{"id":45224,"date":"2016-08-06T16:01:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T20:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45224"},"modified":"2016-08-06T16:08:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T20:08:33","slug":"the-fix-was-in-on-hillary-email-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=45224","title":{"rendered":"‘THE FIX WAS IN’ ON HILLARY EMAIL SCANDAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Myra Adams interviews Rep. Ron DeSantis about his grilling of AG Lynch<\/span><\/h3>\n

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by Myra Adams
\nWND.com<\/p>\n

Ron DeSantis is the United States representative for Florida\u2019s 6th Congressional District, located in northeastern Florida.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Rep. DeSantis assumed office on Jan. 3, 2013. In May 2015, shortly after Florida Senator Marco Rubio announced his intention to seek the presidency and not run for re-election in 2016, <\/i>DeSantis declared<\/i><\/span><\/a> that he would run for Rubio\u2019s open Senate seat.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Then, on June 22, 2016, in what played out as a national political drama, two days before Florida\u2019s June 24 filing deadline, Rubio announced that he had changed his mind and was now seeking re-election.<\/i> DeSantis then announced<\/span><\/a> that he was withdrawing from the Senate race and running for re-election to his 6th district seat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Weeks later, on July 7, DeSantis, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, garnered much favorable national media attention after his grilling of FBI Director James Comey over Comey\u2019s decision not to recommend prosecution of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her email scandal. Then, on July 12, Attorney General Loretta Lynch appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to affirm Comey\u2019s decision to close Clinton\u2019s email case. Again DeSantis emerged as a star questioner, resulting in more national media appearances.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

With his conservative track record and <\/i>impressive biography<\/i><\/span><\/a> as a Harvard Law School honors graduate, Iraq war veteran and Bronze Star winner currently serving as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, DeSantis is recognized as a Republican rising star with a bright future. WND is honored to have Congressman DeSantis participate in our VIP interview series.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.<\/p><\/div>\n

WND:<\/b> Back in July when FBI Director Comey and Attorney General Lynch appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to justify their decision in the Clinton email scandal, did you consider their overall testimony to be a low point in modern American history?<\/span><\/p>\n

Rep. DeSantis:<\/b> Comey\u2019s testimony was baffling \u2013 he laid out devastating factual findings regarding Hillary Clinton\u2019s conduct and effectively convicted her for violating sections 793(f) (mishandling classified information through gross negligence) and 1924 (knowingly removing classified information from proper place of storage) of Title 18 of the U.S. Code. Yet, he surmised that no \u201creasonable prosecutor\u201d would bring a prosecution on these facts because the \u201ctradition\u201d of the Department of Justice is to only prosecute classified information cases when the defendant intended to harm the U.S. This is not required by the relevant statutes and is not something the DOJ requires in other cases (for example, the Department routinely prosecutes environmental crimes using a basic negligence standard).<\/span><\/p>\n

My guess is that the DOJ told Comey beforehand they wouldn\u2019t bring the case unless Comey demonstrated that Hillary specifically intended classified information to be exposed, which effectively guaranteed that no case would go forward. Comey could reason that Clinton\u2019s specific intent in setting up her rogue server was to insulate her communications and performance in office from public accountability; she was willing to risk top secret information being intercepted, but that was not the primary reason she set up the server.<\/span><\/p>\n

Loretta Lynch\u2019s dismal performance before Congress was an affront to the American people. She refused to answer any questions about the investigation or even the legal analysis used by the Justice Department in classified information cases. Her performance suggests that my guess regarding DOJ guidance to Comey is correct. The fix was in.<\/span><\/p>\n

See DeSantis\/Lynch exchange:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n