See, everyone should breathe a sigh of relief with Trump in the White House, because, Hillary and Bill Clinton would have used the White House for their own purposes.
I don't think they have resort hotels though that allow such exploitation of American power. The best forum the Clinton's could provide would be Camp David or the occasional retreat to Hyannis Port.
There is nothing to this mess, but, the article is a good review of nothing.
6 January 2018
By Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett
The FBI has been investigating (click here) the Clinton Foundation for months, reviving a probe that was dialed back during the 2016 campaign amid tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents about the politically charged case, according to people familiar with the matter.
The inquiry resumed about a year ago. Agents are now trying to determine if any donations made to the foundation were linked to official acts when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, these people said. The people did not identify what specific donations or interactions agents are scrutinizing....
...On Friday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a key figure in the special counsel probe, a former British spy who authored a dossier of allegations, may have lied to the FBI....
...Members of both parties have accused the FBI and the Justice Department of partisan bias in their probes of Clinton and Trump. Trump has been particularly vocal - both on the campaign trail and as president - about wanting the Justice Department to investigate Hillary Clinton, her allies and her family's foundation....
...Ron Hosko, a former assistant FBI director, said the bureau has been thrust into a "political minefield," with pundits criticizing its every move.
"This is where big boys (and girls) earn their pay, and this is where I think you put your nose to the grind stone," Hosko said.
The Justice Department declined to comment. The Clinton Foundation inquiry was first reported by The Hill.
In a statement, Clinton Foundation spokesman Craig Minassian said: "Time after time, the Clinton Foundation has been subjected to politically motivated allegations, and time after time these allegations have been proven false. None of this has made us waver in our mission to help people. The Clinton Foundation has demonstrably improved the lives of millions of people across America and around the world while earning top ratings from charity watchdog groups in the process. There are real issues in our society needing attention that the Clinton Foundation works hard to solve every day. So we're going to stay focused on what really matters."
The investigation resumed some time after the election, with the FBI's Little Rock office taking the lead, said one person familiar with the matter. Still, there was some skepticism inside the Justice Department that it would ever produce charges.
"It was never a great case, but it's still being worked," one person familiar with the probe said....
Russia has compromising personal and financial information on Trump? It sure as heck seems like it. Trump panders to Russia and never takes a hard line. It must be about the Trump Tower in Moscow. The Russians would deliberately design a plan of attack to their advantage.
It makes a lot of sense Russia would have a plan. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, ..."Americans voting (click here) for a president on Nov. 8 must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump. But if they vote for Hillary it's war. It will be a short movie. There will be Hiroshimas and Nagasakis everywhere."...
I don't think Zhirinovsky is a clownish figure at all. I think the identity allows him to verbalize outlandish ideas while still acceptable to Russian society. He knows what he is doing and it does not come from a three-ring circus.
January 10, 2017
By David A. Graham
...When top intelligence officials (click here) briefed Trump last week on their conclusion that Russia interfered with the election to hurt Hillary Clinton and aid Trump’s presidential hopes, they presented him a two-page classified memo that included allegations that Russian agents say they have “compromising personal and financial information” about him. It is not, clear, however, whether U.S. intelligence officials believe those allegations to be true....
