CNN: No evidence of wrongdoing/No DOJ charges expected for HRC

[NewsCenter28]

Yeah, the article's main topic isn't exactly flattering but this is key:

The FBI has not yet interviewed Clinton as part of its investigation. As CNN first reported, investigators have not found evidence to support criminal charges against Clinton and none are expected, but no final determination will be made until that interview has taken place.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/10/politics/clinton-server-drone-fbi/

[DCBob]

1. Adn the next paragraph is also worthy noting..

"The CIA drone program is covert and considered classified, so while it is widely discussed in public and in media reports, any discussion of the program on a non-classified system is a violation of government rules. For this reason, the CIA insisted that the emails on the subject be retroactively classified."

This is what Hillary meant by "'over-classification run amok".

[Surya Gayatri]

4. "...retroactively classified." This is what she's maintained all along.

The denouement of this story will be coming shortly, thank God.

"NO CRIMINAL INTENT"--point, final.

[leveymg]

26. No real news. This mashes Thursday's WSJ drone story with an older CNN story

This part is from the old story:

As CNN first reported, investigators have not found evidence to support criminal charges against Clinton

[brush]

39. So no more long, copied-and-pasted posts of so callled proof of imminent indictment?

[leveymg]

44. I've maintained a pardon is more likely- the template is CIA Director Deutch.

What I have actually been saying is the Intelligence Community IG and FBI Reports will find HRC's actions implicated several federal felony statutes under the Espionage Act, particularly 18 USC 793 (e) and (f).

However, the decision to convene a Grand Jury is up to the Attorney General, and I believe that she will slow walk this up until the end of the Term, just like Janet Reno did with Deutch. On Bill's last day, he pardoned Deutch for similar acts of hooking up CIA laptops to his home internet.

What I have been hoping for is the Party leaders are smart enough to do a deal with Hillary in exchange for a pardon, she will turn over her delegates to Warren. We will see.

[brush]

48. God! You have to know none of that is not going to happen.

The president would not put his legacy and reputation on the line by endorsing Clinton if he did not know there are to be no charges whatsoever.

Stop it already. You've invested way too much in your Quixotic quest.

It's over.

[leveymg]

49. Can she stll run if the IC IG and FBI reports find that?

I think it would be a crazy and unnecessary risk to the Party, from the top of the ticket down. They've had since March 2015 to put succession and contingency plans into effect for that outcome.

Obama's tepid endorsement doesn't mean they won't help her find the door at the optimal time.

[brush]

54. Guess you didn't see his endorsement. It was hardly tepid. In fact, it was very enthusiastic.

[leveymg]

55. They were what one would expect if he was going through the motions

We will see. If the FBI report comes out before the Convention, she's dead in the water. If not, all bets are off.

[brush]

58. If it comes out the way you're praying for only.

IMO when it comes out, it'll be in a late Friday afternoon news dump when everyone has left DC for the weekend — and it won't recommend any charges.

And it's months away.

[unc70]

51. Then no more copied and pasted "new" articles

Part of CNN story is itself copied and pasted from a much earlier series of CNN stories from months ago, before the SD IG report and before a lot of other revelations.

CNN and most news organizations have the habit of only updating the first few paragraphs as a story evolved, often leaving the bulk of the story unchanged over many weeks. This often leaves the current information in total contradiction with the bulk of the outdated article. The most egregious examples of this leave intact direct quotations from long ago as if they were freshly made. The CNN article is just a typical example of what passes for journalism these days. I wouldn't put much store in a months old paragraph in a sloppy bit of reporting, whatever one's own hopes or fears.

[Bob41213]

65. Except that the OIG already said that emails were NOT retroactively classified.

The OIG said emails were classified at the time they were sent and remain classified. The OIG has already debunked that Clinton talking point yet it keeps getting thrown around.

[NurseJackie]

2. So ... No indictment fairy?

[Bad Dog]

3. She's hardly likely to drop herself in it during the interview.

Most suspects would love to know the police have nothing on them before they're interviewed.

[Nye Bevan]

43. No "You're damn right I ordered the code red!" moment? (nt)

[Bad Dog]

67. It does all seem to be quite manufactured.

I don't think it will do anything other than get mentioned all the time by her opponents for the next x amount of years. It's not even reported over here, that's how likely it is.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Obama's endorsement already told us this

[Surya Gayatri]

8. ^^^Exactly!^^^

He would NEVER have put his integrity and his legacy on the line, if there was any hint that 'criminal' charges might be coming down.

[kstewart33]

24. Excellent point.

[seabeyond]

37. You know, if all the Democrats get on board, it pretty much lets us know how insignificant this is.

This is just another point in all this that lets me know, it is a lot about nothing.

[DrDan]

6. I think I read that here as well . . . . hundreds and hundreds of times

[randome]

7. Rest in peace, little one. You've earned it.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[justiceischeap]

9. I'm going to kick this so it doesn't drop like a stone

I'm sure it won't get the amount of posts and likes the indictment fairy posts do but reality can be a bear sometimes.

[6chars]

10. A lot of people are going to be disappointed

[NurseJackie]

16. They'll just find something else to rabbit-on about...

... until the 16th. (Tick-tock!)

[Surya Gayatri]

27. DISAPPOINTED! Like Otto in "A Fish Called Wanda"...LOL!

[oasis]

64. Worst week ever for the Anti-Hill revolutionaries.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. You are mean (WINK)

You are mean (WINK)

CNN: No evidence of wrongdoing/No DOJ charges expected for HRC

To a contingent at our august site this is tantamount to learning Christmas has been canceled.

[obamanut2012]

12. UH OH

[winter is coming]

13. I call bullshit. The FBI's not going to say they don't expect to recommend criminal charges.

Maybe they will, maybe they won't, but they're not going to tip their hand while they're still investigating.

CNN has jammed two sentences together to make it look like the FBI's saying, "Yeah, we're going to talk to her, but there won't be any criminal charges." The first sentence is probably a fact. The second is the same unsourced rumor that CNN "reported" on several weeks ago, and it's spin.

[Evergreen Emerald]

19. They are not investigating her.

If they are not investigating someone, they can say that there will not be charges against her. They are not investigating her. They can say they are not investigating you.

[pdsimdars]

21. I agree, they haven't yet interviewed her.

And people who say they have found nothing are really in HEAVY denial. Do they not believe the reports of 2200 classified documents on her personal server of which at least 22 are top secret?
Just having those on that non government server IS A CRIME.
And we already know she had them. There is no question for anyone with a brain. The only question is if the DoJ will actually indict her. I'm pretty sure the FBI will recommend it. That is their job.

[Barack_America]

25. But she's "looking forward to speaking with the FBI"

Does that mean an interview has now been scheduled?

[brush]

42. Keep praying.

[Hiraeth]

35. gossip is what it is. Edwin R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite are rolling in their graves.

[brush]

41. Yeah, that's right. Keep hope alive

[mcar]

14. K&R

[MoonRiver]

15. So interview her already!

[Hiraeth]

36. On that, you and I are in total agreement.

[NWCorona]

17. Good luck with that

[NWCorona]

32. I don't desire Hillary's indictment and I'm far from sad.

[NWCorona]

34. No I'm talking to all the ones who are overjoyed on this thread

[blackspade]

18. Another pointless CNN headline.

[Logical]

20. This is great news!!! I hope we get this done soon. nt

[Tarc]

22. Looks like another Bernie camp talking point just went up in smoke

[whistler162]

23. Just a boneheaded truly stupid action then!

25+ years of scrutiny by the Republicans and Conservatives and she take advise to have a email server setup that will handle some of the correspondents she got from the State Department.

[Blue Idaho]

29. Exactly like her predecessors

That ran the state department. The FBI is dotting the i's and crossing the t's before putting this to bed. I for one am not going to carry water for the republicans on this one.

[tabasco]

38. Ummmmmm, no.

Clinton is the only one to set up a server to handle government communications in a private residence.

Very poor judgment regardless of the legal outcome.

[Blue Idaho]

45. True

And Powell used a commercial email account - probably on AOL. There is little doubt it's a bad idea - but given the choice of an email account on AOL, Yahoo, Google, etc. and a well run private server, I'm not sure which is the better of two bad ideas. Sec. Clinton herself admits in retrospect that it was a mistake. But was it criminal?

The FBI seems to think not.

[pinebox]

56. This is NOT the same and this has been explained in depth

Here it is again, watch Andrea Mitchell explain it you.

[Blue Idaho]

60. Thanks for the link

But it appears the FBI disagrees with Andrea Mitchell - Chuck Todd - and Morning Joe.

[msanthrope]

28. And away another scandal goes on fairy wings. nt

[Gothmog]

31. There will be no indictment of Hillary Clinton due to the silly e-mail claims

[bigtree]

40. k&r

[Karmadillo]

46. Like little people justice would apply to servants of the oligarchy. But don't

the rest of you get any ideas. Go 7 miles over the speed limit or be late buying that dog license and we'll get you.

[bigwillq]

47. That's good.

If there was evidence, Clinton should be charged and tried, as I would expect the average citizen to be.

It's also good because an indictment would be very bad for Dems, imo.

[notadmblnd]

50. So this is the official FBI and Justice Department statement?

[LoverOfLiberty]

52. The minute Obama endorsed her for president

it was clear his justice dept was not planning on bringing on an indictment.

But hope springs eternal for some.

[Gomez163]

53. The fact that the Bernie people are pushing the indictment argument

tells me that they should leave

[pinebox]

57. Apparently you want every Bernie supporters to leave

considering you've now said that multiple times.

Pro tip---you need us in a GE. Keep it up & you won't have us.

[Gomez163]

59. I don't care. I won't let you blackmail me with that so you can run loose.

[pinebox]

61. Who's blackmailing anyone? LOL?

What are you on about?

[azurnoir]

62. ah from the same CNN who kept us informed of

the chairs and bottles thrown at Hillary's supporters in Nevada

how Barbara Boxer's life was threatened by Bernies supporters also Nevada

and just last Sunday how Puerto Rico had closed 2/3's of it's polling places at Bernie's 'request'

that CNN?

[MsFlorida]

63. Old news

Dredged up from a May 6th story

[Scurrilous]

66. K & R

[Native]

69. K&R

[MineralMan]

70. Kick...