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In reply to the discussion: CNN and MSNBC confirm Hillary Clinton will not face any charges in email inquiry [View all]amandabeech
(9,893 posts)Here are further unsubstantiated allegations that have been floating around:
Blumenthal is a long-time Clinton supporter. Hillary wanted him to be a part of her State Department team, but Obama said no because Blumenthal had been extremely critical of Obama during the 2008 campaign.
Blumenthal's AOL account included e-mails back and forth between Hillary (on her private server) and him relating to various Libyan and Middle Eastern issues.
Guccifer put those e-mails up on his website for all to see.
The FBI and DOJ charged him or wanted him as a material witness for putting e-mails that should have remained private out on the internet.
The FBI and DOJ managed to get him extradited from Romania.
He has entered into a plea agreement in which he agreed to tell the FBI and DOJ everything he knew about how he found Blumenthal's AOL address, who else may have been involved and any other relevant information. In other words, he turned states evidence in return for a reduced sentence.
He is now in a federal lock up in Alexandria, Virginia.
The US attorneys office covering Alexandria has been involved in the FBI/DOJ investigation of the possibility that Clinton's use of the private server exposed classified information to hackers.
In the unlikely event that the FBI probe of the Clinton e-mail situation should result in an FBI recommendation to the DOJ that the DOJ present a case to a grand jury for indictment, Guccifer would be required to testify to the grand jury as part of the DOJ/FBI case against Clinton.
These are very speculative allegations only, and you should not rely on these allegations as the absolute truth.
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