Politics Judicial Watch: Obama Administration Withholds Draft Whitewater Indictment of Hillary Clinton

[Denny Crane]

http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-...aft-whitewater-indictment-of-hillary-clinton/

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it is asking a federal court to order the National Archives and Records Administration to release draft criminal indictments of Hillary Clinton. In its motion for summary judgment, the National Archives claimed that “the drafts involve a significant [Clinton] privacy interest that is not outweighed by any public interest….” In its March 11 opposition brief, Judicial Watch counters that allegedly “making false statements and withholding evidence from federal investigators bears on Mrs. Clinton’s honesty, credibility, and trustworthiness … for the position she currently seeks,” rendering the National Archives claim “neither serious nor credible.”

These developments stem from an October 20, 2015, Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. National Archives and Records Administration (No. 15-cv-01740)) seeking:

All versions of indictments against Hillary Rodham Clinton, including but not limited to, Versions 1, 2, and 3 in box 2250 of the Hickman Ewing Attorney Files, the “HRC/_ Draft Indictment” in box 2256 of the Hickman Ewing Attorney Files, as well as any and all versions written by Deputy Independent Counsel Hickman Ewing, Jr. prior to September of 1996.

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In response to a separate Judicial Watch FOIA investigation, the National Archives released 246 pages of previously undisclosed Office of Independent Counsel internal memos revealing extensive details about the investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton for possible criminal charges involving her involvement with Madison Guaranty, including the infamous Whitewater/Castle Grande land transaction. The memos are “statements of the case” against Hillary Clinton and Webster Lee “Webb” Hubbell, Hillary Clinton’s former law partner and former Associate Attorney General in the Clinton Justice Department. Ultimately, the memos show that prosecutors declined to prosecute Clinton because of the difficulty of persuading a jury to convict a public figure as widely known as Clinton.

 

[Denny Crane]

Hillarity should not be above the law. Why shouldn't the voters be informed?

 

[Natebishop3]

Hillarity should not be above the law. Why shouldn't the voters be informed?

Because they're too busy trying to force feed her into the oval office.

 

[MARIS61]

Either Hillary ends up in prison, before or after the election, or you can pretty much kiss the 2 party system goodbye.

 

[barfo]

Either Hillary ends up in prison, before or after the election, or you can pretty much kiss the 2 party system goodbye.

What does the one have to do with the other?

barfo

 

[Aly]

Hillary needs to win this election or she will end up in jail! Maybe Obama pardons her before he leaves office.
Both systems are crap, to many different rules about primaries and delegates and they are different on both sides.
If you look at the way people are voting each party is split into two. Will either party pull together after the primary?

 

[ripcityboy]

Somewhere in hell Nixon is going.... "Why didn't I get this royal treatment?!"

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This one.

 

[Denny Crane]

Time weighs in. Comey is Obama's head of FBI.

http://time.com/4276988/jim-comey-hillary-clinton/

Comey’s first brush with them came when Bill Clinton was president. Looking to get back into government after a stint in private practice, Comey signed on as deputy special counsel to the Senate Whitewater Committee. In 1996, after months of work, Comey came to some damning conclusions: Hillary Clinton was personally involved in mishandling documents and had ordered others to block investigators as they pursued their case. Worse, her behavior fit into a pattern of concealment: she and her husband had tried to hide their roles in two other matters under investigation by law enforcement. Taken together, the interference by White House officials, which included destruction of documents, amounted to “far more than just aggressive lawyering or political naiveté,” Comey and his fellow investigators concluded. It constituted “a highly improper pattern of deliberate misconduct.”

 

[barfo]

Seven months later, 20 to 30 agents, technical specialists and analysts have been assigned to the investigation

Uh oh, what happened to the 150 agents you were posting about? Did they get bored and wander off?

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Uh oh, what happened to the 150 agents you were posting about? Did they get bored and wander off?

barfo

There's more than one investigation. One into the email server, one into the Clinton Foundation.

 

[barfo]

There's more than one investigation. One into the email server, one into the Clinton Foundation.

I see. So 20-30 on the email, and 120-130 on the Foundation? Aren't we going to mention the 30,000 working on Vince Foster's death?

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

The Washington Post claims the number is less than fifty. Fifty? Good enough if they get the job done. They are obviously not taking Hiliar's word about what went on.

There may have been many more tasked with analyzing the 30,000+ emails in question. To get that analysis done timely so the news of her indictment or damning report won't affect the election.

The latest reports are that the discovery phase is done and they're about to interrogate Hiliar and her staff soon.

 

[barfo]

The Washington Post claims the number is less than fifty. Fifty? Good enough if they get the job done. They are obviously not taking Hiliar's word about what went on.

There may have been many more tasked with analyzing the 30,000+ emails in question. To get that analysis done timely so the news of her indictment or damning report won't affect the election.

The latest reports are that the discovery phase is done and they're about to interrogate Hiliar and her staff soon.

Yes, I'm looking forward to your "they refused to indict her because the Obama administration is corrupt and ordered them not to" posts. Or maybe it'll be like the moon landing - they'll fake that she isn't indicted, have a body double out campaigning for her, while the real Hillary rots in jail. Oh, the tales you'll tell!

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Yes, I'm looking forward to your "they refused to indict her because the Obama administration is corrupt and ordered them not to" posts. Or maybe it'll be like the moon landing - they'll fake that she isn't indicted, have a body double out campaigning for her, while the real Hillary rots in jail. Oh, the tales you'll tell!

barfo

Your whole post is a "tale."

 

[barfo]

Your whole post is a "tale."

We'll see.

barfo

 

[Stevenson]

Denny, this post and the Judicial Watch request proves everything we think and say about the right and Hillary. Whitewater, really? This is why it is impossible to take any of their / your charges seriously. Where's the kitchen sink, damnit? Where are the Rose Law Firm billing records? Where are the 150 agents? While we're at it, where is Obama's birth certificate?

What a joke.

 

[Denny Crane]

Denny, this post and the Judicial Watch request proves everything we think and say about the right and Hillary. Whitewater, really? This is why it is impossible to take any of their / your charges seriously. Where's the kitchen sink, damnit? Where are the Rose Law Firm billing records? Where are the 150 agents? While we're at it, where is Obama's birth certificate?

What a joke.

Judicial Watch hounded George W Bush, too.

The whole vast right wing conspiracy thing was bought by some. Hook, line, and sinker.

 

[Denny Crane]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch#Bush_Administration

Judicial Watch's consistent investigations against Democratic figures have led to accusations that the group's lawsuits are focused on being politically motivated to help Republicans rather than enforce the law.[9] However, in July 2003 Judicial Watch joined the environmental organization Sierra Club in suing the George W. Bush administration for access to minutes of Vice President Dick Cheney'sEnergy Task Force.[10] After several years of legal wrangling, in May, 2005 an appeals court permitted the Energy Task Force's records to remain secret.[11][12] Judicial Watch called the decision "a defeat for open government" and Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch said the ruling fit the trend of increasing secrecy in the Bush administration.[13] Judicial Watch was involved in a similar legal dispute with Vice President Dick Cheney in 2002 when the group filed a shareholder lawsuit against Halliburton. The lawsuit, which accused Halliburton of accounting fraud, alleged that "when Mr. Cheney was chief executive of Halliburton, he and other directors inflated revenue reports, boosting Halliburton's share price." [14] As reported by the Wall Street Journal the court filing claims the oil-field-services concern overstated revenue by a total of $445 million from 1999 through the end of 2001.[15]

In 2006 Judicial Watch sued the Secret Service to force the release of logs detailing convicted former lobbyist Jack Abramoff's visits to theWhite House. This resulted in the release of a number of documents.[16]

 

[Denny Crane]

http://www.rense.com/general25/sue.htm

Judicial Watch Sues Bush Administration For Anthrax Documents

http://www.apfn.org/enron/lawsuit.htm

JUDICIAL WATCH LAWSUITS AGAINST BUSH ADMINISTRATION SEEK ALL CONTACTS
BETWEEN BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND ENRON

&c

 

[barfo]

Uh, oh, more bad news for Denny's fantasy:

“If it’s a serious case, you don’t run the risk of having all sorts of collusion between people — it’s just not done,” said diGenova. “If the department has accepted that, that tells me they’re walking down the line of not bringing a case, because they’re not serious if they have accepted that arrangement … They’ve thrown in the towel.”

Linky.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

So you cite an article about how it's good for Hiliar if her aids collude in their testimony?

That's a good one.

Quote way out of context, too.

 

[Denny Crane]

HuffPost not spinning for Hiliar. It's often said that "liberals eat their own." What does human flesh taste like barfo? Don't answer, it's a rhetorical question. I'm sure you will anyway.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-pappalardo/hillary-email-probe-could_b_9579826.html

President Obama and Loretta Lynch are very likely going to have a big decision to make regarding this matter. They of course do not want to deal with this but given how secrets have a way to getting to the media in DC this is certainly not something they will be able to shove under a rug even if they were tempted to. Most likely this hot potato will be passed on by them to a Special Counsel. Hopefully, once its obvious this is not going to go away easily that Hillary will withdraw from the nomination process for president. However, even though this would be the right thing to do, is it what Hillary will do? That is quite up in the air when there are three factors in their behavior that are quite consistent. They are very selfish, they fervently believe rules and laws do not apply to them, and they are totally committed to the pay to play practices that dominate US politics.

 

[Denny Crane]

USA Today weighs in.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...iers-indictment-ron-fournier-column/82420266/

Glenn Reynolds: Hillary's delusional media courtiers

The United States Constitution provides that “No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States.” But somebody needs to explain this to the courtiers in the Washington press corps.

The latest offender is National Journal reporter Ron Fournier, who — discussing the possibility of Hillary Clinton being indicted for her secret private server and mishandling of highly classified information — observed on MSNBC's Morning Joe: "Legally though, there's a big bar that you have to get over to prosecute anybody for these crimes, much less somebody who is running for president. … I do understand that when somebody is running for president, there is a higher bar you have to get over because we can’t have a system in which we are constantly charging people who are running for president of crimes. ... Politically, there are severe questions about her judgment that voters really have to look into. Legally … there is a higher bar you have to get over before you prosecute somebody who is running for president. That's just a fact."

In response, host Joe Scarborough asked, “In what statute is that?”

 

[barfo]

So you cite an article about how it's good for Hiliar if her aids collude in their testimony?

That's a good one.

Quote way out of context, too.

Actually, it's not out of context at all, and it's by an anti-Hillary clown. You know, one of your heroes.

Joseph diGenova, a former U.S. attorney-turned-right-leaning legal commentator.

barfo

 

[barfo]

HuffPost not spinning for Hiliar. It's often said that "liberals eat their own." What does human flesh taste like barfo? Don't answer, it's a rhetorical question. I'm sure you will anyway.

Pork. Thanks for asking.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Actually, it's not out of context at all, and it's by an anti-Hillary clown. You know, one of your heroes.



barfo

So you agree with right wing talking heads? Or only when it's convenient?

His quote is out of context. He more likely is implying the Obama administration is burying the case, covering up for her. They are not serious if they intend to cover it up.

 

[Denny Crane]

DiGenova. News story published the same day as yours.

http://freebeacon.com/issues/prosec...espionage-act-charges-in-clinton-email-probe/

Prosecutor in Pollard Spy Case Predicts Espionage Act Charges in Clinton Email Probe


“No honest FBI will ever not [recommend] criminal charges in this case,” former U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova said during an event hosted by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch. “There are going to be referrals for a series of criminal charges involving violations of the espionage statutes, the grossly negligent mishandling of classified information, the grossly negligent storage of classified information.”

...

“[The FBI] may not recommend felonies, as a courtesy to a woman who was the first lady for eight years, a senator and the secretary of state,” diGenova said. “They may as a courtesy try to do what they did with General Petraeus, and recommend misdemeanors. But make no mistake, they are going to recommend that she and others be charged with crimes.”

 

[barfo]

So you agree with right wing talking heads? Or only when it's convenient?

His quote is out of context. He more likely is implying the Obama administration is burying the case, covering up for her. They are not serious if they intend to cover it up.

There you go with the predicted conspiracy theory. Congratulations on working it in only 13 posts after I predicted it.

If that's what he's implying, fine. Doesn't change my point that he's saying she's not going to be indicted. You can spin conspiracy theories about why not all you want.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

There you go with the predicted conspiracy theory. Congratulations on working it in only 13 posts after I predicted it.

If that's what he's implying, fine. Doesn't change my point that he's saying she's not going to be indicted. You can spin conspiracy theories about why not all you want.

barfo

It's your theory. You're the diGenova fan.

You seem satisfied that the political class is above the law. Nixon needed more people like you.