The co-host who unwittingly derailed Harris' campaign was Sunny Hostin from the Disney movie “The View.” asked Former President Bill Clinton asked Wednesday whether President Joe Biden should protect fellow travelers from liability with preemptive pardons.
Even after Hostin appropriated the proposal by including failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's name on the list, Clinton appeared reluctant to support the move. Although Mr. Clinton had no intention of advocating for a pardon for his wife, he did try to sanitize the record by suggesting that she had done nothing wrong.
Democratic officials who spoke to Politico on condition of anonymity said last week that Biden's top aides were “debating whether to grant pre-emptive pardons to a wide range of current and former public officials who could be targeted by the next president.” We are having vigorous discussions internally.” Donald Trump is returning to the White House. ”
Among those whose names came up during the deliberations hosted by President Donald Trump's General Counsel Ed Siskel, who Biden was reportedly absent from, was former Jan. 6 Committee member and then-Congresswoman Liz Cheney. There was also. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
It is unclear whether Hillary Clinton's name came up in the deliberations, but her record has been compared to several in recent years, including President-elect Donald Trump and Kash Patel, who always mentions her in his books. This has proven to be of great interest to our allies. Government Gangs: The Deep State, Truth, and the Fight for Democracy. ”There may be some unfinished business.
“These issues absolutely warrant further exposure.”
Blaze News previously noted that the Department of Justice: report A report released by Special Counsel John Durham in May 2023 states that the FBI, at the request of senior agency officials with close ties to the Clinton family, investigated Hillary Clinton and the Clinton family's criminal record prior to the 2016 presidential election. It has been revealed that at least four criminal investigations into commercial foundations have been discontinued.
FBI field offices in Washington, D.C., Little Rock, Arkansas, and New York began separate investigations into the Clinton Foundation in 2016, citing “possible criminal activity.”
Then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has since become one of the most vocal opponents of President Trump's nomination of Kash Patel to head the FBI, initially told the field office investigating the Clinton Foundation, He expressed his anger at the existence itself. of the probe. new york times shown Nevertheless, the Justice Department kept its investigation into the foundation open for most of President Trump's first term.
“These issues absolutely require further exposure and review,” former Congressman Matt Gaetz, who was President Trump's first pick to lead the Justice Department for a second term, said in announcing the report.
“Three of them were classified at the time of transmission and reception.”
“Donald Trump will be relieved of the pressure of re-election as we hear that he will be granted blanket immunity by the Supreme Court and will also have a list of his alleged enemies,” Hostin said Wednesday. He will return to the White House.” “Do you think it would be wise for President Biden to pre-emptively pardon a potential target? What about your wife, Hillary Clinton?”
“They have a problem with her because, number one, she did nothing wrong. Number two, she followed the rules exactly as they were written,” Clinton said. spoke. “Third, remember how email became a big issue in 2016? Trump's State Department has absolutely no idea that Hillary was sending or receiving classified emails on a personal device.” I discovered that it was a hoax and a fabricated story.”
Hillary Clinton, the Obama administration's secretary of state, appears to have used a personal email server to send classified and classified information. former FBI Director James Comey
shown In July 2016
Of the group of 30,000 emails returned to the State Department, 110 emails in 52 email chains were determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received . Eight of these chains contained information that was top secret at the time they were sent. At the time, 36 chains contained sensitive information. Eight contained minimally sensitive information. Apart from these, around 2,000 more emails were marked as 'highly classified'. That information was not classified at the time the email was sent.
Director Comey continued, “Of the thousands of emails that were found not to be addressed to the state, the agency determined that three of them were classified as being sent and received, one was classified, and two “We concluded that the information was at a classified level,” he added. level. “
“If he forgives them, it means they have done something wrong.”
Hillary Clinton is
said before She swore that she had never sent or received any confidential messages; claimed In an FBI interview, she said she didn't know what the classified markings on some of the emails meant. Comey proposed Clinton told Congress that it may have been “reasonable inference” to conclude that the emails were not classified.
After a years-long investigation into the matter, the State Department found 38 State Department employees “guilty” in 91 cases of sending classified information sent to Clinton's email.
reported Associated Press.
Although the State Department's report asserted that there was “no convincing evidence of systematic and intentional mishandling of classified information,” it nevertheless found that violations related to information that was then or subsequently deemed classified. There were 588 cases, indicating that “confidential information was communicated using a private email system.” Public service further increased the risk of a breach, as civilian systems lack the network monitoring and intrusion detection capabilities of the State Department network. ”
The investigation apparently did not look at emails that Clinton deleted on the advice of her lawyers.
After telling the hosts of “The View” that she could find fault with Kash Patel if she wanted to, Clinton added, “If President Biden wants to talk to me about it… , I would tell him about it, but I don't think I should.” I think giving public advice on pardon powers is also a very personal thing – I hope he doesn't do that. ”
“Most of us leave this world before we would have been if we had just simple justice. Spending too much time on revenge is usually a fool's errand.” Mr. Clinton added.
Joy Behar countered, “If he forgives them, it means they did something wrong, which is not the case.”
“Not necessarily,” Clinton said.
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