DC: Former FBI Director James Comey considered Hillary Clinton’s handling classified information on her private email account to be “grossly negligent,” according to a May 2016 draft of a memo he sent to other FBI officials last year.
But that language was watered down by the time Comey gave a July 5, 2016 press conference in which he announced that he was recommending to the Justice Department that Clinton not be prosecuted in the case.
Comey called Clinton’s email habits “extremely careless” during that press conference.
The change, first reported by The Hill, is significant because gross negligence in the handling of classified information can be punishable by jail time.
“There is evidence to support a conclusion that Secretary Clinton, and others, used the email server in a manner that was grossly negligent with respect to the handling of classified information,” reads a May 2, 2016 statement prepared by Comey.
Comey also wrote in the draft that “the sheer volume of information that was properly classified as Secret at the time it was discussed on email…supports an inference that the participants were grossly negligent in their handling of that information.”
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, referenced the memos in a letter sent Monday to FBI Director Christopher Wray. The committee has been looking into the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email probe.
According to The Hill, Comey sent the rough drafts of his statement to FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, general counsel James Baker and chief of staff James Rybicki. Edits were made on June 10, Grassley says in his letter to Wray.
It is unclear who made edits on Comey’s statement, but Grassley is asking Wray to provide that information to the committee.
SNIP: AND??? Are they actually working towards some sort of actual justice? Or will we just have to settle for a Jeff Sessions tickling Comey and Clinton til they puke type of punishment?
Silly rabbit – Clinton’s an Elite.
Punishments are for the Little People.
“Are they actually working towards some sort of actual justice?”
You mean like being re-elected? Looks like “could be”.
Ships deserting a sinking rat🐀
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handling classified information on her private email account to be “grossly negligent,”
yes, it was, but it wasn’t “intentionally grossly negligent”.
she’s just a screw up who accidently happens to make millions off cattle futures and picked up millions when signing off on the uranium one deal. Satan’s been good to her.
God, not so much. yet.
Grossly incompetent. Grossly dishonest. Grossly stupid. Grossly illegal. Grossly slipshod. Grossly Clintonian. The possible choices for Comey were endless, and he chose the least offensive to his masters.
Ready the media to chime in with, “She’s already been punished. She lost the election. This is old news, meant to distract from Trump’s misdeeds.”
There’s plenty that’s gross about an omnipotent government that is corrupt to the greatest possible degree. When faced with the obvious, unavoidable choice to do what is right, they still duck their duty.
They can all go to hell. Any salary they’ve collected while failing their duties is LARCENY.
Well, we haven’t been to Comey’s funeral yet, have we?