Lynch meeting with Bill Clinton creates firestorm for email case

what difference does it make.......its not like anyone thought she wasn't already under orders as to what she would be allowed to do to Hillary......
 
cawacko said:
When even Andrea Mitchell says Clinton supporters are upset at this self inflicted wound you know it's bad.
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Clinton supporters are utter hypocrites .
Once it washes out of the news cycle, their self-deluded minds will say Lynch handled it well ( the non-recusal)
 
anatta said:
how can this be tolerated?
Prosecutors never meet with any family member of anyone who is subject of a criminal investigation, as HRClinton is.

These are top officeholders, and a previous president, and a possible next POTUS, and they can't keep even basic
lines of separation from bleeding into perceived conflicts?

It's typical of Bill to just do what he wants, but Lynch is supposed to an ethical prosecutor -
how can she claim to be impartial on any recommendation from the FBI?

She should recuse herself.
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She has done exactly that!
 
anatta said:
how can this be tolerated?
Prosecutors never meet with any family member of anyone who is subject of a criminal investigation, as HRClinton is.

These are top officeholders, and a previous president, and a possible next POTUS, and they can't keep even basic
lines of separation from bleeding into perceived conflicts?

It's typical of Bill to just do what he wants, but Lynch is supposed to an ethical prosecutor -
how can she claim to be impartial on any recommendation from the FBI?

She should recuse herself.
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You are truly a great and wise muck raker.
Tell us great anaata, where is it written that
a former POTUS may not meet with an AG?

By all means now is an appropriate time for a copy pasta from you.
Not an opinion piece however but a document of either AG protocol or prosecutors ehthics.

Note first however the main lies in your claim.
1. AG Lynch is not "The prosecutor" since there is no Federal case against H.R. Clinton.
No Federal case exists unless criminal charges are filedin a Federal Court.

2. The US AG is an advisor of legal matters to other members of the Executive Branch. Assistant USAGs do prosecutions.

I will understand when you can't find documentation to help you, since none exists.
 
anatta said:
The private meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton
The private meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton
has created a political firestorm, fueling criticism of the Justice Department’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

The disclosure of the 30-minute meeting — which was described as an unplanned social visit on an airport tarmac in Phoenix — has stirred rampant speculation about what might have been discussed by the former president and the nation’s top law enforcement officer.


the presumptive Republican nominee for president, called the “sneak” meeting, which took place Monday night, “one of the big stories of this week, of this month, of this year.”
“I’ve been talking about the rigged system, how it’s rigged,” he said. “And you know, this is terrible, and nobody can understand why nothing’s happened.”

Some Democrats also criticized the meeting. David Axelrod, the former senior adviser to President Obama, tweeted that while he took Lynch and Clinton "at their word" that the email investigation didn't come up in their conversation, it was "foolish to create such optics" by meeting.

"I do agree with you that it doesn't send the right signal," Sen. Chris Coons
(D-Del.) said Thursday on CNN's "New Day." Coons said he considers Lynch to be an "independent attorney general" and has "generally shown excellent judgment" in her role.

Still, Coons said Lynch should have held off on seeing Bill Clinton at all until after the election. "I don't think it sends the right signal. I think she should have steered clear even of a brief, casual, social meeting with the former president," Coons said.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the Senate majority whip who has previously pushed for a special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton’s emails, tweeted that Lynch "must avoid even the appearance of conflict."

The controversy is creating a new headache for Clinton's presidential campaign, which has for months been dogged by questions about the FBI’s investigation into her private server. That review, focused on the handling of classified information, is said to be in its final stages.

The server investigation is being handled by a number of FBI investigators and federal prosecutors. But a case this high profile has surely drawn in Lynch’s personal oversight, former officials have said.

Bill Clinton, who was visiting the Phoenix area, heard Lynch would be arriving at the Sky Harbor airport as part of her national tour promoting community policing and waited for her arrival before boarding her plane, according to ABC15, which first reported the meeting.

Lynch confirmed at a news conference Tuesday in Phoenix that she and her husband had spoken with the former president.

"Our conversation was a great deal about his grandchildren. It was primarily social and about our travels; he mentioned golf he played in Phoenix," Lynch said Tuesday afternoon at the Phoenix Police Department.

A law enforcement official familiar with the matter told CNN that Lynch's FBI security detail did not stop Clinton when he moved to initiate the extended conversation. The official said that Lynch was surprised to see Clinton walking onto her plane, adding that no official Justice Department business was conducted.

Lynch on Wednesday insisted that the meeting would not in any way affect the federal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private
server as secretary of State.

“It’s being handled by career investigators and career agents, who always follow facts and the law, and do the same thorough and independent examination in this matter that they’ve done in all,” she said Wednesday in Los Angeles, according to ABC News. “So that’s how that’ll be handed.”

The White House said Lynch and President Obama are committed to conducting a fair investigation.

“I think the bottom line is simply that both the president and the attorney general understand how important it is for the Department of Justice to conduct investigations that are free of political interference,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.

He refused to second-guess her decision to speak privately with Clinton, saying he took Lynch at her word that the two did not discuss the FBI’s review.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/286143-lynch-clinton-meeting-creates-firestorm
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This meeting was filmed expressly to be put into the media, and you are giving the Clintons what they want.
 
Rune said:
You are truly a great and wise muck raker.
Tell us great anaata, where is it written that
a former POTUS may not meet with an AG?

By all means now is an appropriate time for a copy pasta from you.
Not an opinion piece however but a document of either AG protocol or prosecutors ehthics.

Note first however the main lies in your claim.
1. AG Lynch is not "The prosecutor" since there is no Federal case against H.R. Clinton.
No Federal case exists unless criminal charges are filedin a Federal Court.

2. The US AG is an advisor of legal matters to other members of the Executive Branch. Assistant USAGs do prosecutions.

I will understand when you can't find documentation to help you, since none exists.
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That's some good partisan spin lol.

Seriously, it's really good. Very imaginative.
 
TheDonald said:
This meeting was filmed expressly to be put into the media, and you are giving the Clintons what they want.
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Never heard that angle. Having the US AG in a position of impropriety with a potential defendant in a criminal case that would be prosecuted by her office?

I can think of better ways to get Hillary in the news than that lol.
 
Darth Hussein Omar said:
Never heard that angle. Having the US AG in a position of impropriety with a potential defendant in a criminal case that would be prosecuted by her office?

I can think of better ways to get Hillary in the news than that lol.
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The USAG has witnesses that no impropriaty occured,LOL.
IDIOT.
 
Rune said:
You are truly a great and wise muck raker.
Tell us great anaata, where is it written that
a former POTUS may not meet with an AG?

By all means now is an appropriate time for a copy pasta from you.
Not an opinion piece however but a document of either AG protocol or prosecutors ehthics.

Note first however the main lies in your claim.
1. AG Lynch is not "The prosecutor" since there is no Federal case against H.R. Clinton.
No Federal case exists unless criminal charges are filedin a Federal Court.

2. The US AG is an advisor of legal matters to other members of the Executive Branch. Assistant USAGs do prosecutions.

I will understand when you can't find documentation to help you, since none exists.
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I log in with a fresh batch of stupidity to deal with. ..Rune never fails..

Lynch is top in DoJ,and as such has ultimate say in any prosecutions - do all prosecutorial decisions go thru her desk? no
would this one have done so? - yes, there isn't a more determinative case out there .
To clarify: it would have been her decision to accept/reject/modify the FBI's recommendations. yes.

I'm not looking for documentation to satisfy you -i'm on break between taking phone calls for work-
and you should learn to use The Google yourself for once.

Hint: does any prosecutor (or member of a prosecutor's office) meet on an unofficial basis with anyone -
or related to anyone that Office or investigators associated with?

FBI is part of DoJ
 
anatta said:
I log in with a fresh batch of stupidity to deal with. ..Rune never fails..

Lynch is top in DoJ,and as such has ultimate say in any prosecutions - do all prosecutorial decisions go thru her desk? no
would this one have done so? - yes, there isn't a more determinative case out there .
To clarify: it would have been her decision to accept/reject/modify the FBI's recommendations. yes.

I'm not looking for documentation to satisfy you -i'm on break between taking phone calls for work-
and you should learn to use The Google yourself for once.

Hint: does any prosecutor (or member of a prosecutor's office) meet on an unofficial basis with anyone -
or related to anyone that Office or investigators associated with?

FBI is part of DoJ
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The meeting was held and filmed on purpose, Lynch can still choose not to indict unless she stands aside, which she has not done. If there were no cameras who filmed it? and how did the person with the camera know what and when to film? This airport scene was quite purposeful for the Clintons
 
Rune said:
You must be kidding.
Ms. Lynch rteained her security staff and DID NOT meet in private with Mr. Clinton.
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Doesn't matter. Bill Clinton wasn't meeting with her to discuss grandkids etc. We know why he did it.
 
TheDonald said:
The meeting was held and filmed on purpose, Lynch can still choose not to indict unless she stands aside, which she has not done. If there were no cameras who filmed it? and how did the person with the camera know what and when to film? This airport scene was quite purposeful for the Clintons
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WTF? Considering Trump is a Democrat it would make sense he'd want to protect the Clinton's here.
 
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