Can you believe it?
It now appears that former FBI Director James Comey may have drafted a statement exonerating Hillary Clinton in the investigation of her private email server months before his agency had completed its fact-finding.
According to new transcripts from the Office of Special Counsel obtained by Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley, at least one FBI official admitted to having seen or received a draft of Comey’s statement as early as April of last year. This was before the interviews of as many as 17 key witnesses in the Clinton case. Comey didn’t inform ex-Attorney General Loretta Lynch of his recommendation not to indict Clinton until early July, just days after he finally interviewed Clinton herself.
In addition, the Department of Justice (DOJ) provided immunity from prosecution in the case to a number of top Clinton aides in a manner that the two senators called “highly unusual,” after which the aides’ laptops were destroyed by the DOJ.
In summary, all of this looks very bad for Comey, since it appears to suggest that he made his decision to let Clinton off the hook before the FBI’s investigation was completely wrapped up. It appears that the DOJ under Lynch also protected Clinton IT consultant Paul Combetta, who destroyed copies of Clinton’s emails just one day after consulting with Clinton’s legal team. Combetta happened to be the first person the DOJ granted immunity to in the case.
It may be high time to get both Comey and Lynch back before a Congressional panel under oath to see what they have to say about this matter. Watch as Fox’s Catherine Herridge details more about this scandalous discovery.
