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Lisa Page said FBI discussed charging Hillary Clinton with - gross negligence in 2016, and

Posted: Mar 13th, 2019 - 4:33 am

DOJ (Loretta Lynch) told them no

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page testified last year that officials in the bureau, including then-FBI Director James Comey, discussed Espionage Act charges against Hillary Clinton, citing “gross negligence," but the Justice Department shut them down.

Newly released transcripts from Page’s private testimony in front of a joint task force of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees in July 2018 sheds new light on the internal discussions about an investigation into Clinton's emails. This goes back to the FBI’s "Midyear Exam" investigation, which looked into whether Clinton committed crimes when she sent and received classified information on her unauthorized private email server while serving as secretary of state.

Comey cleared Clinton of all charges in a press conference on July 5, 2016.

Page told the committee that the FBI "did not blow over gross negligence.” Responding to a question from Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, Page testified the FBI, including Comey, believed Clinton may have committed gross negligence. “We, in fact — and, in fact, the Director — because, on its face, it did seem like, well, maybe there’s a potential here for this to be the charge. And we had multiple conversations, multiple conversations with the Justice Department about charging gross negligence," she said.

Page further testified the DOJ put a stop to that: “The Justice Department’s assessment was that it was both constitutionally vague, so that they did not actually feel that they could permissibly bring that charge.” The specific statute being referenced, 18 U.S. Code § 793, deals in part with “gross negligence” in the handling of national defense information, which Clinton came under...

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Lisa Page said FBI discussed charging Hillary Clinton with - gross negligence in 2016, and (Views: 438, 2019-03-13, 4:33 am)
- Clearly, Loretta Lynch put the skids on Hillary’s indictment. - And if it was intentional, it was not (Views: 221, 2019-03-13, 4:36 am)
  - Gross negligence does not necessarily - SM (Views: 292, 2019-03-13, 5:06 am)
    - Funny considering how LFs constantly want to - try Pres. Trump for imaginery crimes (Views: 234, 2019-03-13, 2:08 pm)
      - Are you talking to me?... - SM (Views: 242, 2019-03-13, 3:17 pm)
  - Yes it does according to the Espionage Act. - nm (Views: 261, 2019-03-13, 6:14 am)
    - You should read the Espionage Act - SM (Views: 202, 2019-03-13, 3:19 pm)
      - You should read the article where it SAID "FBI Director - James Comey, discussed Espionage Act charges (Views: 163, 2019-03-13, 3:21 pm)
      - Seems you are in need of further reading - for clarification and follow your own directives (Views: 202, 2019-03-13, 5:00 pm)
  - Obama DOJ ordered FBI not to prosecute Hillary according - to Lisa Page testimony. Obstruction of (Views: 228, 2019-03-13, 8:47 am)
- She said Comey wanted to charge Hillary but the Obama - DOJ said no. (Views: 222, 2019-03-13, 2:29 pm)