"Morning Joe" Laughs At Clinton Camp's Claim FBI Investigation Is Actually A "Security Inquiry"

[NWCorona]

"FBI Director James Comey says he is "not familiar" with the term "security inquiry," which is how the Clinton campaign characterized the investigation into Hillary's homebrew email server. Mika read the director's statement: "We're conducting an investigation. That is the Bureau's business. That is what we do."

Needless to say, the idea that the Federal Bureau of Investigations had to reiterate to Clinton that they are conducting an investigation, brought Joe to laugh.

"That sort of undercuts the talking point from her supporters over the past nine months," Joe observed."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/05/13/morning_joe_laughs_at_clinton_camps_claim_fbi_investigation_is_actully_a_security_inquiry.html

[Fawke Em]

1. I've been laughing about that for months.

And I'm not a Republican.

"Security review."

What part of Federal Bureau of INVESTIGATION do her supporters not get?

[lagomorph777]

2. Yeah, Joe's a righty, but this demonstrates how the right will exploit the investigation

It's only going to get worse, the longer it goes on.

[Fawke Em]

3. Correct.

It boggles my mind why the Democratic establishment can't see how bad this looks. Seriously, they want to put up a candidate that is under a criminal investigation by the country's premier law enforcement unit?

Who DOES that?

[merbex]

9. Crazy Super delegates, that's who. n/t

[dchill]

26. If DNC, DWS and HRC are down with it, the rest of us apparently...

just have to get used to it. That's democracy, friends and neighbors.

[CoffeeCat]

4. The FBI announced in late April that the investigation into her emails and server were complete

All that was left to do was interview Clinton's aids and Clinton. Clinton's aids were interviewed in April. Unless Clinton drags her feet, the interviews with her should be completed in May.

I would think that we would know exactly where this investigation stands sometime in June or early July.

The FBI spent a year conducting this investigation. They have all of the evidence in the form of her emails (the ones she gave to the FBI and the 30,000 that she deleted that have been recovered).

That's unique about this case. These interviews aren't to glean facts about the emails/server. The FBI knows it all, based on the electronic record that her emails provided. Furthermore, they gave Pagliano immunity. They've got everything they need.

These interviews seem like more of a formality.

Let's hope this whole damn thing is put to rest sometime in June. Our party is practically paralyzed with this.

[lagomorph777]

5. It's not "complete" if they haven't interviewed the key players.

That's not just a formality.

[CoffeeCat]

16. The FBI announced that the groundwork investigation into her email server and emails

was finished or complete. But yes, you are correct, the entire investigation isn't complete or closed.

Those interviews are conducted to help them put the information they've gleaned--into context.

Maybe it's overstating it to say that the interviews are "formalities." However, this investigation is different from a Petreaus situation. They needed to interview the primary people involved--to try to get to the heart of what happened. That's not the case with the Clinton case. They've got all of her emails and that electronic paper trail that gives them the a pretty clear picture of what went down--without Clinton saying a word.

[lagomorph777]

17. Link please nt

[CoffeeCat]

25. I really resent it when people ask for links

Part of me wants to reply that you should do your own damn homework. I did! No one did it for me.

But here you go. There are plenty of other articles that detail the "state" of this investigation and how the bulk of the investigative work is complete. Grrr.

The meetings also are an indication that much of the investigators' background work – recovering deleted emails, understanding how the server operated and determining whether it was breached – is nearing completion.

“The interviews are critical to understand the volume of information they have accumulated," said James McJunkin, former head of the FBI's Washington field Office. "They are likely nearing the end of the investigation and the agents need to put this information into context. They will then spend time aligning these statements with other information, emails, classified documents, etc., to determine whether there is a prosecutable case."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-clinton-email-probe-20160327-story.html

[NWCorona]

28. The thing that bugs me is when links are asked for then it's crickets once supplied.

[CoffeeCat]

29. Seriously

When someone asks for a link from someone, the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. We are not your research assistants!

And you're right NWCorona--You take the time to provide a link and you never hear anything. Not even a thank you.

[NWCorona]

30. I'm getting better at ignoring requests but there are some here

That while on the other side. I still respect enough that I will dig for that link if needed.

[lagomorph777]

31. It's annoying as hell, isn't it?

People should be online every minute with bated breath waiting for the link. Heaven forbid somebody has a life.

Well, I do appreciate the link and your even-handed quote from it.

And for the record, when I make specific claims I do try to provide links; I don't expect "my" readers to do my homework.

[Calista241]

37. So, a former FBI guy with no official connections to the current investigation

Said for a newspaper article they were "nearing the end of the investigation."

That doesn't sound nearly as definitive as when you said the investigation was "finished."

[Fawke Em]

8. But didn't they expand it?

I think they did...

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/265402-report-fbi-expanding-clinton-investigation-to-look-into-public-corruption

Now, that was in January, but it seems looking into the Clinton Foundation would take longer than three months.

[MisterP]

13. and don't forget li'l ol' Guccifer!

[Rass]

27. *Russia* has 20,000 emails stolen from her

Russian security services apparently obtained the emails as part of their investigation into the Romanian hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar, known as “Guccifer” — now in U.S. custody in relation to the Clinton email scandal.

http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/kremlin-has-hillary-emails/

[NWCorona]

6. And Joe has a smugness to him.

He's right here tho and I agree with you. It gives a window what to expect if Hillary makes it.

[TimPlo]

7. Yea and he is #1 MSNBC corporate boy.

Odd that some on here claim MSNBC is liberal and yet they have a Republican former Representatives(Joe Scarborough) as the host who has one best time slots and they just expanded his show by 1 hr last year. And have in last year fired a bunch of liberal hosts. And now have former Ted Cruz Staffer who Cruz let go because he was too much of a liar for even Ted.

[reddread]

11. senator who?

[TimPlo]

12. Whoops my bad

I meant Representative. Joe Scarborough

[Joob]

15. I don't care if Joe's a righty I value truth over disagreements

this is annoying why's it so hard to find the truth. I watched the FBI Director Comey LIVE, him saying it's not a security review. But guess what? I can't find the footage ANYWHERE now. I've been looking for it. This is stinking worse then it did.
Why doesn't anyone have the actual video of what I saw?

[pdsimdars]

20. Now, reporting news is "exploiting" if you don't like who's doing the reporting?

Man, you guys are at least as bad as the tea baggers who also block out and ignore information based on who is saying it.

Why so weak minded? Your mind has to be able to distinguish news from garbage, or it isn't doing you much good.

[lagomorph777]

22. pd, I'm on your side.

I don't like the reporter, but I know the message is true. And I know it has a high probability of destroying Hillary - most likely the indictment comes down after it's too late to do anything about it.

[Demsrule86]

33. Oh I am sure you love Joe S.

Don't be embarrassed to love a rightie who hates Democrats.

[lagomorph777]

35. He makes me ill

but it's obvious that any weakness, especially a big one, is going to be exploited by any rightie who hates Dems. Or even righties who hate other righties such as HRC.

[Demsrule86]

36. Yeah what do you suppose they would do with Bernie's

lack of service in Vietnam? He was a conscientious objector according to what I hear or Bernie's plan to nationalize oil companies and banks?

[lagomorph777]

38. Bernie wouldn't hide his CO status; it's consistent with his life-long positions.

On the other hand, the nutjob RW story about nationalizing all the corporations is too laughable to respond to.

[PearliePoo2]

10. Yeah, it's no secret that Scar doesn't like Clinton.

I watch the show nearly every day and it's been fun to see Joey's displeasure and sad face as one after another of his picked "guys" crash and burn.
Nicole Wallace is hurting too. Her guy from the start was Chris Christie.
First Scar was really singing the praises of Scotty Walker (major fail), then Christy, then Jeb!, then Kasich and now...who the hell knows?
He's squirming that's for sure! He might as well come in to the set with a paper bag over his head, as before!
Sucks to be a RePug right now, eh Joe?

[JaneyVee]

14. Add another rightwing nut job to the list "progressives" on DU use.

Unreal.

[kstewart33]

18. Ah Joe, the Republican.

On Bill's impeachment committee, and he dearly paid for it.

[AtomicKitten]

19. She should never have run with this hanging over her head, but her narcissism prevailed.

[pdsimdars]

21. Yes, this is the reality. It is CLINTON'S fault all this is happening. SHE broke the laws

and SHE refuses to drop out gracefully.

It is not the FBI's fault, or Comey's fault, or the RW's fault or Bernie supporter's fault. It is HILLARY'S mess and her fault.

TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY!

[ViseGrip]

23. The head of the FBI didn't find it funny, he found it necessary to clarify!

[reformist2]

24. You don't have to be a right-winger to laugh at that absurd Clintonian euphemism.

[Demsrule86]

32. Well morning Joe is my go to source for all information abou the primary...not

Seriously, this has been posted at least a dozen times and I heard the tape so don't even bother. Trump supporter or Bernie supporter? Both supporters so similar in their Hillary attacks, I can't always tell.

[AzDar]

34. K & R

[freemtnhermit]

39. Hillary's perfect storm legal misery

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/05/12/hillarys-team-prepares-for-worst-as-finds-herself-in-perfect-storm-legal-misery.html?intcmp=trending

[Prism]

40. Did you see they brought up Epstein?

Oh, balls. Here we go.

Because when I registered as a Democrat, I was basically signing a contract in blood that I need to spend the better part of my adult life defending Bill Clinton's dick.

Just wonderful.