The Department of Justice’s Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced an investigation into the handling of the criminal inquiry of Hillary Clinton’s email scandal.
But one official’s conduct is escaping scrutiny.
And it’s causing everyone to ask some serious questions.
When Attorney General Loretta Lynch spoke with former President Bill Clinton on her government airplane – just days before FBI Director James Comey announced he wasn’t recommending charges be brought against the former Secretary of State – many saw their meeting as a sign the investigation was a sham.
Critics believed Lynch could have been giving Bill Clinton a heads up on the status of the investigation or other inside information.
But her suspicious conduct will not be part of the Justice Department review.
And some Republicans are ripping that decision.
Politico reported:
“One Republican, however, said the investigation was not broad enough, protesting the Horowitz did not plan to investigate the role played by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who became the subject of controversy after her tarmac meeting with former President Bill Clinton just days before Comey made his initial recommendation public.
“It’s good to hear that the Inspector General agreed to my request to look at multiple concerns that I raised throughout the investigation,” said Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said in a Thursday statement. “Conspicuously absent, though, is any specific reference to the Attorney General’s failure to recuse herself from the probe, particularly after her meeting with former President Clinton. It’s in the public interest to provide a full accounting of all the facts that led to the FBI and Justice Department’s decision-making regarding the investigation.”
Some critics contend the Justice Department is using the investigation to further delegitimize President-elect Trump.
While the conduct of some officials which benefited Clinton is under review – such as high-ranking Justice Department official Patrick Kadzik emailing Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta with updates of the case – the media focus will be Director Comey’s decision to write a letter to Congress informing them the Bureau had discovered more Clinton emails on a laptop belonging to ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner.
Democrats regarded this move as the deciding factor in the election and have been hounding Comey ever since.
Michael Horowitz – the Justice Department Inspector General who is conducting the review – is an Obama appointee, and many critics believe this inquiry will officially rebuke Director Comey for keeping with his word to inform Congress if any new developments arose in the Clinton email scandal.
But Lynch’s conduct was roundly criticized.
Even Democrats blasted her decision.
Former Obama chief strategist David Axelrod tweeted his disapproval.
And Delaware Senator Chris Coons criticized her meeting with former President Clinton.
I take @LorettaLynch & @billclinton at their word that their convo in Phoenix didn't touch on probe. But foolish to create such optics.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 30, 2016
CBS News reported:
“Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, said in an interview on CNN that she should have told the former president, “‘Look, I recognize you have a long record of leadership on fighting crime but this is not the time for us to have that conversation. After the election is over, I’d welcome your advice.'”
Yet her conduct is not under review.
Which leads many to believe the Justice Department’s review is designed to paint Comey’s conduct as unethical so Democrats can continue to harp on Trump winning a “tainted” election.
No article, just a picture of a concerned LL.
Most people don’t know this, thanks to a conniving MSM, but Lynch has been best friends with Eric Holder’s wife since college, is GOOD friends with Al Charlatan, and her biggest “accomplishment” has been keeping her own scandals out of the public eye.
All the democrat senators are demanding that Sessions recuse himself from any invextigations they don’t want him to look at.
DEAR JEFF,
Here’s your official statement to the sissie senators.
“Senators, I understand your concern on the behavior of how Attorney Generals are supposed to act, and you have my word that I will hold myself to exactly the same high standards set by AG’s Holder and Lynch.”
LOL: I wish he would use those words as his official statement, wouldn’t it be fun to see the look on their faces.
I sent it to every place I could think of in hopes of getting it in front of him.
Jan here: This might shut them up. On the other hand they would probably double down because they do not want a Republican AG acting as the last two Democrat AG’s did. They think only the Democrat AG’s are allowed to ignore the laws and do what they want to do. This letter to Sessions is so clever.
IF they raised an eyebrow, or tried to get around it, the optics would be a tremendous tool for any contenders to their office in the next election.
A new administration is coming in a few days along with new heads of the DOJ and other agencies. These cretins will not escape punishment if found to have violated their oath and our laws.
Unfortunately the possibility of them facing charges for their crimes is very unlikely… a lot of talk, possibly speculation but nothing more…they will establish their own government within the country, running against what Conservatives and true Americans want… undermining Trump and the Senate and Congress every way they can conceive….
the only way to stop them is to jail all the leaders, go after them Jeff S
I became convinced of that when tRump reversed his position on the prosecution of HRC immediately after winning the election. After he, once again, proved himself to be as big a liar as his opponent, I felt a sense of peace wash over me knowing that all would proceed as usual in Washington DC. You see, I just hate change. I predict there will never be one genuine investigation, let alone conviction, of a single politician or Obama-ite.
Bill, hopefully Obummer won’t pardon Killary before noon tomorrow. Trump has said he won’t telegraph what he will do to our nation’s enemies. Have a little faith!
Trump said he, personally, wouldn’t ‘go after hillary’. He said nothing about keeping his department of justice, nor congress, from going after her and bringing her to justice. So grab yourself and start listening instead of just ‘hearing’ what a person says. Then try comprehending what they said.
Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Janet Napalitano, Lois Lerner and Hillary Clinton are all likely to go in front of a Grand Jury.it is likely that, when offered immunity for testifying against him, one of them will offer to testify against Barack Obama, the thought of putting any 4 of them in a Federal penetentiary, would resolve the faith problem that the citizenry of the USA have with the federal government.
It Seems So Strange That “FOLKS IN HIGH PLACES COULDN’T SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHEN IT WAS SIMPLE FOR ALL US COMMON FOLK TO READ ‘TWEEN THE LINES & KNOW SOMETHING WAS COCK-EYED”!!! FOR MY PART “HI-LIAR-RY, N’OBAMA, LYNCH MOB, A A HEAP OF OTHERS ARE GUILTY OF TREASON OR ENDANGERMENT TO OUR NATION, & SHOULD ALL PAY THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THEIR CRIMES”!!! Jim
Yep. If the rest of us united as tightly as the elite unite, we could close the gap between them and us.
(neat flat-top)
This whole Obama administration stinks of cronyism and the whole stinking swamp needs to be drained!!!
And pave it over with concrete.
No one, and I mean No One is above the law. Let a court, and not a stacked liberal court, decide if there was wrongdoing according to the rule of law. Not from some liberal justice’s opinion of how tge law reads.
T-45!
Any one of us Peasants, doing such a thing while under Investigation, would be in Ft. Leavenworth Ks. for a Long Vacation!
Hopefully, Trump will either expand the scope of this investigation or stop it altogether.
as usual anyone employed by obama , get’s a free out of jail card,along with being invisible, contempt of congress, obama’s past and present until friday?? the same the insp general was thinking about it, but say’s it doesn’t have enough no.no’s to do anything. .i thought the ig was aside of any tinkering from obama , well??
If an ordinary citizen that paid attention to what the elected officials have been doing for the past 40 or more years ever got elected president of the USA. And that person honored and upheld the Constitution of the USA and Bill of Rights. Their first action would be to have 95% of all other elected officials charged with treason for breaking their oath of office and violating the trust of the real American citizens. The next two actions would be to declare all illegals as invaders and spy’s as well as criminals that every illegal is by the very fact they are here illegally. Next all of Islam/ Muslims would be declared to be terrorist and treated as such. One can not follow the teachings of the Koran and not be a terrorist at heart and no Muslim can become real US citizen because the Koran forbids a Muslim to swear be loyal to anyone or any thing except the Koran.
And how much money went from Bill”SLICK WILLY”Clinton’s pocket to Loretta Lynch’s POCKET’S. For a meeting being set up this far from DC and just happening to get caught there had to be a change of big money from Clitons to Lynch bank account.
Probably why they are delaying the Jeff Sessions nomination. I hope he gets in and appoints Trey Gowdy as special prosecutor. Holder, lynch, hillary, lerner, jarette, abidin there are too many to list. BAsically anyone whoever worked for obama and including obama should be prosecuted.
If I had done while I was in the military what Lynch did with Clinton, I’d have been court martialed.
Investigate the entire Onada administration starting with him.
All of the un-prosecuted crimes committed by the obama administration, including the blatantly counterfeit Birth Certificate and evidently counterfeit social security and selective service cards used by barack obama, is the MOST SHAMEFUL MARK ON THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
Entire Ovomit administration is one corrupt criminal syndicate, organized crime at its peak!!
the very fact of Loretta Lynch was hired by Obama told me she was not what we needed in the Justice Dept if she had to be under Obama’s thumb and be able to lie for the cause. Sad how they all sell their souls for power and money. A losing proposition to say the least!.
Before being placed as Attorney General, Bill Clinton had placed Loretta Lynch in the post she was working, after he found her working at a law firm. So you could sort of say she owed him?? She’s going to get caught, just like the rest of them. Be patient. It takes time to dot the i’s, and cross all the t’s.