December 3, 2017
Making the Clintons Pay
By Scott S. Powell

Few would deny that the ascendance of the United States from colonial poverty to the world’s top economic and military superpower in just 200 years is largely attributable to principles and rule of law in our founding documents enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. And so it should come as no surprise that America’s decline in the last 25 years has coincided with the erosion of the U.S. Constitution and the corruption of the nation’s law enforcement and judicial system.

What has most greased the skids of America’s decline toward the ways of a banana republic is the emergence and acceptance of two-tiered justice and attendant cronyism and political corruption. And nowhere is this more obvious than in the pass given to the Clintons, and particularly former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

When the Clintons left the White House in 2001, taking with them over $190,000 worth of heirloom china, flatware, rugs, and furniture as they cleared out -- much of which they later had to return -- they claimed they were flat broke. Today their net worth exceeds $150 million, accumulated not by traditional means of work and investment, but rather by pay-for-play influence peddling through speeches and Clinton Foundation fundraising -- with the tacit understanding that the Clintons would be in a position to return favors to donors after Hillary won the 2016 presidential election.

A key function of our law enforcement and justice system is of course the punishment of lawbreakers. But perhaps more important is the judicial system’s function in preventing repeat or escalated lawbreaking and deterring other would-be copycat lawbreakers.

It is a felony, punishable by fine and imprisonment up to 20 years, according to 18 U.S. Code 1519, to destroy, conceal, cover up or falsify any record or document whether on paper or on any digital device with the intent to impede or obstruct the investigation of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States.

The pattern of deceit through withholding and destroying documents and records in order to obfuscate and facilitate self-dealing and political crime started early in Hillary’s career. While her husband would face impeachment, stiff monetary fines and a near million-dollar settlement as well as disbarment for five years, Hillary Clinton skated with no accountability for anything in her checkered career.

There were the missing records documenting the statistically impossible profits from cattle futures trading, the disappearance of Hillary Clinton’s billing records from the Rose Law Firm -- under subpoena by Federal and Congressional investigators (which were found some two years later in the First Family quarters of the White House) -- where she previously worked on matters related to the Whitewater real estate sham, the removal and destruction of a hard drive from the computer of her former Rose Law Firm partner and then White House Deputy Legal Counsel Vince Foster, whose death by gunshot wounds was ruled a suicide in the midst of the Whitewater investigation. And then there were the missing documents from the White House Travelgate firings -- documents that would also surface after the scandal passed -- showing Hillary’s duplicity and contradiction of her prior statements.

As egregious, scandalous or unlawful as these were, it was small time and a warm-up for what was to come after Hillary became Secretary of State and insisted on using a private computer server and email address -- about which she was warned would be vulnerable to hacking and security breaches. Her purpose in so doing was ostensibly to evade Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and Federal Government record-keeping laws and obfuscate conflicts of interest such as indirectly helping the Clinton Foundation raise enormous sums from governments and parties with whom she was also interfacing as Secretary of State.

But it all began to unravel after Hillary left office and was required to testify before a House committee on Benghazi in October 2015 and answer questions about the terrorist attacks on the U.S. Consulate on September 11, 2012. It was those hearings that brought to light the existence of Hillary Clinton’s secret, unsecured, do-it-yourself server. And then it was learned that she not only stored classified and top secret information in an unsecured location, but that she had also authorized the destruction of subpoenaed evidence -- some 33,000 emails -- after she was put on notice of the existence of the subpoena. These violations are felonies with stiff penalties and there were at least six other laws that appear violated for which Hillary could be indicted.

What is now waking up Americans about the seriousness of Clinton family self-dealing and the need for prosecution is the realization that the Clintons were at the center of what appears to be the biggest political corruption scandal in U.S. history. The fact that the Clinton Foundation’s single largest aggregate donation of some $145 million came from various parties linked to the Uranium One sale to the Russian government nuclear agency Rosatum makes this the mega-case of Russian influence and corruption.

Before the Declaration and the U.S. Constitution were even written, Samuel Adams observed that, “neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” Political corruption in America has now become a cancer destroying people’s trust in government and their respect for the rule of law.

The inclination to give a pass to high profile politicians once out of office would be a grave mistake. Boldness is needed and there is simply no more important or cathartic action to take to restore equality before the law and bring an end to cronyism and double standards than the prosecution of the masters of political corruption -- the Clinton crime syndicate.

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GUILTY as charged, that is if they are ever charged.

The Clintons are foul, evil slime that have corrupted and perverted everything they have touched. Until every bit of their influence is exposed and expunged from our government it won't be honest and open.

They both belong in prison. I pity the guards.

I do not understand the unwillingness of the DOJ to go after political criminals like the Clintons.

Its clear that their "pay-to-play" schemes and the uranium deal are illegal if not treason.

Why can't we try them and get to the bottom of the corruption. Have we lost the will to enforce our laws?

RMD

The people that should bring the Clinton to justice are probably in on it. What an example the Clintons are setting for our young people. Don’t have to work hard just have to work on corruption.

I have ZERO faith in the FBI or the DOJ to do what is right. Especially after the latest revelation about that agent and the cases he was on. The continued stonewalling of congress by the DOJ is another disgusting tidbit.

There is obviously more that they do not want the American people to know.

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Originally posted by rduckwor:
I do not understand the unwillingness of the DOJ to go after political criminals like the Clintons.

Its clear that their "pay-to-play" schemes and the uranium deal are illegal if not treason.

Why can't we try them and get to the bottom of the corruption. Have we lost the will to enforce our laws?

RMD

The Clintons and those like them, in the public eye, are merely the image on a great tapestry.

Many of the threads that make it up, also bind the hands that crafted it.

For a country, the USA is disturbingly lax in prosecuting political corruption.

"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny." Yoda - 6.06.16.26.3

If there were an investigation. I’d be willing to bet that the nuclear threat we are facing from North Korea today can trace its development back to the money that is either still in or has passed through Clinton hands. From rockets to guidance systems to the cherry on the top.
They are nothing more than traitors. They sold this country out at the highest levels.
They should be executed.

....and the last administration certainly had a hand in the Clinton crime organization. There is something to be said for a righteous King to mete out the necessary forms of quick justice...

After spending mucho time in Haiti, enjoying the local delights, wondering slick Willie has HIV?

What I find amazing about the Clintons is all the people who fawn over them like rock stars.

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Originally posted by msfzoe:
After spending mucho time in Haiti, enjoying the local delights, wondering slick Willie has HIV?

one can always hope

Don't forget that Mr. Comey, the FBI director said that the reason Hillary was not being prosecuted was because she "didn't intend to break the law". Talk about a double standard. Try that defense, the next time you get a speeding ticket.

^^^^
That's the thing that infuriates me the most. When it comes to mishandling classified information intent is not required. You could leave a document on your desk by accident and be in violation.

Not to mention that in order to get that many documents, with those levels of classification, off of the computers they were on absolutely shows intent. It took a completely deliberate act to remove them. That shows you knew what you were doing. You don't "accidentally" forward documents like that to your personal account. You need to willfully and knowingly bypass safeguards. The whole "well they weren't marked" excuse is just that, an excuse. The marking does not make it classified, the content does. If, as Sec State, she could not identify classified info she had no business being in that position. Also the private server was a deliberate attempt to bypass federal records laws. Even though that in and of itself dosen't seem like it was illegal, deleting the emails without oversight was as the server was used for official communication. It wasn't up to her to decide what stayed and what went.

At the very least the investigation should be re-opened. There is ample proof that the investigation was mishandled, and quite possibly sabotaged with a pre-determined outcome.

quote:

Originally posted by rduckwor:
I do not understand the unwillingness of the DOJ to go after political criminals like the Clintons.
Its clear that their "pay-to-play" schemes and the uranium deal are illegal if not treason.
Why can't we try them and get to the bottom of the corruption. Have we lost the will to enforce our laws?
RMD

Apparently, we have lost the will to enforce our laws. When that happens, the rich and the powerful are truly "above the law" and use that power to further enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else. It leads to a lack of respect for law in general when the the law does not seem to apply equally to all.

The election of Donald Trump was a peaceful way of revolting against the establishment. But that was just the beginning. The swamp must be drained, and Hillary is the drain-plug. She is the living embodiment and image of corruption.

quote:

Originally posted by rduckwor:
I do not understand the unwillingness of the DOJ to go after political criminals like the Clintons.

Its clear that their "pay-to-play" schemes and the uranium deal are illegal if not treason.

Why can't we try them and get to the bottom of the corruption. Have we lost the will to enforce our laws?

RMD

Considering how much dirt they have to have on so many people, it is no surprise to me that nothing has been done about making them stand trial in public.

I was reading the article about how after the Lynch/Clinton meeting came to light the FBI was furiously conducting an internal search for the whistleblower.

I wish they found him. He needs to be the new FBI director.

Just can't tell you how much I want to see BOTH of them behind bars - for the rest of their lives. And I say this not out of vindictiveness but out of an overwhelming need to see the law respected and justice fulfilled. I tell you honestly that if a member of my family had done what they have done I would STILL want to see that person prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I no longer have time for leniency or forgiveness; I want to see the law executed - for ALL citizens.

Im still waiting for the NYPD to leak what they found on Weiners laptop.

NYPD is going to get fed up with the feeb cover up. At some point. Regards 18DAI