The FBI begs to differ.
A very interesting difference of legal opinions and a perilous time for Madam Inevitable.
Obama’s Comments on Clinton Emails Collide With F.B.I. Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Federal agents were still cataloging the classified information fromHillary Rodham Clinton’s personal email server last week when President Obama went on television and played down the matter.
“I don’t think it posed a national security problem,” Mr. Obama said Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” He said it was a mistake for Mrs. Clinton to use a private email account when she was secretary of state, but his conclusion was unmistakable: “This is not a situation in which America’s national security was endangered.”
Those statements angered F.B.I. agents who have been working for months to determine whether Ms. Clinton’s email setup had in fact put any of the nation’s secrets at risk, according to current and former law enforcement officials.
Investigators have not reached any conclusions about whether the information on the server had been compromised or whether to recommend charges, according to the law enforcement officials. But to investigators, it sounded as if Mr. Obama had already decided the answers to their questions and cleared anyone involved of wrongdoing.
The White House quickly backed off the president’s remarks and said Mr. Obama was not trying to influence the investigation. But his comments spread quickly, raising the ire of officials who saw an instance of the president trying to influence the outcome of a continuing investigation — and not for the first time.
So, does anyone here remember the Plame matter? You know, the hunt for the person who purportedly revealed the name of a CIA analyst working at CIA headquarters? Well, one of Hillary’s e-mails (sent from her insecure server to outside addresses) names an actual covert agent. Scooter Libby and Richard Armitage were unavailable for comment.
As I have said before,
Prosecution to the Full Extent of the Law
Let her campaign from Federal Prison.
