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Line 37: − − He served on the Board of Directors of [[HSBC Holdings]] until July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former US Deputy Attorney General joins HSBC Board |url=http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |publisher=HSBC Holdings plc. |date=30 Jan 2013 |accessdate= |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407063402/http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |archivedate=7 April 2013 |df= }}</ref> In 2012, HSBC was the subject of hearings of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] permanent subcommittee for its [[money laundering]] activities. On 16 July the committee presented its findings.<ref>{{Cite news | url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18880269 |publisher=BBC News | title=HSBC money laundering report: Key findings | date=11 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://4closurefraud.org/2012/07/16/us-senate-report-u-s-vulnerabilities-to-money-laundering-drugs-and-terrorist-financing-hsbc-case-history/|title =HSBC Exposed U.S. Financial System to Money Laundering, Drug, Terrorist Financing Risks|date =17 July 2012| work =[[United States Senate]], The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|accessdate =23 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/media/hsbc-exposed-us-finacial-system-to-money-laundering-drug-terrorist-financing-risks|title =HSBC Exposed U.S. Financial System to Money Laundering, Drug, Terrorist Financing Risks (press release)|date =16 July 2012|work =[[United States Senate]], The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|accessdate =22 December 2012}}</ref> Among other things, it concluded that HSBC had been transferring $7 billion in banknotes from its Mexican to its US subsidiary, much of it related to drug trafficing<ref>{{cite news|last=Mollenkamp |first=Carrick |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/uk-hsbc-probe-idUKBRE8BA05K20121212 |title=HSBC became bank to drug cartels, pays big for lapses |publisher=Reuters |date=12 December 2012 |accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref>), was disregarding terrorist financing links and was actively circumventing US safeguards to block transactions involving terrorists, drug lords and rogue regimes, including hiding $19.4 billion in transactions with [[Iran]]. This investigation followed on from a probe by the US Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that there was "significant potential for unreported money laundering or terrorist financing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jul/11/hsbc-failure-control-money-laundering|title=HSBC chief admits bank failed to control money laundering|first=Dominic|last=Rushe|date=11 July 2012|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> On 11 December 2012, HSBC agreed to pay a record $1.92 billion fine in this money laundering case. "Bank officials repeatedly ignored internal warnings that HSBC's monitoring systems were inadequate, the Justice Department said. In 2008, for example, the CEO of HSBC Mexico was told that Mexican law enforcement had a recording of a Mexican drug lord saying that HSBC Mexico was the place to launder money."<ref name="reuters1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/11/us-hsbc-probe-idUSBRE8BA05M20121211|title=HSBC to pay $1.9 billion U.S. fine in money-laundering case | date=11 December 2012|work=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=}}</ref> The [[United States Department of Justice]], however, decided not to pursue criminal penalties, a decision which the ''[[New York Times]]'' labelled a "dark day for the rule of law."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/opinion/hsbc-too-big-to-indict.html |title=Too Big to Indict |date=11 December 2012 |work=The New York Times|accessdate=12 December 2012}}</ref> Line 52:
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His wife and daughters attended the left-wing, [[anti-Trump]] [[Women's March]] and supported Hillary Clinton.<ref>Samuels, Brett (April 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/383295-comey-my-wife-and-daughters-had-a-lot-of-passion-for-hillary-clinton Comey's wife and daughters took part in Women's March, supported Clinton]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 15, 2018.</ref> Comey built his career and reputation among [[leftist]]s prosecuting the cases of Martha Stewart, Steven Hatfield (the Anthrax case), [[Scooter Libby]], and [[Dinesh D'Souza]]. After his firing Comey, among other examples, illustrated his left-wing leanings by advocating for [[gun control]] and calling for Democrats to take control of Congress.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (July 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/18/comey-gun-control-vote-democrat/ After Pushing Gun Control, James Comey Urges Americans to Vote Democrat]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.</ref>
His wife and daughters attended the left-wing, [[anti-Trump]] [[Women's March]] and supported Hillary Clinton.<ref>Samuels, Brett (April 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/383295-comey-my-wife-and-daughters-had-a-lot-of-passion-for-hillary-clinton Comey's wife and daughters took part in Women's March, supported Clinton]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 15, 2018.</ref> Comey built his career and reputation among [[leftist]]s prosecuting the cases of Martha Stewart, Steven Hatfield (the Anthrax case), [[Scooter Libby]], and [[Dinesh D'Souza]]. After his firing Comey, among other examples, illustrated his left-wing leanings by advocating for [[gun control]] and calling for Democrats to take control of Congress.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (July 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/18/comey-gun-control-vote-democrat/ After Pushing Gun Control, James Comey Urges Americans to Vote Democrat]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.</ref>
Comey earned the moniker "Jimmy the Weasel" after privately assuring President Trump "I don't leak. I don't do weasel moves," which he promptly leaked to the ''New York Times''.<ref>One of Comey's memos reads "I explained that he could count on me to always tell the truth. I said I don’t do sneaky things, I don’t leak, I don’t do weasel moves."<br>https://amp.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/8dkggy/how_long_till_trump_tweets_jimmy_the_weasel_comey/</ref><ref>http://rebelplanetdispatch.blogspot.com/2018/02/jimmy-weasel-comey-is-whats-wrong-with.html?m=1</ref>
Comey earned the moniker "Jimmy the Weasel" after privately assuring President Trump "I don't leak. I don't do weasel moves," which he promptly leaked to the ''New York Times''.<ref>One of Comey's memos reads "I explained that he could count on me to always tell the truth. I said I don’t do sneaky things, I don’t leak, I don’t do weasel moves."<br>https://amp.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/8dkggy/how_long_till_trump_tweets_jimmy_the_weasel_comey/</ref><ref>http://rebelplanetdispatch.blogspot.com/2018/02/jimmy-weasel-comey-is-whats-wrong-with.html?m=1</ref>
As in the Trump-Russia scam, the Attorney General was first neutralized with a conflict of interest by [[fake news]] reporting from the ''Washington Post'', impugning innocent people. Followed by a public clamouring to initiate a Special Counsel fishing expedition. Then a partisan deputy assuming the reins appoints a special counsel to harass a Republican administration. Comey is a major player in engineering the same scenario in both the Valerie Plame and Trump-Russia witchhunts.
As in the Trump-Russia scam, the Attorney General was first neutralized with a conflict of interest by [[fake news]] reporting from the ''Washington Post'', impugning innocent people. Followed by a public clamouring to initiate a Special Counsel fishing expedition. Then a partisan deputy assuming the reins appoints a special counsel to harass a Republican administration. Comey is a major player in engineering the same scenario in both the Valerie Plame and Trump-Russia witchhunts.
===HSBC scandal===
He served on the Board of Directors of [[HSBC Holdings]] until July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former US Deputy Attorney General joins HSBC Board |url=http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |publisher=HSBC Holdings plc. |date=30 Jan 2013 |accessdate= |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407063402/http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |archivedate=7 April 2013 |df= }}</ref> In 2012, HSBC was the subject of hearings of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] permanent subcommittee for its [[money laundering]] activities. On 16 July the committee presented its findings.<ref>{{Cite news | url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18880269 |publisher=BBC News | title=HSBC money laundering report: Key findings | date=11 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://4closurefraud.org/2012/07/16/us-senate-report-u-s-vulnerabilities-to-money-laundering-drugs-and-terrorist-financing-hsbc-case-history/|title =HSBC Exposed U.S. Financial System to Money Laundering, Drug, Terrorist Financing Risks|date =17 July 2012| work =[[United States Senate]], The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|accessdate =23 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/media/hsbc-exposed-us-finacial-system-to-money-laundering-drug-terrorist-financing-risks|title =HSBC Exposed U.S. Financial System to Money Laundering, Drug, Terrorist Financing Risks (press release)|date =16 July 2012|work =[[United States Senate]], The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|accessdate =22 December 2012}}</ref> Among other things, it concluded that HSBC had been transferring $7 billion in banknotes from its Mexican to its US subsidiary, much of it related to drug trafficing<ref>{{cite news|last=Mollenkamp |first=Carrick |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/12/uk-hsbc-probe-idUKBRE8BA05K20121212 |title=HSBC became bank to drug cartels, pays big for lapses |publisher=Reuters |date=12 December 2012 |accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref>), was disregarding terrorist financing links and was actively circumventing US safeguards to block transactions involving terrorists, drug lords and rogue regimes, including hiding $19.4 billion in transactions with [[Iran]]. This investigation followed on from a probe by the US Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that there was "significant potential for unreported money laundering or terrorist financing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jul/11/hsbc-failure-control-money-laundering|title=HSBC chief admits bank failed to control money laundering|first=Dominic|last=Rushe|date=11 July 2012|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> On 11 December 2012, HSBC agreed to pay a record $1.92 billion fine in this money laundering case. "Bank officials repeatedly ignored internal warnings that HSBC's monitoring systems were inadequate, the Justice DHe served on the Board of Directors of [[HSBC Holdings]] until July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former US Deputy Attorney General joins HSBC Board |url=http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |publisher=HSBC Holdings plc. |date=30 Jan 2013 |accessdate= |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407063402/http://www.hsbc.com/news-and-insight/2013/former-us-deputy-attorney-general-joins-hsbc-board |archivedate=7 April 2013 |df= }}</ref> In 2012, HSBC was the subject of hearings of the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] permanent subcommittee for its [[money laundering]] activities. On 16 July the committee presented its findings.epartment said. In 2008, for example, the CEO of HSBC Mexico was told that Mexican law enforcement had a recording of a Mexican drug lord saying that HSBC Mexico was the place to launder money."<ref name="reuters1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/11/us-hsbc-probe-idUSBRE8BA05M20121211|title=HSBC to pay $1.9 billion U.S. fine in money-laundering case | date=11 December 2012|work=[[Reuters]]|accessdate=}}</ref> The [[United States Department of Justice]], however, decided not to pursue criminal penalties, a decision which the ''[[New York Times]]'' labelled a "dark day for the rule of law."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/opinion/hsbc-too-big-to-indict.html |title=Too Big to Indict |date=11 December 2012 |work=The New York Times|accessdate=12 December 2012}}</ref>
==Hillary Clinton email investigation==
==Hillary Clinton email investigation==