Obama's Comments On Clinton Email Raises Concerns Of Bias

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Apr 12, 5:52 PM EDT
BY KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he believes his former secretary of state did not intentionally endanger national security in her handling of classified information. But he also says he's not trying to influence his administration's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server.

The White House on Tuesday was under pressure to reconcile those two statements - asserting Obama's public defense of Clinton was not an attempt to meddle in an ongoing probe and that federal investigators will not be swayed by the boss's views.

"The president is committed to ensuring that individuals who are conducting criminal prosecutions do their work without influence from politicians or anybody that's involved in politics," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.

Earnest's reassurances came amid growing criticism that Obama had put his finger on the scale with recent comments describing Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state as mere "carelessness." In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Obama seemed to embrace the Clinton campaign's suggestion that the root of the controversy is over-classification - that too much government information is classified by bureaucrats after the fact. And most notably, Obama weighed in with his views on Clinton's intent.

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[thereismore]

1. Not cool Mr. President. Please just stay out of it. Legacies can be tarnished easily. nt

[tularetom]

2. He's not just defending her, his judgment is also in question for hiring her in the first place

It was plain to most people that she was a born fuckup when Obama appointed her to the SoS position in 2009. And she didn't disappoint. Everything she touched pretty much turned to shit.

Now that her honesty and morality is becoming a major campaign issue, I'm sure he feels it necessary to justify the big mistake he madly appointing her. Doesn't appear to have worked however, as it seems to have deflected some of the heat away from her and back toward him.

I hope the FBI hangs tough and tells him to STFU. As they have every right, even an obligation, to do.

[keylargo]

3. Take it to faux will ya!

You talk like the opposition, might as well join their forums since your bias is so clearly evident.

I on the other hand will vote a Dem ticket no matter who is nominated, but you make me think you will only vote sanders and that's wrong for the party and wrong for America...

Have fun with your fellow Clinton haters over there at faux!

[tularetom]

4. Bye bye

[840high]

7. Party before people. You must be

a Hillary supporter.

[keylargo]

9. The people make the Democrat party of which I am one...

Am I not a person, do you think if Sanders is nominated I wouldn't vote??? But I see enough rancor to believe the Sander supporters would just stay home rather than vote for Hillary whom they vilify so.

So be it but I wonder how their ideals would fair under the repugs???? Under the rug I would imagine...

[navarth]

13. You're so loyal to the 'Democrat' party

that you can't even spell it.

[keylargo]

16. Regardless, the comment stands...

I can guess where you do.

[navarth]

33. your guesses aren't very good so far

so please proceed, governor.

[Deuce]

14. Democratic...

[LiberalElite]

26. "imagine" is the correct word nt

[djean111]

30. One of those Brand Spanking New Ones - here to froth and dictate and spew loyalty oaths.

Maybe DU needs to be tented, there is an infestation. Only way they can spew around the ignore lists, probably.

[840high]

6. .+1

[SusanLarson]

10. quid pro quo

it was quid pro quo she dropped out of the 2008 race and threw her support to him, Obama would then makes her secretary of state giving her a resume item, and his support and backing in 2016.

[BuelahWitch]

20. Boom!

There it is!

[grasswire]

18. and also for failing to deal with no oversight of State Department..

...don't you think? There was no Inspector General for the four years of Clinton's tenure. I do not know why he would trust her to protect his legacy. I guess the concept of mutually assured destruction applies.

[tularetom]

21. Yup, he put her in the job and just let her run amok

She ran a rogue operation and he just sat there and let her do it.

As far as I know the only control he exercised was to forbid her to hire Sidney Blumenthal, but she sort of found a way around that too.

[Pauldg47]

19. You hit it right on the nose.

[Democat]

22. You sound like a pro-Trump troll who doesn't belong at DU

This is a site for Democrats, not right wing trolls.

[Phlem]

5. Bill, Obama, Hillary,

All Thirdway and will support anyone with a corporate lean. Old news and absolutely not surprising. Gotta keep all those Millionaires in congress fed dontcha know.

It's all about money and power, the show they put on is for our benefit although once you seen it over and over again, the surprises aren't, well............. surprising anymore.

[Attorney in Texas]

8. Concern of Bias? No one ever believed Obama's DoJ was not in the tank for Hillary. This is why

the non-prosecution decision to reject the FBI's recommendation will buy Hillary no relief from the widespread belief that Hillary is untrustworthy, dishonest, and self-entitled to flout the rules everyone else plays by.

She's a doomed candidate if we foolishly nominate her.

[KoKo]

11. As a Constitutional Lawyer he did seem to cross a line.

But, some have said he's just being Political..defending his SOS against what he sees as unfair attacks against her.

[elmac]

12. The pres is right to state the obvious

that HRC would not and did not intentionally endanger national security. Not an HRC fan, nor BJ Bill, but I agree with the pres 100%.

[keylargo]

17. My thoughts exactly...

+1

[riderinthestorm]

15. Reminds me of his comments on Chelsea Manning. :(

He similarly pre-judged that case sending a strong message to his underlings.

[Democat]

23. This is a site for Democrats, Obama is defending a Democrat in his adminstration

Wish the DU mods would clear out the right wing trolls who sound a lot like Rush Limbaugh.

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. Really.

DU isn't even Democratic any more. I have to skip a whole lot of stuff. Don't know who these people are but they sure aren't Democrats.

[LiberalElite]

27. The Democratic Party isn't Democratic anymore nt

[sasmath]

28. Agree

Think this site is invaded by trolls, big time.

[noretreatnosurrender]

29. I'm a Democrat

and President Obama should not be commenting on an active FBI investigation period. Real Democrats KNOW that.

[Yo_Mama]

35. Doesn't matter the party, a president should not be delivering his verdict on an open investigation.

I think he made a bad, bad mistake and clearly stepped across the boundary. Two of them, actually.

Politically it was a mistake as well, because it will provide very significant ammunition to the Republicans to press for a special prosecutor.

He just effed poor Lynch in a major, major way. Think about the position she is now in!

He rarely does stuff like this, and I am surprised now.

[LiberalElite]

25. Ya think? nt

[Sunlei]

31. fox got their final interview from Obama, only other fox excl. was years ago the (R)birther Sagas.

sure. 'fox' is concerned

[awake]

32. My take is that Obama just insured that when Hillary is charged his hands are clean

He made it clear the he had no knowledge of her screw ups at the time and that Hillary "owned" this problem. Obama was just being nice before the hammer falls. Now when his DOJ charges Hillary Obama will be away from the fallout. Please notice a few other things Obama said in that interview, if she was free and clear of any crime he would not have needed to be "careful" about what he said, he went on to say that Hillary "owned" the emails in question and finaly when asked about his biggest mistake he said the one time that he gave in and took Hillary's advice about Libya. No Obama is not sending a message to back off he is sending a message that he is ok to let the investigation take its cource and he has nothing to do with her "carelessness"so do not blam him.

[Sunlei]

36. When Qaddafi was killed America should have put more resources into Libya. Republicans voted no

Republicans voted NO money to help support Libya's new government because 'Obama' asked for it , and Republicans said no money for asked for additional SECURITY for our Diplomats in Libya.


Then a RW group made some taunting B-grade anti-Islam youtube AND sub-titled it, made sure to send it to the craziest internet Imam a couple days before 9-11 anniversary. Outraged with the mocking by the American produced b-grade movie, the Imam called for global protests outside all American councilor buildings.

And so it was, massive Global 9-11 anniversary protests giving cover to an actual attack on our Diplomat in Libya. No smoke masks in the supposed 'safe room', no extra security with him at all.

That RW b-grade movie group was a set-up to foment violence and it got our man killed in Libya.

That's "my take" and none of "My Take" came off fox -the Republicans TV station.

[Hawaii Hiker]

34. She didn't do anything wrong

Not even close to what General Petraeus did...He knowingly shared classified info with his biographer/mistress, lied to FBI, and there was audio of him admitting he knew info was classified....He was never indicted, was fined $100,000 and served no jail time...

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/hillary-clinton-prosecution-past-cases-221744

[Sunlei]

37. Agree, she didn't do anything wrong. Petraeus did *another Gov.man gets taken advantage of for sex.

* Cruz has a history of 'woman in every city', how many of those woman have access or will have access? to our secret government records?