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Acting AG Whitaker believed there was a ‘strong case’ against Hillary Clinton, had said he ‘would indict’ her

November 8, 2018 | | Print Article

Following Attorney General Jeff Sessions unexpected ouster Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump assigned a temporary replacement who it turns out believes that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deserved to be indicted in 2016.

“I would indict Hillary Clinton,” Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker bluntly wrote in an op-ed for USA Today on July 5, 2016, hours after then-FBI Director James Comey announced his intention to not pursue charges against the former secretary of state.

Throughout 2015 and 2016, the bureau investigated Clinton over her improper handling of State Department correspondence. Evidence shows that during her tenure as the secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, she repeatedly used an unsecured personal email server to send and receive classified information. She later lied about it.

The video below contrasts the former secretary of state’s lies with the bureau’s conclusions:

Despite the abundance of evidence against Clinton, Comey ultimately chose to not forward her case to then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch for prosecution. This decision irked Whitaker.

“Director Comey’s judgment was that ‘no reasonable prosecutor’ would bring the case,” Whitaker’s op-ed continued. “I disagree. I believe myself to have been a reasonable prosecutor, and when the facts and evidence show a criminal violation has been committed, the individuals involved should not dictate whether the case is prosecuted.”

In a statement released roughly a year later through the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, where at the time he served as executive director, the current acting attorney general slammed Clinton for still refusing to take any responsibility for her behavior.

“The most disturbing aspect of Hillary Clinton’s continued blame game is that she still doesn’t think there was anything wrong with recklessly handling highly sensitive and classified information, intentionally instructing her staff to do the same and then lying to the entire world about it at the United Nations of all places,” he wrote

“The American people entrusted her with a great responsibility to put our national security above her own political interests and the fact that she is now asking them to forget her egregious actions is downright shameful.”

Exactly four months after Whitaker dropped this statement, Sessions appointed him to serve as his chief of staff. Then after Sessions’ unexpected resignation around 2:45 pm this Wednesday, the president upgraded him from chief of staff to acting attorney general:

While it remains unclear how long the president intends to keep Whitaker in Sessions’ abandoned post — no permanent replacements had been named as of Thursday — the growing fear among the left is that the acting attorney general may use his newfound power to drop the hammer on Clinton.

Conversely, the reaction among conservatives appears to be one of joy and hope that Clinton might indeed finally be brought to justice.

Look:

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