{"id":28093,"date":"2016-04-22T10:07:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T14:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28093"},"modified":"2016-04-22T10:07:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T14:07:30","slug":"this-used-to-be-called-obstruction-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28093","title":{"rendered":"This Used To Be Called Obstruction Of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> posted an article yesterday about the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails and email server. I know everyone is getting sick of this story, but that is by design. The guilty parties in this sordid story have a vested interest in dragging it out until everyone loses interest so that the culprits can go free.<\/p>\n

However, the story in the Washington Free Beacon is very relevant to the investigation:<\/p>\n

State\u00a0Department<\/a> officials removed files from the secretary\u2019s office related to the Benghazi attack<\/a> in Libya and transferred them to another department after receiving a congressional subpoena<\/a> last spring, delaying the release of the records to Congress<\/a> for over a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attorneys for the State Department said the electronic folders, which contain hundreds of documents related to the Benghazi attack and Libya, were belatedly rediscovered at the end of last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They said the files had been overlooked by State Department officials because the executive secretary\u2019s office transferred them to another department and flagged them for archiving last April, shortly after receiving a\u00a0subpoena from the House Select Committee on Benghazi<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you believe that these files were accidentally lost, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I would like to sell you. You can even have the tolls that are collected. Seriously, this used to be called obstruction of justice. However, it has become routine under the Obama Administration. Note that the files were removed after the congressional subpoena. A charge of obstruction of justice or contempt of Congress<\/a> would be appropriate. I suspect that neither will occur. This is how you slow-walk an investigation so that by the time the truth comes out, people will be too tired to listen.<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

The House Benghazi Committee requested documents from the secretary\u2019s office in a subpoena filed in March 2015. Congressional investigators met with the head of the executive secretary\u2019s office staff to discuss its records maintenance system and the scope of the subpoena last April. That same month, State Department officials sent the electronic folders to another bureau for archiving, and they were not searched in response to the request.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The blunder could raise new questions about the State Department\u2019s records process, which has come under scrutiny from members of Congress and government watchdogs. Sen. Chuck Grassley<\/a> (R., Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a>, blasted the State Department\u2019s Freedom of Information Act process as \u201cbroken\u201d in January, citing \u201csystematic failures at the agency.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The inspector general for the State Department also released a report criticizing the agency\u2019s public records<\/a> process in January. The report highlighted failures in the executive secretary\u2019s office, which responds to records requests for the Office of the Secretary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope that in November the American people will clean house in Washington. This total disregard for the law is not healthy for America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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