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April 26, 2016
http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/state-dept-withheld-key-email-from-clintons-private-server-in-foia-lawsuit/
State Dept. Withheld Key Email From Clinton’s Private Server in FOIA Lawsuit
The State Department has now acknowledged that it withheld a key Benghazi e-mail in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed in July 2014. The State Department acknowledged finding the e-mail in 2014, but it was withheld in its entirety until last week.
This latest admission comes in a FOIA lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal watchdog group, that seeks records related to the drafting and use of the Benghazi talking points. According to Judicial Watch, it contradicts an earlier admission made by the State Department in the same lawsuit. In a letter dated April 18, 2016, the State Department writes:
http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/state-dept-withheld-key-email-from-clintons-private-server-in-foia-lawsuit/
April 26, 2016
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Report: FBI expands investigation of Clinton
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/265402-report-fbi-expanding-clinton-investigation-to-look-into-public-corruption?itok=1IVI8Bv0
The FBI has expanded its investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her time as secretary of State to determine whether her Clinton Foundation work violated public corruption laws, according to Fox News.
The report is based on accounts by three unnamed sources.
"The agents are investigating the possible intersection of Clinton Foundation donations, the dispensation of State Department contracts and whether regular processes were followed," one of the sources told Fox.
Critics of Clinton have questioned whether her work with her family's foundation during her time as secretary of State may have constituted a conflict of interest, and whether the foundation's donors wielded influence over her while she was in office.
The FBI's investigation up until now has been focused on the classified information shared in the emails.
The State Department has released over 3,000 emails from Clinton's private server, 1,340 of which were deemed classified at some level.
April 26, 2016
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http://smokinghotpoliticaljunkies.com/a-former-paid-internet-troll-for-clinton-speaks-out-it-was-nasty-and-left-a-very-bad-taste/
A former paid “Internet troll” for Clinton speaks out: It was “nasty” and “left a very bad taste”
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Good afternoon. As of today, I am officially a former digital media specialist (a nice way to say paid Internet troll) previously employed by Hillary Clintons campaign (through a PR firm). Im posting here today as a confession of sorts because I can no longer continue to participate in something that has become morally-indigestible for me. (This is a one-time throwaway account, but Ill stick around for this thread.)
First, my background. I am [redacted] and first became involved in politics during the 2008 presidential race. I worked as a volunteer for Hillary during the Democratic primary and then for the Democratic Party in the general election. I was not heavily involved in the 2012 election cycle (employment issues volunteering doesnt pay the rent), and I wasnt really planning on getting involved in this cycle until I was contacted by a friend from college around six months ago about working on Hillarys campaign.
I was skeptical at first (especially after my experience as an unpaid volunteer in 2008), but I eventually came around. The work time and payment was flexible, and I figured that I could bring in a little extra money writing about things I supported anyways. After some consideration, I emailed my resume to the campaign manager he had named, and within a week, I was in play. I dont want to get bogged down on this subject, but I was involved with PPP (pay per post) on forums and in the comments section of (mostly-liberal) news and blog sites. Spending my time on weekends and evenings, I brought in roughly an extra $100 or so a week, which was a nice cushion for me.
At first, the work was fun and mostly unsupervised. I posted mostly positive things about Hillary and didnt engage in much negativity. Around the middle of July, however, I received notification that the team would be focusing not on pro-Hillary forum management, but on mitigation (the term our team leader used) for a Vermont senator named Bernie Sanders. Id been out of college for several years and hadnt heard much about Sanders, and so I decided to do some research to get a feel for him.
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http://smokinghotpoliticaljunkies.com/a-former-paid-internet-troll-for-clinton-speaks-out-it-was-nasty-and-left-a-very-bad-taste/
April 26, 2016
http://usuncut.com/politics/clinton-super-pac-busted/
Just got hidden in GD-P for mentioning paid Trolls.....so lets see the facts again....
BUSTED: Pro-Clinton Super PAC Caught Spending $1 Million on Social Media TrollsA Super PAC headed by a longtime Clinton operative is spending $1 million to hire online trolls to correct Bernie Sanders supporters on social media.
Correct The Record (CTR), which is operated by Clinton attack dog and new owner of Blue Nation Review David Brock, launched a new initiative this week called Barrier Breakers 2016 for the purpose of debating supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders or Bernie Bros, as theyre referred to in Correct the Records press official release on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and other social media platforms.
The Barrier Breakers will also publicly thank Hillary Clintons superdelegates and fans for supporting her campaign. The paid trolls are professional communicators, coming from public relations and media backgrounds.
The task force staffs backgrounds are as diverse as the community they will be engaging with and include former reporters, bloggers, public affairs specialists, designers, Ready for Hillary alumni, and Hillary super fans who have led groups similar to those with which the task force will organize, CTR stated.
http://usuncut.com/politics/clinton-super-pac-busted/
April 26, 2016
Question: Why does an SOS put a server she uses for official business
in her personal residence's basement ?
April 26, 2016
Question: What's the penalty for erasing Classified Materials ?
from a home server kept in your basement ?
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