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There’s so much breaking news on the FBI/DOJ/State Department legal mess that instead of concentrating on any one revelation, we're just going to do a “Scandal Round-Up.” And even then, we won't get to it all today.

In case there’s anyone out there with half a brain who actually believes Hillary didn’t break the law by mishandling classified materials, Judicial Watch has finally obtained a trove of emails that should set them straight. Yes, she deleted (or attempted to delete) 33,000 of them, but JW has 281 pages, many of which relate to conversations with then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair. At least 10 of them contain classified information that has been redacted to protect national security, though they once passed right through her unsecure server. According to Judicial Watch, many deal with sensitive negotiations about the Israeli-Arab conflict.


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Other topics include Huma Abedin, the Clinton Foundation, and how Bill Clinton tried to conduct Clinton Foundation and State Department business simultaneously. That might make for an interesting read.

Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton summed it up: “It is clear that the Clintons were using the State Department to run an extensive influence peddling scheme. Americans should be concerned that while untold resources are devoted to the abusive Mueller special counsel investigation of President Trump, the Justice Department seems uninterested in prosecuting the Clintons.”

Here are more specific details from Judicial Watch on the emails they found. One document, labeled “plan,” has to be totally redacted, yet anyone could have hacked it from Hillary’s personal server. So, no reasonable prosecutor would take that case? Wrong, James Comey; they’d be lining up.

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The emails were recovered by the FBI and “appear to be among those that Clinton had attempted to delete or had otherwise failed to disclose.” So add destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice to the list of charges.

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And while so-called journalists weren’t paying attention –- distracted by shiny objects labeled “RUSSIA” –- a federal court filing last week exposed an $84 million money laundering conspiracy executed by the DNC and the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign in blatant violation of federal campaign finance law. Stunning (but not surprising) details at the link. READ MORE

The legal complaint about this was filed with the Federal Election Commission back in December. For grins, here’s what FOX News wrote about it at the time. Leave it to them to be ahead of the curve.

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Throughout Hillary’s political life, scandal has clung to her like a badly-tailored polyester pantsuit, but here’s something for our “Scandal Round-Up” that doesn’t directly involve her, though it’s the sort of thing that could have been sprung from her sneaky legal mind. It concerns fired Attorney General James Comey, who didn’t just leak the memos of his Trump meetings to “a friend,” as he has said in sworn Congressional testimony. The Columbia law professor referred to by Comey, Daniel Richman, has confirmed that he was a “special government employee,” working for the FBI for no pay, coming and going at will, with security clearance and access to the building. He was tasked by Comey with carrying out “special projects” (your guess is as good as mine) and was issued talking points for describing how the FBI was conducting its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.

To complicate matters, Comey has said that Richman is now on his legal team. So what happens if Comey is prosecuted for trafficking in government property (the memos), and prosecutors want to call Richman as a witness? That’s a problem. (Well, come to think of it, Cheryl Mills was a witness in the Hillary case and also her attorney! She got immunity and didn’t have to reveal anything.) It’s also reported that Patrick Fitzgerald has been hired as a lawyer by Comey --- and that Comey may have leaked the memos to him as well. Gosh, it’s the same problem, times two. What are the odds?

Comey wrote in one of those memos that he never did sneaky things. Boy, if he could tell that whopper, I find it hard to believe anything else he says.

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A new poll of likely voters by Dick Morris and McLaughlin & Associates found that they are inclined to agree with President Trump’s low opinion of Robert Mueller’s endless and endlessly expanding investigation. By a consistent, roughly 10-point margin (largely fueled by Independents), respondents agree that the probe has overstepped its designated purpose, that it’s found no real evidence of corruption by Trump, and no evidence of collusion with Russia to influence the election. On the charge that it’s gone on too long and cost too much, Americans agree by a whopping 20% margin: 52-32%.

One intriguing detail of the results caught my eye: 33% of respondents apparently believe that the investigation has uncovered evidence that Trump colluded with Russia to influence the election. I’d love to be able to ask them a follow-up question:

“What evidence is that, and would you like to share it with Robert Mueller, because he can’t seem to find it”?

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Today's Commentary: What Americans Should Demand From Social Media Networks -- New revelation shows Dem cybersecurity was a joke -- Anti-Christian bigotry ignored -- North Korea proves Trump critics wrong -- Trump tweets high gas prices will not be accepted -- Additional Mike Huckabee commentaries

Free Andrew Brunson

April 22, 2018

I know President Trump has his plate full, what with trying to denuclearize North Korea and being sued by the DNC over the pain and suffering of having lost the election, but I hope he can devote some attention to this desperate situation.

Mueller goes fishing

April 15, 2018

It’s been reported that among the minnows hauled up in the government’s outrageous fishing expedition that seized President Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen’s privileged communications with his legal clients was the revelation that the National Enquirer paid for a salacious story about an alleged Trump love child and didn't run it.

So far this year, London has averaged more than three killings a week, surpassing New York City’s murder rate. The New York Times reports that just in the past couple of weeks, two London teenagers were killed on the same day when one was shot in the face and another caught in drive-by crossfire, despite strict British gun control laws that have disarmed law-abiding citizens. On one recent Thursday, five teenagers, including a boy of 13, were stabbed within 90 minutes of each other (which prompted far-left Major Sadiq Kahn to demonstrate Einstein’s definition of insanity by calling for strict, no-tolerance knife control laws, just like the gun control laws.) Meanwhile, another man was beaten to death in a brawl outside a betting shop, which will no doubt inspire Khan to call for strict knuckle control laws and ban people from making a fist.

So with all that on their plates, what did the Ealing Council of West London think required action? They voted unanimously to ban praying outside abortion clinics. They don’t call it that, of course; they call it a “buffer zone” barring protests outside abortion clinics. They say it doesn’t ban prayer in general, only any prayer that “amounts to an act of approval/disapproval of issues relating to abortion services.” So you can pray; just don’t mention abortion or God help you.

Remember when what you prayed about used to be between you and God? Now, it’s between you, God and the Ealing Council.


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Pro-choice groups celebrated the ruling, vowing that it’s “only the beginning.” Judging from the way the UK government has been going lately, I don’t doubt that. What’s next, telling people that they’re not allowed to pray to save the unborn in their own homes? How about banning people from praying that God protect them from all the well-armed criminals with His terrible swift sword, since self-defense with a sword surely is prohibited under the new knife ban?

Or here’s a better idea: how about if London’s mayor and other city officials all get together and pray to God for some common sense? I’m sure many Londoners who care about life – both the lives of the unborn and their own lives – would be more than willing to join in that prayer, even if it does amount to asking for a miracle.

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