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Originally posted by ersatzknarf:

This is why I won't run for public office.

I just know, somewhere, there's a red light cam photo of me that would go public ...

Don't worry ! I would vote for you, regardless

http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/2002757

White House press secretary Josh Earnest insisted that President Obama's endorsement of Hillary Clinton will not "sway" the ongoing FBI investigation into Clinton.

The statement came after Obama released a video endorsing Clinton for president of the United States.

Later this afternoon, according to the White House, Obama is meeting with the attorney general. The meeting is "closed press."

The topic of Obama's closed door meeting with Lynch has not been made public.


adding more on what Earnest said:

"That's why the president, when discussing this issue in each stage, has reiterated his commitment to this principle that any criminal investigation should be conducted independent of any sort of political interference and that people should be treated the same way before the law regardless of their political influence, regardless of their political party, regardless of their political stature and regardless of what political figure has endorsed them,"

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I hope Comey and Co. are ready to do what needs to be done by whatever means necessary.

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Originally posted by sdy:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/2002757

White House press secretary Josh Earnest insisted that President Obama's endorsement of Hillary Clinton will not "sway" the ongoing FBI investigation into Clinton.

The statement came after Obama released a video endorsing Clinton for president of the United States.

Later this afternoon, according to the White House, Obama is meeting with the attorney general. The meeting is "closed press."

The topic of Obama's closed door meeting with Lynch has not been made public.

So the attorney geneeral has to decide how to act on any recommendation from the FBI on criminal charges. The AG serves at the pleasure of the president - the same guy who just endorsed Hillary. How is this not a conflict of interest? I can't think of a better case for a special prosecutor.

Napolitano: An Obama endorsement for Hillary a big problem


http://video.foxnews.com/v/493...hpvid1#sp=show-clips

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Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:

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Originally posted by sdy:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/2002757

White House press secretary Josh Earnest insisted that President Obama's endorsement of Hillary Clinton will not "sway" the ongoing FBI investigation into Clinton.

The statement came after Obama released a video endorsing Clinton for president of the United States.

Later this afternoon, according to the White House, Obama is meeting with the attorney general. The meeting is "closed press."

The topic of Obama's closed door meeting with Lynch has not been made public.

So the attorney geneeral has to decide how to act on any recommendation from the FBI on criminal charges. The AG serves at the pleasure of the president - the same guy who just endorsed Hillary. How is this not a conflict of interest? I can't think of a better case for a special prosecutor.

Of course its a conflict of interest. A huge one in fact. Barry has both the FBI and DOJ reporting to him (i.e. the executive). Hillary is under 'investigation' (not a security review) by the FBI, and the DOJ 'may' very well have to field a referral for indictment. There is 'no' argument whatsoever there is not a huge conflict of interest here.

This POS is soooooooooo criminal and soooooooooo contemptuous of the law and the populace of this country that once again, he'll do as he pleases and seek to squash anything the FBI might put forward. "A country of laws and not of men", not in a Barry regime.

This too will pass.

The witch should burn But this seems more like a Coronation.

The other side of my split personality thinks- This could be like obamas declaration "ISIS is a JV Team" and "ISIS Is Contained". Short lived miscalculations on his part.

White House calls FBI probe into Clinton's classified emails a 'criminal investigation'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...ma-endorses-her.html

Barack Obama's spokesman described the FBI's probe into Hillary Clinton's classified email scandal as a 'criminal investigation' on Thursday, less than an hour after the president endorsed his embattled former secretary of state to succeed him.

Josh Earnest told reporters during a White House press briefing that Obama was committed to keeping his hands off the investigation, trusting career investigators and prosecutors to follow evidence wherever it leads.
'That's what their responsibility is,' Earnest said. 'And that's why the president, when discussing this issue in each stage, has reiterated his commitment to this principle that any criminal investigation should be conducted independent of any sort of political interference.'

A search Thursday through White House briefing transcripts for similar acknowledgements turned up none.
Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Short crowed to reporters that 'the White House’s admission that the FBI is investigating Hillary Clinton’s email server as a "criminal" matter shreds her dishonest claim that it is a routine "security inquiry".'
'This is another reminder of her reckless conduct as Obama’s secretary of state, where her attempt to skirt government transparency laws exposed highly classified information and put our national security at risk.'
Obama gave Clinton his official nod Thursday in a video message, saying: 'I know how hard this job can be. That's why I know Hillary will be so good at it. In fact, I don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office.'
In the press briefing that followed, a Fox News Channel reporter challenged Earnest on the question of whether civil servants in the U.S. Department of Justice might see the presidential endorsement as a signal that it was time to wrap up their investigations.
Clinton has been dogged for more than a year by charges that she exposed state secrets to hackers and foreign governments by keeping all her email correspondence on a private homebrew server while she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
Depending on evidentiary nuances, that could violate the U.S. Espionage Act and subject Clinton to 10 years in prison, even if she put classified documents in an 'unsecured' location through simple negligence.
Clinton said Wednesday that she 'absolutely' will not face a criminal indictment.

More than 2,000 such documents have been identified in State Department reviews of emails that Clinton turned over in late 2014 – nearly two years after she was supposed to. She also deleted more than 32,000 messages, unilaterally deeming them 'personal' in nature.
Earnest insisted that 'the reason that the president feels confident that he can go out and make this endorsement and record a video in which he describes his strong support for Secretary Clinton's campaign is that he knows the people who are conducting the investigation aren't going to be swayed by any sort of political interference.'
'They aren't going to be swayed by political forces. They know that their investigation should be guided by the facts and that they should follow the evidence where it leads. The President has complete confidence that that's exactly what they'll do,' he said.
The reporter asked Earnest whether or not Obama had ever discussed the FBI investigation with Clinton, who is now the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee.
'He has not,' the president's spokesman answered.

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
This too will pass.

Exactly as I have been saying all along. This is nothing but a little bump in the road for Hillary.
There will be no indictment. The sitting President endorses her to be his predecessor and his administration turns around and indicts her????
Please, granted we are living in some whacky times but if there was a shred of a possibility of an indictment, no way would he endorse her.

Will hildabeast get special treatment? She already is. The MSM like CNN is already singing praises to how she "shattered the glass ceiling" and "is making history". All they say about The Donald is that "he be racist" and Paul Ryan doesn't like him.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
This too will pass.

Exactly as I have been saying all along. This is nothing but a little bump in the road for Hillary.
There will be no indictment. The sitting President endorses her to be his predecessor and his administration turns around and indicts her????
Please, granted we are living in some whacky times but if there was a shred of a possibility of an indictment, no way would he endorse her.

Thst's not exactly what I meant, nor what I think.

You can, if you wish.

One way or another, this will eventually be history.

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Barack Obama's spokesman described the FBI's probe into Hillary Clinton's classified email scandal as a 'criminal investigation' on Thursday, less than an hour after the president endorsed his embattled former secretary of state to succeed him.

Holy smokes. I'm going back to occasionally pimping my pet conspiracy theory that Obama is going to use this to cripple Hillary politically so he can be sure of taking control of the DNC away from Bill Clinton.

I know I'm delusional, but I frankly don't think the President of the United States should endorse, or campaign for, anyone for public office. Even though the titular head of the party, the President was elected to be the President of the entire population, and that includes people who support all parties. It is a conflict of interest just to give support to one candidate over another, because it is indicative of an inability to serve all without bias. (Yeah--I know--delusional.)

flashguy

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Originally posted by flashguy:
I know I'm delusional, but I frankly don't think the President of the United States should endorse, or campaign for, anyone for public office. Even though the titular head of the party, the President was elected to be the President of the entire population, and that includes people who support all parties. It is a conflict of interest just to give support to one candidate over another, because it is indicative of an inability to serve all without bias. (Yeah--I know--delusional.)

flashguy

Bingo! Truer words cannot be spoken. You are the President of the United States. Your job is to represent all of the people, not just your party. So show a little class and... What am I saying. I must have blacked out there for a minute.

He will go campaign for her using tax payer dollars, then play 18 holes while he is doing it. Our tax payer dollars at work. Is it January yet?

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:

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Barack Obama's spokesman described the FBI's probe into Hillary Clinton's classified email scandal as a 'criminal investigation' on Thursday, less than an hour after the president endorsed his embattled former secretary of state to succeed him.

Holy smokes. I'm going back to occasionally pimping my pet conspiracy theory that Obama is going to use this to cripple Hillary politically so he can be sure of taking control of the DNC away from Bill Clinton.

Yes, there would appear to be some significance here. I'm surprised that they used this language.

Obama endorses Hillary then immediately has a closed door meeting with Loretta Lynch - does the media run with this story? No, this is what we get:


http://hotair.com/archives/201...nutes-of-each-other/

All the major media run with story planted by Hillary campaign. Not coordinated

Why should the Hillary case be any different. He spoke out in Travon Martin, Ferguson, Freddy Gray,etc. Yet he says he doesn't use his office to sway the outcome BULLSHIT!

It now comes down to whether the FBI is more political then patriotic. If they were to be swayed or under the administrations thumb I think they would have released their recommendation of no wrong doing months ago.
Hillary is sick and tired of this dogging her.
If she or Obama held influence over the FBI this would already be over.
I'm still hopeful.