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In reply to the discussion: WOW! A sitting United States Senator opening soliciting the FBI to commit a crime. [View all]FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)38. Exactly. The email server is the target, not Sec Clinton herself
FBI formally confirms its investigation of Hillary Clintons email server
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/fbi-formally-confirms-its-investigation-hillary-clintons-email-server
02/08/16 05:30 PMUPDATED 02/08/16 06:58 PM
In a letter disclosed Monday in a federal court filing, the FBI confirms one of the worlds worst-kept secrets: It is looking into Hillary Clintons use of a private email server.
Why say this at all, since it was widely known to be true? Because in August in response to a judges direction, the State Department asked the FBI for information about what it was up to. Sorry, the FBI said at the time, we can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any investigation.
Now, in a letter dated February 2 and filed in court Monday, the FBIs general counsel, James Baker, notes that in public statements and congressional testimony, the FBI has acknowledged generally that it is working on matters related to former Secretary Clintons use of a private email server.
Baker says the FBI has not, however, publicly acknowledged the specific focus, scope or potential targets of any such proceedings.
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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/fbi-formally-confirms-its-investigation-hillary-clintons-email-server
02/08/16 05:30 PMUPDATED 02/08/16 06:58 PM
In a letter disclosed Monday in a federal court filing, the FBI confirms one of the worlds worst-kept secrets: It is looking into Hillary Clintons use of a private email server.
Why say this at all, since it was widely known to be true? Because in August in response to a judges direction, the State Department asked the FBI for information about what it was up to. Sorry, the FBI said at the time, we can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any investigation.
Now, in a letter dated February 2 and filed in court Monday, the FBIs general counsel, James Baker, notes that in public statements and congressional testimony, the FBI has acknowledged generally that it is working on matters related to former Secretary Clintons use of a private email server.
Baker says the FBI has not, however, publicly acknowledged the specific focus, scope or potential targets of any such proceedings.
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WOW! A sitting United States Senator opening soliciting the FBI to commit a crime. [View all]
kpete
Apr 2016
OP
Can you cite a reputable source where the FBI states that Hillary is under investigation?
Kaleva
Apr 2016
#15
Did you forget the sarcasm thingy, or do you actually believe what you said?
thereismore
Apr 2016
#29
They could start impeaching her now. They don't have to wait for her to be elected.
yodermon
Apr 2016
#8
it's a political decision, but with respect to certain specific office-holders.
unblock
Apr 2016
#28
I wouldn’t be encouraging it because if it’s a violation of law, I can’t be encouraging a violation
frylock
Apr 2016
#21
Oh, well, as long as he said those words at the end, nothing else matters, right?
randome
Apr 2016
#32
watch as Sen. Grassley and others cast themselves upon the jagged rocks of inevitability
0rganism
Apr 2016
#24
Actually, there is nothing in that quote proving he encouraged anything. "Assume" is not "encourage"
thereismore
Apr 2016
#31