“I am Yahweh. I do not change. I am why Jacob’s descendants are not destroyed.” (Malachi 3: 6)
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The Hill—Sessions defends firing Comey, warns DOJ report could prompt more terminations:
On the eve of the release of a potentially explosive new report, Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the termination of the FBI’s top two former executives and warned that the forthcoming report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton probe could result in more people being fired.
In an exclusive interview with The Hill’s new TV show “Rising,” set to air Thursday morning, Sessions defended the decision to fire ex-Director James Comey, who he said “made a big mistake” that belied a “serious breach of discipline.”
Sessions also made clear that he is open to firing more employees if the Justice Department inspector general’s soon-to-be-released report warrants it.
“I think it will be a lengthy report and a careful report,” he told “Rising” co-host Buck Sexton. “I think it will help us better fix any problems that we have and reassure the American people that some of the concerns that have been raised are not true.”
“If anyone else shows up in this report to have done something that requires termination we will do so,” he added.
Sessions spoke to Rising just hours before DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz is expected to release a report on Comey’s handling of the Clinton email case in 2016 and his subsequent firing by President Trump in 2017.
Published reports have said the report concludes Comey was insubordinate as FBI director when he refused DOJ advice and announced a re-opening of the Clinton email case just days before the 2016 general election.
Sessions said he is certain that Comey’s firing was justified.
“It was the right thing to do. The facts were pretty clear on it. He made a big mistake and he testified only a few weeks before that termination that he would do it again [announce reopening the Clinton probe] if he had the opportunity. So we felt like there was a serious breach of discipline within the department if we allowed him to continue.”
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SnyderTalk Comment:
Today, DOJ Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, releases his report on DOJ and FBI mishandling of the Hillary Clinton email scandal. We already know that Hillary committed criminal acts. The only questions left to be answered are 1) who is responsible for covering up her criminal activity and 2) will Hillary and her co-conspirators go to jail?
Others who committed less egregious offenses than Hillary have spent time in prison. If justice is blind, so will she and her protectors.
Judging by what we know so far, it appears that President Obama was involved personally in the Clinton email scandal coverup. If that proves to be true, he should be held accountable.
The American people are watching carefully to see what happens. If anyone in the DOJ or the FBI tries to dissemble or engages in a scheme to hide pertinent facts, Congress should drop a sledge hammer on him or her.
This is the good news: the American people have had it up to their eyeballs with injustice in the Department of Justice and the FBI. If DOJ and FBI leaders don’t know that, they shouldn’t be employed by our government at the very least.
I think we are looking at several treason charges in the making. I’m curious to know if Robert Mueller played a role in the email scandal. Both cases, the email scandal and the Russia collusion investigation that he heads up, revolve around election interference. Hillary was involved in both cases, but it appears that President Trump was involved in neither of them. This whole thing stinks to high heaven.
After the IG’s report is released, I expect Congress to demand that a special counsel be appointed to investigate further. That makes perfect sense. When DOJ officials have the authority to redact portions of a report on criminal activity in their department, eyebrows are raised. The appearance of impropriety must be eliminated.
Background Reading
- The FBI’s Reckoning
- What To Look For In The Inspector General’s Report About DOJ And FBI Election Interference
- Stage set for bombshell IG report on Clinton email case: Who’s in the crosshairs?
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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
