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Title: Trey Gowdy to Hillary Clinton: ‘You Had an Unusual Email Arrangement’
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URL Source: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/mel ... testify-sooner-you-had-unusual
Published: Oct 22, 2015
Author: By Melanie Hunter
Post Date: 2015-10-22 11:38:07 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, said Thursday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would have testified before the committee sooner, but she had “an unusual email arrangement” with herself, so the State Department was not able to hand over her emails to the committee. “It is impossible” to conduct a “serious, fact-centric investigation” into the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya - which killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens – “without access to the documents from the former Secretary of State, the Ambassador who knew more about Libya than anyone else, and testimony from witnesses who survived the attacks,” Gowdy said.
“I understand you wanted to come sooner than today so let me be clear why that did not happen. You had an unusual email arrangement with yourself, which meant the State Department could not produce your emails to us,” Gowdy said in his opening statement.
Gowdy was referring to the investigation into Clinton’s use of a personal server to send and receive work emails during her tenure as secretary of State.
“You made exclusive use of personal email and a personal server. When you left the State Department, you kept those public records to yourself for almost two years. You and your attorneys decided what to return and what to delete. Those decisions were your decisions, not ours,” Gowdy told Clinton.
“It was only in March of this year we learned of this email arrangement. Since we learned of your email arrangement, we have interviewed dozens of witnesses, only one of whom was about your email arrangement, and that was a very short interview, because he invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination,” he said.
The committee received 1500 new pages of Clinton’s emails related to Libya and Benghazi, Gowdy said, although the attacks took place three years ago. Similarly, the committee recently received almost 1400 pages of Stevens’ emails – three years after the attacks which led to his death.
Gowdy told Clinton that Thursday’s hearing was not about her, “and let me assure you why it is not.”
“This work is about something much more important than any single person. It is about four U.S. government workers, including our ambassador, murdered by terrorists on foreign soil. It is about what happened before, during, and after the attacks that killed these four men. It is about what this country owes those who risk their lives to serve it,” he said.
“It is about what this country owes those who risk their lives to serve it. It is about the fundamental obligation of our government to tell the truth - always - to the American people,” he said.
“Not a single member of this Committee signed up for an investigation into you or your email system. We signed up, because we wanted to honor the service and sacrifice of four people sent to a foreign land to represent us - who were killed - and do everything we can to prevent it from happening to others,” Gowdy added.
Gowdy said the committee “has interviewed half a hundred witnesses, not a single one of them has been named Clinton until today.”
“You were the Secretary of State for this country when our facility was attacked. So, of course this committee is going to talk to you. You are an important witness, but you are just one important witness, among half a hundred important witnesses,” he added.
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#1. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
It was a temporary facility. Whatever that means. It wasn't a permanent facility.
Looks like this is going to be an historic white wash. The focus should be on Hillary's trying to blame this on a youtube video. U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
www.dallasnews.com/news/p...gop-probes-her-record.ece
She's telling bunches of lies, with a straight face. She spoke with Petraeus. It was a swirl and whirl. Nice idiom.
============================================ Petraeus likes his retirement check. He also likes to breath. Note: Petraeus will NOT be called to testify. U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
That guy from Ohio, Jim Jordan, did pretty well. She's a good liar, I give her that.
I've lost more sleep than you could put together. She's a liar.
Whitewash. NONE of the right questions are being asked. U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
From what I've seen, which is only snippets, Gowdy has e-mail linked Sidney Blumenthal to the Clinton Foundation to some shady Clinton Foundation business in Libya. Gowdy will go further after the lunch adjournment.
H2 at #8: Whitewash. NONE of the right questions are being asked. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Sunday, Jan. 21, 2001: Electronic whitewash is Bill Clinton's legacy - excerpts: If there is no printed version of a matter discussed, no computer disk and no hard drive, the Clintonistas want you to conclude that it just didn't happen. And that's exactly what Bill Clinton wants - an electronic whitewash for certain parts of his legacy. It's not only in the White House where, it is said, a supervisor in the records management office, Charlie Nash, is working with Mark Lindsay and Michael Lyle to ensure that everything is as Bill Clinton would want it. The 'big wipe-down' was under way in government offices everywhere in Washington this past week. From the Judicial Watch 2002 State of the Union Report, Bush Administration Ethics Enforcement: A Failure of Leadership One of President Bush's first acts as President was to issue [that] memorandum to his Executive Branch employees which stated, in part: Yet, as described below, President Bush and his administration moved almost immediately to head off virtually every official investigation of Clinton-era crimes, appointed a few Clinton-connected officials of his own, and laid down a stone wall of secrecy concerning government operations. After a few anonymous, opportunistic remarks by Bush officials about the behavior of the departing Clinton gang, the Bush White House went into cover-up mode. Press Secretary Ari Fleischer denied cataloging the White House damage and downplayed the reported damage. The Washington Times further reported that the Bush White House was discouraging members of Congress from investigating the vandalism, which some estimated cost the U.S. taxpayer upwards of $200,000.00. But the crimes that the Bush White House were covering up were not just crimes of vandalism. They were crimes of obstruction of justice as Judicial Watch learned from a contact in The White House that the damage was extensive. Computer hard drives were wiped of all information, and computer laptops had been stolen. (Judicial Watch had uncovered in the year 2000 the fact the millions of e-mail concerning virtually all the Clinton-Gore scandals had been hidden from courts, Congress, and independent counsels.) Judicial Watch sought to bring this contact, who wished to remain anonymous because of job concerns, into court before Judge Royce C. Lamberth in sealed proceedings. In this way, Judge Lamberth could decide if the issue was worthy of legal pursuit. (Judge Lamberth is overseeing the Filegate civil lawsuit that Judicial Watch had brought on behalf of former Reagan and Bush (41) staffers against Hillary Clinton and others.) The Bush Justice Department opposed our efforts then, and now, for any court investigation of the Filegate-related evidence destruction, theft, and obstruction. And later in 2001, when the General Accounting Office (GAO) investigated the Clintonite vandalism at the behest of Congressman Bob Barr, the Bush White House, in a dereliction of duty to the taxpayers, said it had not documented the vandalism on paper, so there were no records to turn over to the GAO. The Bush White House simply wanted the issue to go away. On May 18, 2001, the Associated Press summed up the Bush White House's view on destruction of government property and theft: Ari Fleischer [told] The Washington Post [in June 2001] that yes, indeed, there had been vandalism, admitting, among other acts of Clintonite vandalism, that the Bush folks had found phone lines cut and every White House phone had to be reprogrammed. (Judicial Watch had learned this particular fact months earlier from its sources. The reprogramming of phones in this modern age is no small task and likely cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.) Congressman Barr, in light of the Fleischer's belated listing of the destruction of taxpayer property, asked the GAO to open a new investigation. According to a report in WorldNetDaily on January 14, 2002, the GAO report has been delayed because of September 11 and is not expected for release until March 2002. In the meantime, Judge Lamberth is still considering Judicial Watch's request to depose Bush White House officials about the destruction of computer evidence. The Bush Justice Department continues to oppose this request for limited discovery into Clinton [staff] misdeeds. ------- "They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
Excellent. Bookmarked. Watch this .. U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
Slick dissed Jiminy Carter and Carter looked very attentive. This was a great display of the One Party system. Thanks.
Isn't that horrible? Now why couldn't some nice meteor have smashed down on that gathering? It's all so feminine, so girlish. He doesn't mention one single tough-minded thing government is there for, just "helping" people, "points of light" illuminism, blah blah. About those wonderfully chummy trips to save the Haitians from the earthquake that just happened to follow the discovery of oil down there.... "Bush Wipes Hand on Clinton"
I think some of you thought I was too hard on boy scout SC legistraitor Trey Gowdy the other day. This just received by CofCC's Sid Secular: Sidney � I wish you were here on the ground in South Carolina with Marco, Sen. Tim Scott, Gov. Nikki Haley, me, and the rest of Team Marco -- the atmosphere is electric, and South Carolinians are swinging Marco's way. But this battle isn't over yet, and there are plenty more to come before Marco gets to face off against the Democrats, and beat them, in November. To keep up the Marcomentum in South Carolina and lay plans for the states following, Marco needs to raise $300,000 by tonight, when the polls close here. Your secure donation will go immediately toward paying for Get Out The Vote efforts here in South Carolina and building the grassroots infrastructure Marco needs to compete in the huge number of primaries right around the corner. Sidney, I've seen how hard Marco's working for this -- so we need to do our part. Will you do yours by chipping in $10, $25, $100, or whatever you can afford, right now? Team Marco has seen an uptick in support in South Carolina and across the country just over the past few days. More and more Americans see in Marco exactly what I see him him: the very best candidate we could have to keep our country safe, a leader with a vision to make America's future bright again, and a conservative who can win in the fall. So they're joining up in droves -- with online donations, volunteer signups, and messages of support. Marcomentum is growing not just here in South Carolina but across the country. That's why Marco's team thinks we can hit an ambitious goal like $300,000 in 30 hours. But the team can't do it without the support of people like you -- go here to give whatever you can. Thanks for your support, and get excited for today. Sincerely, Trey Gowdy Congressman, SC-4 "Sen. Tim Scott, Gov. Nikki Haley, me, and the rest of Team Marco" -- awww, a professional negro, a professional dothead, a white truckler and their Cuban Indian choice for next Diversity President of the Planet. This bastard is DESPICABLE! Our people are down there representing the real world by holding another Burning of Columbia commemoration -- Thursday was the 151st anniversary.
To say that I'm disappointed in Gowdy would be the understatement of the century. Burn, baby, burn “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
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She spoke with Petraeus.
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H2 at #2: Looks like this is going to be an historic white wash.
As the days and hours counted down to the [George W. Bush] Inauguration, the Clinton White House staff was conducting a big wipe-down of the computers. They followed the example of Jimmy Carter's Democrats who left the White House [staff] with documents missing, computer hard drives empty and vicious hate notes and graffiti everywhere.
White House Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies January 20, 2001.
Everyone who enters into public service for the United States has a duty to the American people to maintain the highest standards of integrity in Government.
The White House has made clear that it was looking forward, not backward, the [Bush White House] aide said, on the condition of anonymity. We never kept a list of all the incidents, and therefore did not have anything to turn over. That doesn't mean the incidents didn't happen. We just were pleased to let the matter fade so that people could return to the focus on policy.
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Our people are down there representing the real world by holding another Burning of Columbia commemoration -- Thursday was the 151st anniversary.
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