Hillary Clinton emails containing classified information were forwarded to former congressman Anthony Weiner, the director of the FBI testified Wednesday as he defended his handling of politically sensitive probes surrounding the last year’s presidential race.
Under questioning from the senior Democrat on the committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), James B. Comey revealed more details about how Clinton’s emails ended up on Weiner’s computer.
“Somehow, her emails were being forwarded to Anthony Weiner, including classified information,” Comey said, adding later, “His then-spouse Huma Abedin appears to have had a regular practice of forwarding emails to him for him to print out for her so she could deliver them to the secretary of state.”
The two were investigated for possible mishandling of classified material, but the FBI ultimately dropped the matter without seeking charges because they could not show either of them intended to violate the law, Comey said.
“Really the central problem we had with the whole email investigation was proving people… had some sense they were doing something unlawful. That was our burden and we were unable to meet it,’’ he said.
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11 comments:
According to Jim Comey you can get off in court by saying I didn't intend to commit a crime.
So why isnt she in jail ? because she didnt think she was BREAKING the law when it said Top Secret ? this is utter Bullshit must be the same liberal judges whispering in his ear there dems turn your head.
He also said NO ONE will be held accountable. Fire his butt..
So if I did not intend to speed or get drunk and drive then no charges should be filed? More of the same two sets of laws in this country. If you are a peon in government you go to prison and if you are higher up not intending to is the same as a "Get out of Jail Free" card!!
Agree Hillary committed a crime and so did Huma Abedine by forwarding it to Weiner. Both should be prosecuted. The problem faced by law enforcement (FBI in this case) is the shadow cast by the General Petraeus prosecution. Director Comey wanted to proceed with felony charges since Petraeus obstructed the investigation and lied to the FBI. But the Justice Dept bumped it down to a misdemeanor. Was fine with me as I admire the General. However since Hillary's crime of sharing classified info carried less charges (not my opinion, this is per FBI) they needed more ammunition in order to put here away. All 3 should be in prison - if you or I did with Petraeus, Clinton and Abedine did ..we would be in the big house.
I didn't THINK I was violating the law either, when stopped for speeding but I got a ticket. Went to Court, got points lowered but had to pay the fine. Taught me to THINK and pay attention to my driving since then.
Guess Hillary didn't have to think "is this violating the law", since Huma (without Hillary's knowledge) was not thinking. Seems strange that Hillary or Huma, either did not have use of a printer or were too tech un-savvy to learn to use one. Brings up the questions - who was paying for the paper and ink and the person hired to run the printer? - how much time was loss in Huma forwarding emails to Anthony? - someone printing them out? (come on do you think it was Anthony). Huma picking up (or having someone deliver) the copies to carry to Hillary?
Wait !!! Are we sure a spy was not working in Anthony's office, printing the emails for H & H then forwarding a copy to Putin? Seems to me everybody involved is busy covering A$$, including Cummins, since he dropped the case - that leaves a lot of "what ifs" unanswered.
That's pretty pathetic if Huma had to have her husband print out the e-mails for her. You would think with all her education that she could figure out how to do that herself or I'm sure she has a secretary who gets paid to do those tasks. Why involve Anthony in it at all?
So if i got in trouble i can just tell the cops and jusge i plead the Comey 5th i didnt know i was going to get in trouble ?????
FIRE COMEY N O W.
11:05, 11:07 - agree the spies are within a couple degrees of separation and yes the SO PATHETIC husband was dispatched
to do Huma's b*tchwork by that point. But the larger concern is the cavalier attitude towards the law. Make no mistake, all of them have a clear understanding of the rules and regulations. Just a metaphor of the arrogance which eventually led to losing the election.
That was the best excuse during the Tilghman/Dunn reign in Salisbury.
Yet, General Petraeus was guilty. Go figure.
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