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*'''28 September.''' On Capital Hill for a day of testimony, FBI Dir. James Comey [[perjury|perjurors]] himself before the House Governmental Affairs Oversight Committee. In response to a question from Rep. Ratcliffe, Comey testified his decision not to recommend prosecution of Hillary Clinton came after her 2 July interview with the FBI. Subsequent internal FBI documents reveal Comey decided against recommending prosecution more than six weeks earlier, while the investigation was still in progress.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/01/james-comey-may-have-committed-perjury-chaffetz-says</ref>  

*'''28 September.''' On Capital Hill for a day of testimony, FBI Dir. James Comey [[perjury|perjurors]] himself before the House Governmental Affairs Oversight Committee. In response to a question from Rep. Ratcliffe, Comey testified his decision not to recommend prosecution of Hillary Clinton came after her 2 July interview with the FBI. Subsequent internal FBI documents reveal Comey decided against recommending prosecution more than six weeks earlier, while the investigation was still in progress.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/01/james-comey-may-have-committed-perjury-chaffetz-says</ref>  

{{Quotebox|Mr. RATCLIFFE. ...If there was ever any possibility that something Hillary Clinton might have said on July 2 could have possibly resulted in criminal charges that might possibly have resulted in a trial against her relating to this classified information, well, then, to use your words, Director, I don’t think that there is any reasonable prosecutor out there who would have allowed two immunized witnesses central to the prosecution proving the case against her to sit in the room with the interview, the FBI interview, of the subject of that investigation. <br><br>And if I heard you earlier today, in your long career, I heard you say that you have never had that circumstance. Is that—did I hear you correctly? <br><br>Mr. COMEY. That is correct, but—— <br><br>Mr. RATCLIFFE. Okay. And I never have either, and I have never met a prosecutor that has ever had that. <br><br>So, to me, the only way that an interview takes place with the two central witnesses and the subject of the investigation is if the decision has already been made that all three people in that room are not going to be charged. <br><br>Mr. COMEY. Can I respond? <br><br>Mr. RATCLIFFE. Yes. Please. <br><br>Mr. COMEY. I know in our political lives sometimes people casually accuse each other of being dishonest, but if colleagues of ours believe I am lying about when I made this decision, please urge them to contact me privately so we can have a conversation about this. <br><br>All I can do is to tell you again, the decision was made after that, because I didn’t know what was going to happen in that interview...<ref>

{{Quotebox|Mr. RATCLIFFE. ...If there was ever any possibility that something Hillary Clinton might have said on July 2 could have possibly resulted in criminal charges that might possibly have resulted in a trial against her relating to this classified information, well, then, to use your words, Director, I don’t think that there is any reasonable prosecutor out there who would have allowed two immunized witnesses central to the prosecution proving the case against her to sit in the room with the interview, the FBI interview, of the subject of that investigation. <br><br>And if I heard you earlier today, in your long career, I heard you say that you have never had that circumstance. Is that—did I hear you correctly? <br><br>Mr. COMEY. That is correct, but—— <br><br>Mr. RATCLIFFE. Okay. And I never have either, and I have never met a prosecutor that has ever had that. <br><br>So, to me, the only way that an interview takes place with the two central witnesses and the subject of the investigation is if the decision has already been made that all three people in that room are not going to be charged. <br><br>Mr. COMEY. Can I respond? <br><br>Mr. RATCLIFFE. Yes. Please. <br><br>Mr. COMEY. I know in our political lives sometimes people casually accuse each other of being dishonest, but if colleagues of ours believe I am lying about when I made this decision, please urge them to contact me privately so we can have a conversation about this. <br><br>All I can do is to tell you again, the decision was made after that, because I didn’t know what was going to happen in that interview...<ref>

[https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fjudiciary.house.gov%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2F114-91_22125.pdf%3Ffref%3Dgc%26dti%3D158028727907294&h=ATPoKhbdjYgraEMzI5tXw7b9qJ5bNXpaJDgnxKgy4gSp4G5hewfV31hRR6DB-dyJ3_3-C6gk-G63C486UxMct8CG6_6O6z11jpVIhVL7onBqxxDXLMtXf8rxrEGqeBh0Tjvh5QHOCgw OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 page 88 PDF]</ref>}}That same day in response to questions from the House Judiciary Committee about an ongoing [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation, Comey said "our standard is we do not confirm or deny the existence of investigations."

[https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fjudiciary.house.gov%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2F114-91_22125.pdf%3Ffref%3Dgc%26dti%3D158028727907294&h=ATPoKhbdjYgraEMzI5tXw7b9qJ5bNXpaJDgnxKgy4gSp4G5hewfV31hRR6DB-dyJ3_3-C6gk-G63C486UxMct8CG6_6O6z11jpVIhVL7onBqxxDXLMtXf8rxrEGqeBh0Tjvh5QHOCgw OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 page 88 PDF]</ref>}}That same day in response to questions from the House Judiciary Committee about an ongoing [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation, Comey said "our standard is we do not confirm or deny the existence of investigations." Comey says of the Clinton email investigation: {{quotebox|This case was investigated by a group of professionals, so if I blew it. they blew it too. Career FBI agents… The very best we have were put on this case.}} Three career professional investigators have since resigned or been demoted.

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*Andrew McCabe is now aware Anthony Weiner's attorney turned over Clinton/Abedin emails to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), [[Preet Bharara]]. The emails in question appear to be insurance Weiner held to pull strings with Hillary Clinton as leverage should he get into trouble.  

*Andrew McCabe is now aware Anthony Weiner's attorney turned over Clinton/Abedin emails to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), [[Preet Bharara]]. The emails in question appear to be insurance Weiner held to pull strings with Hillary Clinton as leverage should he get into trouble.