House Will Ask FBI To INVESTIGATE If Clinton Lied To Congress

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By Harper Neidig
July 07, 2016

In a dramatic exchange Thursday between Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and FBI Director James Comey, the House Oversight Committee chairman announced he will formally request the FBI to investigate whether Hillary Clinton lied under oath to Congress.

read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/286838-oversight-chair-house-to-call-on-fbi-to-investigate


edit: Chuck Todd just said on MTP the referral has already been submitted.

[SoCalNative]

1. Give it up already!

what a bunch of idiots.

[napkinz]

3. they can't ... it's an obsession

[Greywing]

38. a 20+ year obsession

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42. if she wins, I expect continued obstruction and eventually impeachment (if the Rethugs still control

the House)

[MANative]

2. They can make the request, but does the FBI have the ability to reject it? n/t

[napkinz]

6. I don't know. That's a good question.

[UTUSN]

28. Since nobody is going to answer my questions in my separate O.P., I'll ask here:

* What does it take for a Referral - can ONE p.o.s.CongressCritter (CHAFFETZ) make the Referral on his own authority?

* Does the Referral come from the Committee where the testimony was given? By a majority of the Committee? The whole Committee?

* Does it come from a vote of the whole House?


It would seem that if a Referral can happen as easily as this, NOBODY would agree to testify about ANYTHING. Oh, then it would be Contempt of Congress!1

[UTUSN]

31. Here's the answer: Any 1 CongressCritter can make a Referral on his own

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/clinton-email-perjury-republicans-225250#ixzz4DljA4vgw
[font size=5]Clinton unlikely to face perjury charges in email scandal[/font]

By Sarah Wheaton

.... “It will be a shark with no teeth,” said Rusty Hardin, the lawyer who successfully defended the pitcher Roger Clemens when he was charged with lying to Congress about doping in 2010. “Perjury is a very, very difficult crime to prosecute.” ....

“They get referrals all the time,” said Hardin, reached as he watched the Comey testimony on television from his vacation in Florida. “Every time a congressman gets bent out of shape about something, they try to refer it.”

The House Oversight Committee has also sought investigations, for example, into Lois Lerner over her testimony about the IRS’s alleged targeting of conservative nonprofits. ....

The Clemens referral went to the Justice Department in February 2008, Hardin recalled, and the indictment didn’t come until August of 2010. ....

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[MohRokTah]

18. No, the FBI MUST investigate such a referral from the House.

That's the only reason the assholes did it. They know damned well and good there were no lies, so they are referring it any way so they can say, "Hillary Clinton is under investigation by the FBI!"

What they hope is the investigation keeps going throughout the entire election season. What I bet happens is it comes back with no findings of criminal activity before the end of summer.

[Gabi Hayes]

19. how sweet would it be if they came back the next day, and said,

''we looked under all the chairs in the WH, just like GWB did for the WMDs and couldn't find a thing!''

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29. where was the outrage by Republicans when Bush was president ...

[Ilsa]

4. This is a tactic to prolong an investigation during election season.

They were looking for a way to do that and they think they found it. I wonder what the FBI is required to do at this point. Put it at the bottom of the file, or is it a top priority?

[napkinz]

7. and if she becomes president, I think we can expect impeachment hearings if they still

hold the House

[Ilsa]

11. And I think she should get the same treatment as W:

testify in private without being sworn in, just like bush and cheeneey.

[Gabi Hayes]

14. you win! post of the week, at least! and who gets to

answer her questions, like cheney did for dumbo?

[still_one]

5. This is why it is imperative to not only win the Executive Branch in November, but take Congress

back from these goons

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15. if only more had voted in 2010 and 2014

we need to do a better job in the midterms

[still_one]

39. You are right. I also would like to believe that the actions of the republicans will make that

motivation even more pronounced

[JoePhilly]

26. +1

[zz-la]

37. Yes. State races are just as important

Lots of obstruction going on by the republicans in congress and that will only continue if the Dems fail to take back the House especially this November.

[still_one]

40. kick & rec!!!!!!!!!

[spanone]

8. chaffetz already requested it....it's going to happen. these assholes never quit

[napkinz]

9. yep, just confirmed by Uck Todd on MTP

[spanone]

10. i hope this backfires on these cretins. Unbelievable

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13. yep ... I'm thinking the same thing. It will probably backfire.

[MerryBlooms]

12. The republicans, one after another, were setting up to charge her with lying to congress.

I think that was what this whole 'hearing', was about today- laying the foundation. They are going to continue with their bullshit kangaroo court antics for as long as they can get away with it. They've been pulling this shit forever, I'm so sick of it. I can't even look at their smarmy smirky faces without feeling complete disdain.

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21. "smarmy smirky faces"

[MerryBlooms]

23. Exactly.

[boston bean]

16. they are assholes.

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24. they need serious help ...

[Iggo]

17. The FBI's an arm of the House Of Representatives?

I did not know that!

[SkeleTim1968]

20. I just wanted to say

[DawgHouse]

22. The only reason for this is so GOP candidates can say HRC is being investigated by the FBI.

GOP voters are not very bright.

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25. they will never let it go ... they'll call for impeachment before she even takes office

[BlueNoMatterWho]

27. So what exactly did she say to Congress under oath that could be considered perjury?

Regarding her email server? Was she even questioned on that during the hearings?

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30. Joy Reid discussing this now on MSNBC

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney: "They didn't get the results they wanted, so now another investigation."

[Ilsa]

34. Joy Reid was very direct with the gop critter

she interviewed about that.

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35. posted by rufus dog

BOOM - A republican congressperson from Tennessee jut got taken apart by the guest host on Hardball

see http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027987181

[L. Coyote]

32. #Eghazi -- because this needs a new hashtag

Let's make sure everyone knows this is all the same witch burning.

[Rex]

33. Pathetic. GOPukers are pathetic people that have no real policies. All they do

is form witch hunts and waste taxpayer money. I hope one day people wake up and realize the entire GOP is nothing but a long con game.

[madokie]

36. Leave the woman the fuck alone

They've been after her from the day bill walked into the oval office and all on trumped up bullshit I might add.

I'm sick of these lowlife scumbag republiCONs

Hillary wasn't my first choice but if she's our nominee I"ll fight for her with my last dying breath. The Supreme Court make up is too important to take this election lightly.

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41. Andrea Mitchell just said the FBI is going to investigate and the State Department is reopening

its investigation.

More investigations, more hearings on the way.