President Obama eats a hot dog while his wife, Michelle, looks on.
Democrats are in a panic as their presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, once again is under investigation by the FBI for her handling of classified information while she was U.S. secretary of state.
FBI Director James Comey on Friday informed members of Congress, as he had promised to do when he appeared before them in hearings, that new evidence had come to light and he was bound to investigate it.
Democrats immediately launched a coordinated attack, charging Comey violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits the use of an official government position to influence an election.
Now, a formal complaint has been filed with the Office of Special Counsel alleging Comey violated the Hatch Act when he informed members of Congress of the new developments.
Richard Painter, a lawyer in George W. Bush’s administration, filed the complaint.
The Office of Special Council declined to confirm whether a case has been opened, but spokesman Nick Schwellenbach told the London Guardian the usual procedure is to open a case after receiving a complaint.
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“Should the OSC find Comey to have violated the Hatch Act,” the London paper said, “the relevant law determining any potential punishment for a Senate-confirmed presidential appointee – such as Comey – places authority for that decision with the president. Should Clinton win the presidency, she may find herself in a position to determine what the law calls ‘appropriate action’ for an FBI director who is slated to serve until 2023.”
Painter charged: “The FBI”s job is to investigate, not to influence the outcome of an election. Such acts could also be prohibited under the Hatch Act, which bars the use of an official position to influence an election. That is why the FBI presumably would keep those aspects of an investigation confidential until after the election.”
On Monday, Rep. Louis Gohmert, R-Texas, said Comey had promised in his sworn testimony before Congress to provide updates as they developed.
“He said he would update us,” said Gohmert. “I think at the time he said it, he probably did not anticipate that there was going to be any other developments sufficient to get him to pursue the case further.”
But months earlier, when President Obama defended and praised Clinton even while the first investigation was ongoing, discussions of Hatch Act violations were absent.
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Long before Comey called Clinton’s handling of national security secrets “extremely careless” and then declined to recommend charges – Obama called Clinton “an outstanding secretary of state.”
“She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy,” he stated. “I continue to believe she’s not jeopardized national security.”
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Obama press secretary Josh Earnest when Obama endorsed Clinton to succeed him said that people doing the investigation “aren’t going to be swayed by political forces.”
Earnest affirmed Obama was encouraging prosecutors to reach “a logical conclusion.”
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But others, including Fox News judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano, said Obama is sending a subtle but clear message to investigators and prosecutors that he wants Clinton to be cleared on “potential espionage” and other allegations.
“He not only says to Comey and [Attorney General Loretta] Lynch I know you’re investigating somebody but I really want her to succeed me,” Napolitano said.
Agents, Napolitano said, would perceive that as “our boss wants [Clinton] to succeed him.”
“That’s called a conflict,” Napolitano said.
The Clinton campaign and the Democratic establishment is pouring criticism on Comey now months after praising him for not referring charges to the Justice Department. Four top Democratic senators have demanded a briefing from Comey, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has accused Comey of breaking the law to help elect Donald Trump.
The Clinton campaign, meanwhile, is soliciting statements from former federal prosecutors against Comey.
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