Ten days to go, thousands of emails to read. The FBI say they “don’t know what they have”.
We do know that they have a monster-load of emails of Hillary’s right hand woman, vice chair of Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the FBI think they can’t afford not to let the world know. For those who don’t know who Huma Abedin is: Vanity Fair pretty much describes her as the “key glue” for Hillary, around her all the time, the inner-inner circle:
… along with Chelsea, Abedin is “the third rail” of the Clinton political world.
Bob Barnett, the lawyer who brokered the Clintons’ multi-million-dollar book deals, says Huma is “now one of the key glues that holds Clintonworld together…. She knows everyone and everyone knows her.
For those wondering why the FBI would make this “blockbuster” announcement now, read the National Review to get an idea of the potential. (Noting that the FBI have released almost no details on what they have found):
Clinton’s State Department: A RICO Enterprise
Mrs. Clinton appears to have converted the office of secretary of state into a racketeering enterprise.
Andrew C. McCarthy
She appears to have used her official powers to do favors for major Clinton Foundation donors. Felony mishandling of classified information, including our nation’s most closely guarded intelligence secrets; the misappropriation and destruction of tens of thousands of government records — these are serious criminal offenses. To this point, the Justice Department and FBI have found creative ways not to charge Hillary Clinton for them. Whether this will remain the case has yet to be seen. As we go to press, the stunning news has broken that the FBI’s investigation is being reopened.
Mrs. Clinton appears to have converted the office of secretary of state into a racketeering enterprise.
Hillary and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, operated the Clinton Foundation. Ostensibly a charity, the foundation was a de facto fraud scheme to monetize Hillary’s power as secretary of state (among other aspects of the Clintons’ political influence). The scheme involved (a) the exchange of political favors, access, and influence for millions of dollars in donations; (b) the circumvention of campaign-finance laws that prohibit political donations by foreign sources; (c) a vehicle for Mrs. Clinton to shield her State Department e-mail communications from public and congressional scrutiny while she and her husband exploited the fundraising potential of her position; and (d) a means for Clinton insiders to receive private-sector compensation and explore lucrative employment opportunities while drawing taxpayer-funded government salaries.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/441573/hillary-clinton-corruption-foundation
The piquant irony is that for all the Russian hacking these emails were tripped over by the FBI during an investigation of Anthony Weiner, the former congressman who accidentally tweeted a selfie-of-the-worst-kind to 45,000 people. He, it turns out, is married to Hillary’s right hand woman — Huma Abedin, who has been working for Hillary for most of the last 20 years. Ouch.
For those who want the general moving picture news (but without the juicy Nat Review depth) see ABC news. (US).