The FBI had at least four open criminal investigations into Hillary and Bill Clinton that were abruptly dropped in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, according to a report recently released by Special Counsel John Durham. .
A bombshell report released by the Durham Bureau also sheds light on a shattered investigation, concluding that the agency’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia was “severely flawed.” .
Federal officials were investigating allegations that foreign countries and other individuals sought to influence the Clintons through donations to the nonprofit of the same name and to Hillary’s presidential campaign.
Three of the four FBI investigations launched in early 2016 investigated allegations that the Clinton Foundation was a center of “criminal activity.”
These federal investigations began with field offices in Little Rock, Arkansas, Washington, D.C., and New York, all of which began audits of charities as Hillary was in the middle of the presidential campaign.
The Little Rock and New York offices found that the outside for-profit industry “likely involved federal officials in benefit streams, i.e., paid large sums of money under their direct and indirect control to nonprofits.” of money donations may have been made.” According to the Durham report, federal officials were arrested in exchange for goodwill and influence from the government.
The Washington, D.C. investigation, as outlined by political consultant Peter Schweiser, has seen the Clintons seek to influence US foreign policy dating back to Hillary’s time as secretary of state. Based on allegations of receiving a million dollar donation. In his book, Clinton Cash, he states:
The fourth investigation investigated allegations by “proper” sources that Hillary continued to receive such illegal donations during the presidential campaign.
“From late 2014 onwards, before Ms. Clinton formally announced her candidacy for president, the FBI learned from those in a better position. [source] that the foreign government planned to send individuals to contribute
Clinton’s Predicted Presidential Campaign as a Way to Gain Influence over Clinton
Let’s win the presidency.” said the report.
The foreign “individual” donated $2,700 in advance of the election campaign, which reportedly led to further “major donations.”
Hillary’s campaigners “were fine” and “knew it all along,” an FBI source reported.
An FBI special agent in charge of the investigation, who asked not to be named, told Durham that “everyone was ‘very cautious'” and “were scared of being a big shot.” [Clinton]” Involvement.
“They were walking around quite ‘tiptoe’ [Hillary] “She could have been the next president,” the report said.
All four investigations were dropped before the 2016 election, some at the direction of senior FBI officials with close ties to the Clintons.
Mr Durham concluded that the FBI had dragged its feet and failed to pursue Mrs Clinton’s allegations of illegal donations and to properly document them.
During its two-year internal relationship with the Clintons, the agency reportedly was unable to obtain a wiretap warrant against a “well-placed” informant, who eventually had the couple It is said that he told him to cut off the relationship.
A Clinton Foundation spokesperson denied in a statement to the Daily Mail that the nonprofit had engaged in illegal activities.
The Durham report “highlighted what has been clear for many years: no wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation of any kind,” the spokesperson said.
“No one in the Clinton family has ever received funding from the Clinton Foundation. In fact, the Clintons themselves are significant donors to the Clinton Foundation,” the spokesperson added.
