Fox News Presses Obama on Clinton Emails, Then Criticizes Him For Commenting
During the highly-anticipated sit down with Fox News this weekend, President Barack Obama was predictably badgered — over and over again — by Chris Wallace over the ongoing Justice Department’s investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton‘s use of a private email server. While Obama admitted (again) to the general “carelessness” shown by Clinton in the matter, he again repeated that he did not think national security was jeopardized.
Some argued the President was deserving of criticism in October for speaking out on an ongoing case — it “rais[ed] the ire of officials who saw an instance of the president trying to influence the outcome of a continuing investigation,” according to The New York Times — but Wallace pestered deeper this weekend. And I don’t use the word “pestered” lightly; the veteran journalist Wallace repeatedly followed up with Obama on the issue, pushing the Commander-in-Chief so far that he finally had to snap, “How many times do I have to say it, Chris?”
The message was clearly delivered from Obama: there will be no special treatment given to the Clinton email investigation as a result of her ties to the administration. “Nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department, because nobody is above the law,” President Obama clearly said.
Yet within 24 hours, it seems some at Fox News conveniently forgot why the President spoke so intensely on the topic (hint, because they pushed it) and put the onus instead on Obama for his response.
Here is the transcript from the segment in question from Sunday’s interview. Someone, please, do me a favor and count the number of interjections from Wallace practically abusing the President into submission to talk about the issue:
WALLACE: Can you guarantee to the American people, can you direct the Justice Department to say, “Hillary Clinton will be treated — as the evidence goes, she will not be in any way protected.”
OBAMA: I can guarantee that. And I can guarantee that, not because I give Attorney General Lynch a directive, that is institutionally how we have always operated. I do not talk to the Attorney General about pending investigations. I do not talk to FBI directors about pending investigations. We have a strict line, and always have maintained it, previous president.
WALLACE: So, just to button this up —
OBAMA: I guarantee it.
WALLACE: You —
OBAMA: I guarantee that there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the Justice Department, or the FBI, not just in this case, but in any case.
WALLACE: And she will be —
OBAMA: Full stop. Period.
WALLACE: And she will be treated no different —
OBAMA: Guaranteed. Full stop. Nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department, because nobody is above the law.
WALLACE: Even if she ends up as the Democratic nominee?
OBAMA: How many times do I have to say it, Chris? Guaranteed.
I don’t know about you, but I counted five — FIVE times Wallace in the span of a minute pushed for the President to give a response, and today Right Wing Caped Crusaders hold the President accountable for answering?
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-presses-obama-on-clinton-emails-then-criticizes-him-for-commenting-2/
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The same Caped Crusaders we find here on a Democratic forum, excoriating Pres. Obama for responding as delicately as possible to the obtrusive shill, Wallace.
Go figure. You'd think these "Dem Crusaders" have the same agenda as the RW.
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this has been in the RF works for a very long time. Even before she ever committed to a run. Karl Rove and Company had their greasy little fingers busy, busy, busy. They were side-swiped by Obama and his campaign by keeping Mitten's on the defensive. All they had to do was sow seeds of their campaign of lies to diminish the support for her by using divisiveness in our own party. They bought this hook, line and sinker. Or should I say, "stinker". I've heard all these attacks for so many years, I could recite them in my sleep.
I have never admired a President as I do this man. 
Hard to tell the difference these days between republicans and Sanders supporters.
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all that much. Pointing out how careless Hillary was by setting up her dark server and allowing classified email to be found on it may hurt Hillary more than help.
Obama says Hillary Clinton was careless with emails but didn't harm national security
By David S. Cloud
Tribune News Service • Sunday April 10, 2016 10:12 PM
WASHINGTON — Wading into a campaign controversy, President Barack Obama said Sunday that Hillary Clinton was careless but did not harm national security by using a nonsecure email system when she served as secretary of State.
“I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America’s national security,” Obama said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
“What I’ve also said is that — and she has acknowledged — that there’s a carelessness, in terms of managing emails, that she … recognizes,” he said. He added that she did an “outstanding job” as America’s top diplomat.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2016/04/10/0410-clinton-obama-emails.html
I often wonder if there is truth to the rumors that the Obamas and the Clintons are not real fond of each other.
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