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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDICTATOR ALERT - "Justice Dept. to Weigh Inquiry Into Clinton Foundation"
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN
November 13, 2017
WASHINGTON The Justice Department said Monday that prosecutors were looking into whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate political rivals President Trump has singled out for scrutiny, including Hillary Clinton.
The department, in a letter sent to the House Judiciary Committee, said the prosecutors would examine allegations that donations to the Clinton Foundation were tied to a 2010 decision by the Obama administration to allow a Russian nuclear agency to buy Uranium One, a company that owned access to uranium in the United States, and other issues.
The letter appeared to be a direct response to Mr. Trumps statement on Nov. 3, when he said he was disappointed with his beleaguered attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and that longstanding unproven allegations about the Clintons and the Obama administration should be investigated.
Any such investigation would raise questions about the independence of federal investigations under Mr. Trump. Since Watergate, the Justice Department has largely operated independently of political influence on cases related to the presidents opponents.
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DICTATOR ALERT - "Justice Dept. to Weigh Inquiry Into Clinton Foundation" (Original Post)
orangecrush
Nov 2017
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treestar
(82,383 posts)1. Distraction?
How could they perceive Hillary as a threat now?
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)3. Distraction and a step beyond
This crosses over into the banana republic zone.
He is destroying institutions by using them like they're his toys, once this happens no one will be able to have any faith in them again.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)5. She must be ground down down for the deplorable base
Their insatiable and irrational hatred of her must be satisfied. Also she had the gall to beat Orangenfuehrer in the popular vote, and he must have satisfaction. Third, this makes a great distraction from their current mess with Pedo Roy the child molesting arch-bigot.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)6. If this is allowed to happen
It's game over for America.
Not hyperbole.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)2. I think they should be investigating the trump foundation.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)4. I think
Somebody is.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)9. Mueller Time!
Thank goodness somebody cares.
DFW
(54,436 posts)7. I'd extend Adam Schiff's remarks further
If the DOJ ends as an independent institution, be prepared for a permanent takeover of the government by dictatorial Republicans, because if the DOJ becomes nothing more than an inquisitional arm of the White House, the next Democratic President can ensure that Trump and his whole cabinet and financiers will never live another day outside of prison walls.
We ever have a non - Putin election again.