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Declaration of Hillary's Innocence Jeopardizes FBI Credibility

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Bottom line: Hillary Clinton screwed up. She's admitted this repeatedly. Other investigators have come to the same conclusion. If you want to criticize her for this, that's fine. She deserves it. But there was no criminal intent and essentially no chance that a jury would have convicted her. We've known this for months now. Now we know it officially. –Mother Jones

There are those media outlets and individuals as we can see, above, that expected the FBI's clearance of Hillary and believe it to be justified.

But there are others – a good many – that believe the US justice system itself has been compromised.

In particular, the FBI.

Over at the Washington Examiner, an article entitled "Republicans signal Clinton's email controversy is only just beginning," makes the latter case.

Here:

Sen. Ted Cruz questioned the "integrity" of the investigation that led to Clinton and her aides being cleared of criminal wrongdoing …

Republicans seemingly agreed Tuesday that FBI Director James Comey's decision to conclude the Hillary Clinton email probe without recommending prosecution eroded the credibility of the Justice Department.

"Director Comey has rewritten a clearly worded federal criminal statute," Cruz said in a statement. "In so doing, he has come dangerously close to saying that grossly negligent handling of classified information should not result in serious consequences for high-level officials."

Cruz added that the FBI's decision was "troubling" for the "rule of law."

House Speaker Paul Ryan said that the FBI itself had done "damage" to the rule of law. He also said the FBI had set a "terrible precedent."

The email accusations may have been resolved in Clinton's favor but it may well be that Republicans will push for an "investigation of the investigation."

Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants Comey to provide the evidence used to absolve Clinton.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, his House counterpart, wants Comey to explain what he meant by "extreme carelessness."

The article goes on to mention Trump's contention that the justice system is "rigged" to support the powerful.

Barack Obama himself continues to come under criticism for statements made supporting Clinton while the investigation was ongoing.


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