My intention today was to continue my series on Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State for the Obama Administration, but candidate Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, has caused an interruption in my carefully planned schedule. If the news hasn't reached your neck of the woods just yet, Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch had an impromptu meeting aboard Lynch's plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. It's apparent that AG Lynch was not expecting the meeting, but you'll have to excuse me if I'm not so quick to believe that Bill Clinton's appearance was "impromptu". For whatever reason, Clinton intended the meeting to be under the radar, and the few journalists who were in the vicinity were ordered not to take any photographs. Bill Clinton is a former President, and Loretta Lynch is the current Attorney General; why would a discreet, unscheduled meeting between the two raise any eyebrows?
Here are the reasons why this meeting should never have taken place. Hillary Clinton, Bill's wife and the Democratic nominee for President in 2016 (in all probability), is being investigated by Lynch's Department of Justice and the FBI. when Hillary was Secretary of State for the Obama Administration back in 2010, she ordered that a separate email server should be located in her home, so that she could ensure better control over personal conversations and information. Unfortunately, this server was not limited to transmitting personal information about the color of underwear the Secretary wanted to wear on any given day. A review of the thousands of emails that were sent on this server include classified information. Simply put, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton purposely mishandled sensitive information. The docking of her server to the State Department system also opened up Foggy Bottom to hacking. Once this story began to develop, Congress smelled a political opportunity, so at least two investigations were scheduled. The investigations have resulted in a few cases of "pleading the fifth" and what would appear to be serious obfuscation. I can't remember the last time that a Congressional Investigation achieved anything more than putting most of the eastern seaboard to sleep; but the politicians muddle through, and after wiping away all the political distractions, it does appear as if Hillary Clinton purposely attempted to subvert State Department security procedures. If the FBI recommends that Hillary Clinton be indicted, Loretta Lynch will make the final decision. When questioned, both Clinton and Lynch claim that their conversation was strictly related to personal matters. At this point, I'm not prepared to call anyone a liar, but I don't think it really makes a difference. Regardless of the topic of conversation, the meeting was inappropriate in the extreme, and not just because of the ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton's personal server.
In fact, from my optic, the server is actually a small fry compared to the other issue being "examined". The huge, influential international beast we all know as "The Clinton Foundation" has also drawn the attention of federal investigators. Do you recall roughly ten years ago when Hillary Clinton claimed poverty on behalf of her family? If my memory serves me correctly, the Clintons had no money because they had to pay legal fees for countless politically motivated court cases and also put Chelsea through college. A quick glance at the bottom line tells me that Bill and Hillary no longer have any financial concerns. Hillary can get as much as $225,000 per speech, and no doubt Bill gets more. The Clinton Foundation really has no connection to the Clinton bank account, at least none that we can find. As self-defined, the Foundation simply assists in connecting donors to appropriate charity and aid programs. Who decides how the money is spent? Is there a black list of governments and persons who are not allowed to donate to the Foundation? One of the reasons that the Foundation has started to draw so much attention seems to be its willingness to take money from questionable donors. Just about every Arab sheikdom has donated money to the Foundation, and why not? Bill Clinton continues to cultivate contacts he made as President, especially in China and the Persian Gulf. The problem is, the Clintons are strong supporters of the LGBT community. The above-mentioned nations are not. In fact, in most of the Gulf States, homosexuality carries the death penalty. Similar discrepancies, along with a number of questionable tax issues, have put the spotlight on the Foundation. In fact, the Justice Department has been looking into some of these concerns. And here comes friendly ol' Bill Clinton knockin' on your door.
With both the Clinton Foundation and his wife under the scrutiny of the Justice Department, Bill Clinton should have stayed as far away as possible from the Attorney General. In fact, he did just the opposite. Was Bill Clinton hoping to have a chummy little chat with a fellow Democrat that would help calm any fears in the Clinton for President camp regarding the possibility of an indictment? This was a terrible mistake by Bill Clinton, even though Attorney General Lynch has publicly announced that she will accept whatever recommendation is made regarding Hillary Clinton and her server. If the FBI does not recommend an indictment, conservatives across the board will point to the Phoenix meeting, arguing reasonably that just because Lynch doesn't overly make the decision herself, it would have been simple for her to reach out to her "team" at the FBI and influence its decision. Let's face it, when has a Democrat ever said no to Bill Clinton? As for the Foundation, everything about this entity bothers me, so I need to do a bit of homework before I comment further.
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