And just in case Comey's announcement didn't produce the desired effect (by destroying Hillary's chances for victory), a former assistant director at the FBI, Tom Fuentes, appeared on CNN shortly after the announcement was made with more explicit information. Here's a clip from the interview:
"'The FBI has an intensive investigation ongoing into the Clinton Foundation,' Fuentes said Saturday, citing current and former senior FBI officials as sources...
"According to the CNN report, officials with the FBI and Justice Department met in Washington earlier this year to discuss opening an investigation into possible conflicts of interest between the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton State Department." ("Former FBI Official: FBI Has An 'Intensive Investigation' Ongoing Into Clinton Foundation," Daily Caller)
Okay. So we're no longer dealing with just classified emails. The FBI expanded its investigation and is now wading through the real sewage, the pay-to-play corruption scandal that surrounds that vast reservoir of illicit contributions known as the Clinton Foundation. In other words, the FBI is onto something big, really BIG. I can almost see them dragging poor Hillary off to the hoosegow in leg irons and shackles. Isn't that the impression the above quote is supposed to produce? Here's more from Fuentes:
"Several FBI field offices and U.S. attorneys offices pushed for the investigation after receiving a tip from a bank about suspicious donations to the Clinton Foundation from a foreign donor, according to the report..." (Daily Caller)
"Foreign donors," "suspicious donations," smoky rooms, bundles of money. It all fits, doesn't it? It's all designed to increase suspicion and make Hillary look like a crook which, coincidentally, is the relentless mantra of the Trump campaign. Funny how the FBI and Trump appear to be reading from the same script, isn't it? It's almost like it was planned that way.
But what about the timing of all this? Is it really a coincidence or are Comey and Fuentes part of a one-two punch from the Trump campaign?
And, more important, what does the FBI actually have on Hillary? According to Fuentes:
"When the team looking at the Weiner computers went to the team of investigators who worked on the Clinton email case, and showed the emails to them earlier in the week, they said, 'This is really significant. We need to take this to the Director.'" (2:05 to 2:23 video)
Repeat: "This is significant."
What's significant? Neither Comey nor Fuentes nor the more than year-long investigation has uncovered anything, unless you think the ridiculous rehash of the 15-year old Marc Rich investigation (which popped up on the FBI website this week) is "new news" that should alter the course of the election. This is pathetic. If they have something, show us. Otherwise, Ferme ta bouche.
Check this out from Thursday's Wall Street Journal:
"As 2015 came to a close, the FBI and Justice Department had a general understanding that neither side would take major action on Clinton Foundation matters without meeting and discussing it first...
"The public-integrity prosecutors weren't impressed with the FBI presentation, people familiar with the discussion said. 'The message was, 'We're done here' ... a person familiar with the matter said.
"Justice Department officials became increasingly frustrated that the agents seemed to be disregarding or disobeying their instructions.
"Following the February meeting, officials at Justice Department headquarters sent a message to all the offices involved to 'stand down,' a person familiar with the matter said...
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