Would this be obstruction of justice?

WildRose · 2018-04-27T02:46:10.949Z

They are all completely relevant since they show what I said to be perfectly true.

Call_me_Ishmael · 2018-04-27T02:47:45.325Z

proof please

WildRose · 2018-04-27T02:57:36.560Z

Proof is irrelevant, it’s the accusation that matters.

Call_me_Ishmael · 2018-04-27T03:06:09.993Z

motive: keep their job after the election.

Clinton was gonna be Obama2.0

SaysWho · 2018-04-27T03:23:02.922Z

WildRose:

Proof is irrelevant, it’s the accusation that matters.

No proof (of which people have provided you a lot of) will ever stop you from supporting Trump. It’s fun to spar but it’s pretty clear you’re all in.

Heads up. I think his crimes will be more than just the Russia stuff. I think there’s some bad stuff in his file. Like really bad stuff. I would stop supporting him before we enter that part of the investigation.

SaysWho · 2018-04-27T03:24:24.823Z

WildRose:

They are all completely relevant since they show what I said to be perfectly true.

Sorry you must have missed this. Must be the new forum format.

Is there anything to this?

There has been no evidence that donations to the Clinton Foundation influenced the Uranium One deal.

Mrs. Clinton’s campaign spokesman, Brian Fallon, has said suggestions they did were “baseless.”

In 2015 the F.B.I., at several of its field offices, opened preliminary investigations into the Clinton Foundation. Agents wanted to pursue a wider investigation and conduct interviews and obtain subpoenas. The F.B.I. eventually consolidated the cases at its headquarters. Former officials said that career public corruption prosecutors in Washington concluded there was not enough evidence to move forward with a case.

WildRose · 2018-04-27T04:58:54.068Z

What does that have to do with my statement?

Obama wanted it, Hillary Rubber stamped it.

The rest is currently being investigated and part of that investigation will be coming out in the next IG report.

WildRose · 2018-04-27T05:00:35.577Z

Nobody has provided any proof because to this point no such proof exists.

None of the indictments resulting from the Mueller investigation have been related in any way to the claim that Trump and his campaign were involved in any unlawful “Russian Collusion”.

The indictments todate relate to actions before the campaign ever began or false statements made during the investigation.

ImRightYoureWrong · 2018-04-27T15:57:01.001Z

Sure. Investigate it. I however will not use the investigation as an excuse to not investigate and indict Trump or Trump surrogates if needed…like you and other trumpists would likely do

Call_me_Ishmael · 2018-04-27T18:03:07.420Z

no wonder Clinton is saying

WA HAPPENED?

She had it all locked up…

PeterGriffin · 2018-04-27T19:13:42.216Z

WildRose:

What does that have to do with my statement?

Obama wanted it, Hillary Rubber stamped it.

The rest is currently being investigated and part of that investigation will be coming out in the next IG report.

There’s not even any evidence Clinton was aware of the Uranium One deal; something like that typically wouldn’t rise to her level, much less “rubber stamped” it.

Were the 8 other Federal agencies that would have to approve the Uranium One sale also bought off as well?

This whole Uranium One conspiracy theory is beyond stupid, one of the dumbest cases of Republican Scandal Mongering ever, which is really saying something.

Yakshi · 2018-04-27T19:45:50.106Z

I vote no. That alone doesn’t qualify, imo.

SaysWho · 2018-04-27T20:46:30.302Z

PeterGriffin:

WildRose:

What does that have to do with my statement?

Obama wanted it, Hillary Rubber stamped it.

The rest is currently being investigated and part of that investigation will be coming out in the next IG report.

There’s not even any evidence Clinton was aware of the Uranium One deal; something like that typically wouldn’t rise to her level, much less “rubber stamped” it.

Were the 8 other Federal agencies that would have to approve the Uranium One sale also bought off as well?

This whole Uranium One conspiracy theory is beyond stupid, one of the dumbest cases of Republican Scandal Mongering ever, which is really saying something.

His love of Trump has blinded him. I’ve shown him the evidence twice and he is actually just refusing to comment on it.

I wonder if Trump supporters will pretend they didn’t deny the obstruction and collusion crimes once Trump is convicted. There is already enough to impeach but the Republicans are scared because of complicity or because they don’t want to lose their dark money donors.

WildRose · 2018-04-28T00:50:56.964Z

Oh bull ■■■■■ she had to approve it as head of the DOS.

WildRose · 2018-04-28T00:51:33.171Z

You haven’t shown anything that supports your claims and I have most certainly not avoided responding.

PeterGriffin · 2018-04-28T02:06:06.589Z

WildRose:

Oh bull ■■■■, she had to approve it as head of the DOS.

You can keep using terms like “rubber stamped” and “signed off” but there is zero evidence of that. It is not even known that Clinton would be aware of it.

We don’t even know if Clinton was involved in the committee’s review and approval of the uranium deal. Jose Fernandez, a former assistant secretary of state, told the New York Times that he represented the department on the committee. “Mrs. Clinton never intervened with me on any C.F.I.U.S. matter,” he told the Times, referring to the committee by its acronym.

FactCheck.org – 26 Oct 17

The Facts on Uranium One - FactCheck.org

Two House committees have said that they will investigate the Obama administration’s approval of a deal that gave Russia a financial interest in U.S. uranium production. We covered the issue during the 2016 presidential campaign. We'll recap here...

Est. reading time: 10 minutes

The Uranium One sale was unanimously approved by [Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS], which is made up of representatives from nine separate federal agencies and chaired by the Treasury Department. The State Department was just one of the member agencies. By all accounts, Clinton’s role was nominal. In practice, Jose Fernandez, then the assistant secretary of state for economic, energy and business affairs, represented the State Department on CFIUS. He told the Times that Clinton “never intervened with me” on any matter the panel considered. It’s not even clear if Fernandez briefed Clinton about the uranium deal.

nytimes.com – 23 Apr 15

Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal (Published 2015)

As the Russian atomic energy agency gradually took charge of a company that controls one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the United States, a stream of cash made its way to the former president’s charitable organization.

Where’s the “rubber stamp” or the signature from “signing off”, Clinton’s approval? There isn’t one and you won’t be able to produce one. No Republican can either, because it doesn’t work like that.

How did Clinton convince the other 8 Federal agencies?

It’s just so stupid I can’t believe I’m arguing about this, AGAIN. Retarded Republican Zombie News That Can’t Die.

Snow96 · 2018-04-28T04:29:33.484Z

This is another one where everyone is looking at the wizzard – pointing and shouting. I’ve said all along Clinton wasn’t the only one that signed off.

However each and every person who signed off it needs to be dragged in and under oath ask if they were aware of the money launding investigation going on at the time, and other allegations of the companies and their affilates involved.

If they all say no. Then whoever made the briefs for these people need to be dragged in and put under oath and ask why they didn’t feel the need to share the information with those making the decision and if anyone told them not to.

THAT is the true scandal of uranium one.

dantes · 2018-04-28T16:30:25.648Z

Snow96:

Well here’s the article I got it from. Seem’s this obstruction of justice is burried in the inspector general’s report on Mcabe.

The call was on the investigation of Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation during the Election. Justice official ADMITS the call took place.

Tucked inside the inspector general’s report on former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was the story of an August 2016 phone call from a high-ranking Justice Department official who Mr. McCabe thought was trying to shut down the FBI’s investigation into the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was running for president.

Then the quote that I’ve learned about the call McCabe got

The official was “very pissed off” at the FBI, the report says, and demanded to know why the FBI was still pursuing the Clinton Foundation when the Justice Department considered the case dormant.

Normally I would say alleged call but then you have this:

In a footnote to the report, the inspector general says the Justice official agreed with the description of the call but objected to seeing that “the Bureau was trying to spin this conversation as some evidence of political interference, which was totally unfair.”

Had that been someone from The Trump Administration who made the call, AND admitted making the call, this story would be all over the leftwing media. BUT because it was the Obama Administration and Hillary not a peep about this part of the Inspector General’s report from them.

To me, the DOJ official (now retired) should be hauled in and asked who he was getting pressure on the Hillary investigation from.

Justice Department's attempts to influence investigations exposed in McCabe probe - Washington Times

Can you point to evidence where there was corrupt intent on the part of the DOJ official?

Snow96 · 2018-04-28T18:07:50.307Z

Does “corrupt intent” need to be present for obstruction of justice?

Of just pissed off and trying to get an investigation discontinued?

dantes · 2018-04-28T23:57:30.522Z

Yes, corrupt intent is required. It’s in the statute. It also requires some form of threat. I haven’t seen any evidence of any threat being levied either.