Mkuu BAK usisahau ile ahadi yako ya kuanzisha thread Ya uchaguzi wa rais wa China na Russia mwaka 2025
I hope wanaJF wengi na dunia including Nyani Ngabu watapay maximum attention
I hope wanaJF wengi na dunia including Nyani Ngabu watapay maximum attention
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Yaani furaha watakayokuwa nayo Democrats na Clinton's family kama HRC atashinda baada ya hizi republicans' shenanigans itakuwa kubwa sana kupita kiasi na nchi nyingi duniani ambazo hazitaki Trump ashinde zitalipuka kwa furaha kubwa. I'll be on cloud 9 dancing and singing all night long. 🙂🙂🙂
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Dona Brazile has just resigned from CNN
.......and October surprises continue
.......and October surprises continue
Nyani Ngabu
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No one really gives a shit about China or any other country for that matter.
USA ndo nchi bab kubwa na ndo maana unakuta kijitu kipo Kinondoni huko lakini kinataka Hillary ashinde [na hapo hata kukanyaga USA hakijawahi].
Mbele ya USA hakuna jinsi...lazima watu washoboke tu.
USA baby!
Nyani Ngabu
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Source?
Halafu, huyo alikuwa interim DNC chair huku akiwa contributor wa CNN?
Ndo maana siku hizi nimeacha kabisa kuangalia CNN.
Walikuwa wamebakia ndo tumaini langu lakini ndo hivyo tena.
Nishahamia Al Jazeera na Sky News.
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I think you're right!
Corrupt News Network (CNN) severed ties with political analyst Donna Brazile on Monday. CNN fired Brazile after newly released emails proved she forwarded questions to Hillary Clinton before CNN’s debate in March.
The new emails were released by anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks on Monday.
After the news broke, Brazile tweeted a message thanking CNN and wishing “Godspeed” to her former colleagues.
CNN to Donna Brazile: 'You're Fired!'
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Ex-AGs Alberto Gonzales, Eric Holder rip FBI director
(CNN)
Republican former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday slammed the FBI director's recent actions in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server.
He called Comey's actions an "error in judgment" and said he is "somewhat perplexed about what the director was trying to accomplish here."
Gonzales said Comey's letter Friday informing lawmakers that the FBI is reviewing new emails potentially related to its investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state breaks from long-standing Justice Department practice. The protocol is not to comment on investigations and to stay silent on politically sensitive matters less than 60 days from an election.
"You don't comment on investigations because commenting on the investigation may jeopardize the investigation. And that's the box that he's put himself in, because people are now calling for more information -- for release of the emails," Gonzales told CNN's John Berman and Kate Bolduan on "At This Hour."
He was the third former attorney general to recently and publicly criticize Comey.
Gonzales, who served in the George W. Bush administration, said Comey wouldn't have been misleading voters by withholding the news until after November 8.
"If you delay the announcement, hopefully it's not going to jeopardize an investigation, it's not going to jeopardize the pursuit of justice, and voters will have the opportunity to vote on Election Day without information that may in fact be incomplete or untrue," he said.
Comey was the deputy attorney general under Gonzales -- making him the second-highest ranking figure in the Justice Department during the latter half of Bush's presidency.
Gonzales cast Comey as someone who won't budge once he's made a decision.
"He is a person that, you know, he does what he thinks is right and then he doesn't deviate from that position despite the pressure. And he may be wrong," Gonzales said.
"My experience is, is that once he takes a position, he digs in, and he's just not going to move from it, whether he's wrong or not, and whatever political pressure may be put to bear on him. He's just not going to move from it. And you know, there is virtue in that, but there is also some danger in that."
Eric Holder
Former Attorney General Eric Holder also criticized Comey's decision Monday. Writing in The Washington Post on Monday, Holder called Comey's decision "incorrect."
Obama's first attorney general said Comey's letter to Congress announcing a review of the new emails was "a stunning breach" of law enforcement protocol and one that carried "potentially severe implications" during a presidential campaign.
"I served with Jim Comey, and I know him well. This is a very difficult piece for me to write. He is a man of integrity and honor. I respect him. But good men make mistakes. In this instance, he has committed a serious error with potentially severe implications," Holder wrote.
"It is incumbent upon him -- or the leadership of the department -- to dispel the uncertainty he has created before Election Day. It is up to the director to correct his mistake — not for the sake of a political candidate or campaign but in order to protect our system of justice and best serve the American people."
The former Attorney General wrote that Comey's letter "violated long-standing Justice Department policies and tradition" not to comment publicly about politically sensitive investigations within 60 days of an election.
"It ran counter to guidance that I put in place four years ago laying out the proper way to conduct investigations during an election season. That guidance, which reinforced established policy, is still in effect and applies to the entire Justice Department -- including the FBI," he wrote.
Holder argued Comey "broke with these fundamental principles" with the announcement of the review.
"I fear he has unintentionally and negatively affected public trust in both the Justice Department and the FBI," Holder wrote. "And he has allowed -- again, without improper motive -- misinformation to be spread by partisans with less than pure intentions."
Holder acknowledged the charged political environment surrounding the Clinton email investigation, writing that he was "mindful" of the perception created by former President Bill Clinton's tarmac meeting with current Attorney General Loretta Lynch over the summer during the FBI's probe of the case.
But he added that "the solution was not for the FBI director to announce the department's decision about whether to proceed" with additional investigation or review of the newly discovered emails.
Michael Mukasey
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey also slammed Comey's decision in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Mukasey, who served under George W. Bush after Gonzalez, called Comey's original decision in July not to indict the Democratic presidential candidate "unworthy." He described the decision as one to "accede to the apparent wish of Obama that no charges be brought against Clinton."
As such, he claimed this earlier move makes Comey's letter to Congress irrelevant.
"Regardless of what is in the newly discovered emails, the current Justice Department will not permit a grand jury to hear evidence in this case. And because only a grand jury can constitutionally bring charges, that means no charges will be brought," Mukasey wrote. "Which is to say, we know enough to conclude that what we don't know is of little immediate relevance to our current dismal situation."
CNN's Julia Manchester contributed to this report.
(CNN)
Republican former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday slammed the FBI director's recent actions in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server.
He called Comey's actions an "error in judgment" and said he is "somewhat perplexed about what the director was trying to accomplish here."
Gonzales said Comey's letter Friday informing lawmakers that the FBI is reviewing new emails potentially related to its investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state breaks from long-standing Justice Department practice. The protocol is not to comment on investigations and to stay silent on politically sensitive matters less than 60 days from an election.
"You don't comment on investigations because commenting on the investigation may jeopardize the investigation. And that's the box that he's put himself in, because people are now calling for more information -- for release of the emails," Gonzales told CNN's John Berman and Kate Bolduan on "At This Hour."
He was the third former attorney general to recently and publicly criticize Comey.
Gonzales, who served in the George W. Bush administration, said Comey wouldn't have been misleading voters by withholding the news until after November 8.
"If you delay the announcement, hopefully it's not going to jeopardize an investigation, it's not going to jeopardize the pursuit of justice, and voters will have the opportunity to vote on Election Day without information that may in fact be incomplete or untrue," he said.
Comey was the deputy attorney general under Gonzales -- making him the second-highest ranking figure in the Justice Department during the latter half of Bush's presidency.
Gonzales cast Comey as someone who won't budge once he's made a decision.
"He is a person that, you know, he does what he thinks is right and then he doesn't deviate from that position despite the pressure. And he may be wrong," Gonzales said.
"My experience is, is that once he takes a position, he digs in, and he's just not going to move from it, whether he's wrong or not, and whatever political pressure may be put to bear on him. He's just not going to move from it. And you know, there is virtue in that, but there is also some danger in that."
Eric Holder
Former Attorney General Eric Holder also criticized Comey's decision Monday. Writing in The Washington Post on Monday, Holder called Comey's decision "incorrect."
Obama's first attorney general said Comey's letter to Congress announcing a review of the new emails was "a stunning breach" of law enforcement protocol and one that carried "potentially severe implications" during a presidential campaign.
"I served with Jim Comey, and I know him well. This is a very difficult piece for me to write. He is a man of integrity and honor. I respect him. But good men make mistakes. In this instance, he has committed a serious error with potentially severe implications," Holder wrote.
"It is incumbent upon him -- or the leadership of the department -- to dispel the uncertainty he has created before Election Day. It is up to the director to correct his mistake — not for the sake of a political candidate or campaign but in order to protect our system of justice and best serve the American people."
The former Attorney General wrote that Comey's letter "violated long-standing Justice Department policies and tradition" not to comment publicly about politically sensitive investigations within 60 days of an election.
"It ran counter to guidance that I put in place four years ago laying out the proper way to conduct investigations during an election season. That guidance, which reinforced established policy, is still in effect and applies to the entire Justice Department -- including the FBI," he wrote.
Holder argued Comey "broke with these fundamental principles" with the announcement of the review.
"I fear he has unintentionally and negatively affected public trust in both the Justice Department and the FBI," Holder wrote. "And he has allowed -- again, without improper motive -- misinformation to be spread by partisans with less than pure intentions."
Holder acknowledged the charged political environment surrounding the Clinton email investigation, writing that he was "mindful" of the perception created by former President Bill Clinton's tarmac meeting with current Attorney General Loretta Lynch over the summer during the FBI's probe of the case.
But he added that "the solution was not for the FBI director to announce the department's decision about whether to proceed" with additional investigation or review of the newly discovered emails.
Michael Mukasey
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey also slammed Comey's decision in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Mukasey, who served under George W. Bush after Gonzalez, called Comey's original decision in July not to indict the Democratic presidential candidate "unworthy." He described the decision as one to "accede to the apparent wish of Obama that no charges be brought against Clinton."
As such, he claimed this earlier move makes Comey's letter to Congress irrelevant.
"Regardless of what is in the newly discovered emails, the current Justice Department will not permit a grand jury to hear evidence in this case. And because only a grand jury can constitutionally bring charges, that means no charges will be brought," Mukasey wrote. "Which is to say, we know enough to conclude that what we don't know is of little immediate relevance to our current dismal situation."
CNN's Julia Manchester contributed to this report.
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FBI’s James Comey Opposed Naming Russia As An Election Meddler, Source Confirms
The revelation raises questions about his handling of the matter of Clinton’s emails.
10/31/2016 05:11 pm ET | Updated 1 hour ago
FBI Director James Comey privately argued against having his bureau sign onto a statement saying the Russian government was meddling in the U.S. election, CNBC first reported on Monday, citing “a former FBI official.”
A source familiar with the interagency discussions confirms to The Huffington Post that Comey declined to do so because, specifically, he was concerned the statement was coming too close to the election. The source who spoke to HuffPost is not a former FBI official and spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
The statement that Comey declined to sign off on ultimately went forward anyway. On Oct. 7, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence stated: “The U.S. intelligence community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of emails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations.”
But Comey’s decision to keep the FBI off the statement ― out of concern for the electoral impact it might have ― has taken on new significance in light of his handling of a separate matter involving Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Last Friday, the FBI director sent a letter to Congress alerting lawmakers to the discovery of a computer that has material that may or may not be pertinent to the investigation into Clinton’s use of private email. In a separate letter to FBI colleagues, Comey stressed that he understood the sensitivity in making such an announcement so close to the election, but felt it was in the public’s interest to hear about the potential breakthrough and worried the discovery would have leaked prior to Election Day.
Comey has been subsequently criticized ― by Democrats, ex-prosecutors and even some Republicans ― for violating protocol that says Department of Justice officials should generally avoid making these types of announcements so close to an election.
One difference between the Russia statement and the Clinton investigation is that Comey had previously kept Congress abreast about the latter while declining to discuss the former. Thus, he may have felt an obligation to continue to update lawmakers on the status of the investigation.
Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Monday that they are working quickly to sift through the newly discovered emails, which were found on the laptop of Anthony Weiner, a former congressman and the estranged husband of longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Weiner is under federal investigation for allegations that he traded sexually explicit messages with an underage girl.
In a hastily assembled conference call on Monday, the Clinton campaign attacked Comey forcefully for what it deemed a “double standard” when it came to disclosing information prior to an election.
“During a House Judiciary Committee hearing ... he was asked more than a dozen times about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia,” said campaign manager Robby Mook, “and each time he declined to comment.” The dichotomy was “nothing short of jaw-dropping,” he added.
Top Democrats have demanded more information on the newly discovered emails prior to the election. And on Monday afternoon, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), said he was not satisfied with the responses from the FBI and DOJ at this point.
Zach Carter contributed reporting. This post has been updated with details from a Monday conference call.
The revelation raises questions about his handling of the matter of Clinton’s emails.
10/31/2016 05:11 pm ET | Updated 1 hour ago
FBI Director James Comey privately argued against having his bureau sign onto a statement saying the Russian government was meddling in the U.S. election, CNBC first reported on Monday, citing “a former FBI official.”
A source familiar with the interagency discussions confirms to The Huffington Post that Comey declined to do so because, specifically, he was concerned the statement was coming too close to the election. The source who spoke to HuffPost is not a former FBI official and spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
The statement that Comey declined to sign off on ultimately went forward anyway. On Oct. 7, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence stated: “The U.S. intelligence community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of emails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations.”
But Comey’s decision to keep the FBI off the statement ― out of concern for the electoral impact it might have ― has taken on new significance in light of his handling of a separate matter involving Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Last Friday, the FBI director sent a letter to Congress alerting lawmakers to the discovery of a computer that has material that may or may not be pertinent to the investigation into Clinton’s use of private email. In a separate letter to FBI colleagues, Comey stressed that he understood the sensitivity in making such an announcement so close to the election, but felt it was in the public’s interest to hear about the potential breakthrough and worried the discovery would have leaked prior to Election Day.
Comey has been subsequently criticized ― by Democrats, ex-prosecutors and even some Republicans ― for violating protocol that says Department of Justice officials should generally avoid making these types of announcements so close to an election.
One difference between the Russia statement and the Clinton investigation is that Comey had previously kept Congress abreast about the latter while declining to discuss the former. Thus, he may have felt an obligation to continue to update lawmakers on the status of the investigation.
Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Monday that they are working quickly to sift through the newly discovered emails, which were found on the laptop of Anthony Weiner, a former congressman and the estranged husband of longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Weiner is under federal investigation for allegations that he traded sexually explicit messages with an underage girl.
In a hastily assembled conference call on Monday, the Clinton campaign attacked Comey forcefully for what it deemed a “double standard” when it came to disclosing information prior to an election.
“During a House Judiciary Committee hearing ... he was asked more than a dozen times about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia,” said campaign manager Robby Mook, “and each time he declined to comment.” The dichotomy was “nothing short of jaw-dropping,” he added.
Top Democrats have demanded more information on the newly discovered emails prior to the election. And on Monday afternoon, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), said he was not satisfied with the responses from the FBI and DOJ at this point.
Zach Carter contributed reporting. This post has been updated with details from a Monday conference call.
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Kumbe jamaa inawezekana amekuwa akipikwa na Kremlin for 5 yrs. Teh!, emails cha mtoto, au watafute sheshe lingine kubwa kuliko.
Spy told FBI Russia wants to cultivate Trump: report
Spy told FBI Russia wants to cultivate Trump: report
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