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Related: About this forumCheryl Mills Leaves FBI Interview, Briefly, Over Questions that Were "off limits"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-aide-leaves-interview-once-the-fbi-broaches-an-off-limits-topic/2016/05/10/cce5e0e8-161c-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html
Near the beginning of a recent interview, an FBI investigator broached a topic with longtime Hillary Clinton aide Cheryl Mills that her lawyer and the Justice Department had agreed would be off limits, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Mills and her lawyer left the room though both returned a short time later and prosecutors were somewhat taken aback that their FBI colleague had ventured beyond what was anticipated, the people said.
Investigators consider Mills who served as chief of staff while Clinton was secretary of state to be a cooperative witness. But the episode demonstrates some of the tension surrounding the criminal probe into possible mishandling of classified information involving the leading Democratic presidential candidate. In the coming weeks, prosecutors and FBI agents hope to be able to interview Clinton herself as they work to bring the case to a close.
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Near the beginning of a recent interview, an FBI investigator broached a topic with longtime Hillary Clinton aide Cheryl Mills that her lawyer and the Justice Department had agreed would be off limits, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Mills and her lawyer left the room though both returned a short time later and prosecutors were somewhat taken aback that their FBI colleague had ventured beyond what was anticipated, the people said.
Investigators consider Mills who served as chief of staff while Clinton was secretary of state to be a cooperative witness. But the episode demonstrates some of the tension surrounding the criminal probe into possible mishandling of classified information involving the leading Democratic presidential candidate. In the coming weeks, prosecutors and FBI agents hope to be able to interview Clinton herself as they work to bring the case to a close.
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Cheryl Mills Leaves FBI Interview, Briefly, Over Questions that Were "off limits" (Original Post)
amborin
May 2016
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scscholar
(2,902 posts)1. FBI proves the investigation to be politcially-based...
by going off the rails and dishonestly asking political questions as they had previously given their word not to. They lie. They lie so much.
NewImproved Deal
(534 posts)2. Not looking good for the Clinton Machine...
Vinca
(50,255 posts)3. Why should there be limits on questioning in a criminal investigation?
Why is the Justice Dept. making deals about what can and cannot be asked? If Mills doesn't want to answer questions she can take the 5th or make a deal for immunity.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)6. It's like dealing with John Gotti and Bruce Cutler...
You can't get a straight answer.
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)4. Sounds more serious than I thought
This line is quite surprising:
"Investigators consider Mills who served as chief of staff while Clinton was secretary of state to be a cooperative witness."
leveymg
(36,418 posts)5. There's a very long thread already going on this>