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News: Bill Clinton shady meeting w/ Atty. General; raises eyebrows
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Bill Clinton shady meeting w/ Atty. General; raises eyebrows
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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta Lynch faced continuing questions Thursday related to an awkward encounter with former president Bill Clinton after the two crossed paths Monday at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport.
Lynch, who will ultimately determine the outcome of an ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of private email server while secretary of state, was arriving in the city in advance of a community policing event as Clinton was departing when the former president relayed through a security detail that he would like to say hello.
Lynch, during a later meeting with reporters, acknowledged the meeting with Bill Clinton but said there was no discussion of the investigation involving his wife, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, or the congressional report that examined her response to the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks.
"I did see President Clinton at the Phoenix airport as I was leaving, and he spoke to myself and my husband on the plane,'' Lynch told reporters. "Our conversation was a great deal about his grandchildren. It was primarily social and about our travels .''
Lynch said the two also discussed Janet Reno, who served as attorney general during the Clinton administration, "but there was no discussion of any matter pending for the department or any matter pending for any other body.''
"There was no discussion of Benghazi, no discussion of the State Department emails, by way of example,'' she said. "I would say the current news of the day was the Brexit decision, and what that might mean. And again, the department’s not involved in that or implicated in that.''
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So Bill conveniently "runs into" the Attorney General at the airport presiding over Hillary's illegal email case and possible indictment goes to have a private, off-the-grid conversation about....."grandchildren"? I'm just the messenger, draw your own conclusions.
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Loretta gave a statement today that she will supposedly follow through with whatever actions are recommended by the FBI
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Originally posted by DTF
Loretta gave a statement today that she will supposedly follow through with whatever actions are recommended by the FBI
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What does that have to do with this encounter? That statement is in reference to the FBI wanting an extension on their investigation because they can't do their job in a timely manner.
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Bill definitely set her up, he knew this would happen lol.
The Clintons just keep using and abusing the system, it's crazy. 
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Why are you trying to make up conspiracy where there is no proof of any? Why are you so anti-Hillary that you would bend and misconstrue events of which you have no personal knowledge in order to discredit her?
Not to mention this has already been discussed in the election thread and the encounter occurred four days ago. Were you not satisfied with discussing it in such a venue?
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Originally posted by Damien M
Bill definitely set her up, he knew this would happen lol.
The Clintons just keep using and abusing the system, it's crazy. |
Where is the evidence? You'd be a terrible judge.
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Originally posted by Retro
Why are you trying to make up conspiracy where there is no proof of any? Why are you so anti-Hillary that you would bend and misconstrue events of which you have no personal knowledge in order to discredit her?
Not to mention this has already been discussed in the election thread and the encounter occurred four days ago. Were you not satisfied with discussing it in such a venue?
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Spill the tea. I'm cackling at two people not being able to have a conversation at an AIRPORT. As if Bill followed her to some exclusive venue.
They were probably friends since before the investigation ever happened. Bless Bill for wanting to be friendly. If anything he was just trying to kiss ass and stay on her good side.
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Originally posted by Jared
What does that have to do with this encounter? That statement is in reference to the FBI wanting an extension on their investigation because they can't do their job in a timely manner.
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In the context of this encounter, her statement is meant to counter any possible allegations of being biased in favor of Hillary, obviously. Whether or not she actually is is another question.
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So ya'll are just going to say "where's the evidence" and pretend this isn't unethical.
OK.
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Originally posted by Retro
Why are you trying to make up conspiracy where there is no proof of any? Why are you so anti-Hillary that you would bend and misconstrue events of which you have no personal knowledge in order to discredit her?
Not to mention this has already been discussed in the election thread and the encounter occurred four days ago. Were you not satisfied with discussing it in such a venue?
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Who was making any conspiracies? And no, I wasn't aware there was a discussion about it because I don't regularly keep up with the thread and this new-story showed up on my timeline today.
I'm just saying where there's smoke, there's fire, and there's hell of alot of smoke in Hillary's corner right now and it's silly that ATRL keeps trying to play dumb about it. I'm just the messenger, draw your own conclusions.
If ya'll want to keep getting played, that's fine. Drink the kool-aid.
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Originally posted by DTF
In the context of this encounter, her statement is meant to counter any possible allegations of being biased in favor of Hillary, obviously. Whether or not she actually is is another question.
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Ahhh I get it now. Well that's good for both parties. 
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Like I said before, I don't give a **** how corrupt the Clinton's are as long as they can get our country back on the path it was in 90's, economically.
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Originally posted by NE.
So ya'll are just going to say "where's the evidence" and pretend this isn't unethical.
OK.
Who was making any conspiracies? And no, I wasn't aware there was a discussion about it because I don't regularly keep up with the thread and this new-story showed up on my timeline today.
I'm just saying where there's smoke, there's fire, and there's hell of alot of smoke in Hillary's corner right now and it's silly that ATRL keeps trying to play dumb about it.
If ya'll want to keep getting played, that's fine. Drink the kool-aid.
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Right, so you're not providing any proof that she did anything wrong, no proof of your suggestion that the Clintons literally blackmailed the Attorney General of the United States in broad daylight, and no real indication that this matters beyond the two simply running into each other and having a personal conversation out of politeness as fellow prominent Democrats.
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Originally posted by NE.
So ya'll are just going to say "where's the evidence" and pretend this isn't unethical.
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And how exactly is this unethical if Lynch already confirmed herself that the conversation didn't involve anything about the investigation?
Keep reaching.
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Originally posted by Jared
And how exactly is this unethical if Lynch already confirmed herself that the conversation didn't involve anything about the investigation?
Keep reaching.
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It's fine, we all already knew the exact angle of this thread when the title was written as "shady meeting" when such a characterization was not made in the title or body of the article that was linked, unless you count Donald Trump blabbering about how it was "on the plane" instead of out in the lobby.
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The Clintons have been in the goverment long enough. I have no idea how you all keep supporting them.
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Originally posted by Retro
Right, so you're not providing any proof that she did anything wrong, no proof of your suggestion that the Clintons literally blackmailed the Attorney General of the United States in broad daylight, and no real indication that this matters beyond the two simply running into each other and having a personal conversation out of politeness as fellow prominent Democrats.
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I never claimed anything, I'm implying that his move was unethical given the current circumstances. And witnesses even claimed FBI agents demanded people to put away cellphones and cameras.
I'm entitled to my opinion as you are yours.
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Originally posted by Mike91
Like I said before, I don't give a **** how corrupt the Clinton's are as long as they can get our country back on the path it was in 90's, economically.
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The issue is that their corruption (or conflict of interest with Wall Street, in other words) forestalls any possible economic strengthening. They support neither reinstating Glass-Steagall, single-payer healthcare (Hillary has actually reversed course on this since supporting it in 1993), and raising the minimum wage to $15. It is not possible to have a healthy economy without minimizing poverty and strengthening the middle class, which all of the aforementioned would do, especially given that the wealth disparity in the USA only continues to deepen.
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Originally posted by Jared
And how exactly is this unethical if Lynch already confirmed herself that the conversation didn't involve anything about the investigation?
Keep reaching.
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To be fair, if what they spoke about did involve the investigation, she isn't likely to outright admit that because it would be an egregious conflict of interest, hence the fervor around this situation. If they really are such good friends, then that alone is basis enough for Loretta to recuse herself from this and allow the appointment of a (temporary) independent attorney general to oversee this case, hence why people think this is shady. An investigation is going on. They can resume being friendly when it is all over; doing it now is unintelligent and only prompts suspicion.
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"There was no conspiracy guys, honest! I just made an assessment based off of little evidence positing a theory which assumed Bill Clinton's involvement in an attempt to blackmail Lynch that fits my narrative that the Clinton's are evil and corrupt and will do anything to abuse the system, ethics be damned! There's nothing conspiratorial about that at all!"
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Originally posted by Ibrahim
Where is the evidence? You'd be a terrible judge.
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Breathe 
I'm still voting for Hillary. All politicians are dodgy and corrupt, not just her.
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Originally posted by MrDeeds
The Clintons have been in the goverment long enough. I have no idea how you all keep supporting them.
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I don't...
Shady boots.
Clintons - this is not a good look.
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