By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--October 18, 2016
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Documents revealed Kennedy tried to horse-trade with the FBI, offering additional slots for the bureau overseas if they would de-classify a particular email from Hillary Clinton’s server marked “SECRET.” The files also revealed he repeatedly tried to “influence” the bureau’s decision when his offer was denied, even taking his plea up the chain of command. . . . Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said in a statement that Kennedy should be “removed immediately.”
“The fact that Under Secretary Kennedy allegedly ‘pressured’ the FBI to change the classification of an email to benefit Secretary Clinton as part of a ‘quid pro quo’ after her behavior came to light is alarming, and a sign of just how corrupt the State Department became under her tenure. Kennedy should be removed from his position immediately until a real investigation is completed.” Even as pressured ramped up, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Kennedy isn’t going anywhere. Toner also denied there was any proposed deal, saying the FBI official first raised the number of bureau personnel approved to be in Iraq at the end of the phone call as a separate issue. As for the FBI official's account, he said, "I can't speak to what this person's intent, whether they misunderstood the atmosphere of that conversation, I have no idea. All I can say is that there was no quid pro quo."Toner's denial is obvious Bolshevik. But I really want people to understand just what happened here. The FBI needs to be able to put agents in certain countries in order to investigate and solve crimes. It needs the assistance of the State Department to secure visas and other necessary documentation so the agents can travel to these countries without problems. What Kennedy did here is offer the help the FBI needed, but only if the FBI would play ball on the Hillary investigation. However many other things were wrong with the FBI's investigation of Hillary - and there were a lot - give them credit for not giving in on this crap. But also understand: The State Department was willing to jeopardize the success of real criminal investigations in order to protect Hillary from culpability for her own crimes.
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