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Retired Colonel Wonders Why Hillary Was Left Off Potential Revoked Clearance List

“Frankly, I was shocked that Hillary, the chief culprit, was omitted,” retired Col. James Williamson told The Daily Caller News Foundation. Williamson, who was in special operations for 30 years and has held a top-level security since 1982, is president of OPSEC, a nonpartisan organization representing retired special forces and intelligence community officials. (Daily Caller)

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Retired Colonel Wonders Why Hillary Was Left Off Potential Revoked Clearance List

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“Frankly, I was shocked that Hillary, the chief culprit, was omitted,” retired Col. James Williamson told The Daily Caller

That skank had no damn business anywhere near classified information while she was in office.

That's because Clinton knew how democracy really works, which is that when an appointment is absolutely necessary to keep something from shutting down, the President clears it with the other party first so the appointment sails through.

The way it works is, the President says to the opposing majority party behind the scenes: "I have two candidates, one you'll be able to live with a lot better than the other. If you agree to vote for the one you'll like better, I'll nominate him or her. Otherwise, I'll nominate the one you'll like a lot less". Then the opposing majority party votes for the nominee they'll like more because they realize that if the position is going to be filled, that nominee is the best they are going to do.

That's how the Federal government has always functioned when the President was of one party and the Senate was of the other party. That's how it functioned under Clinton. If Bush 43 decided not to use that strategy to prevent the FEC was lacking a quorum, that's on him.

Both Bush 43 and Clinton had a similar number of their appointments rejected.

That path does not lead anywhere near his removal.

Europe blinks. America wins. Trump shines.

"President Donald Trump and European Union officials appeared to step back from a trade war on Wednesday as they struck a deal to work toward 'zero' tariffs, barriers and subsidies," the Guardian reported.

House Republicans introduce articles of impeachment against Rosenstein

The impeachment articles accuse Rosenstein of intentionally withholding documents and information from Congress, failure to comply with congressional subpoenas and abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

"For nine months, we've asked for documents, and that's all we want," Meadows said. "Not only have subpoenas been ignored, but information has been hidden, efforts have been stonewalled."

"We've caught the Department of Justice hiding information, redacting information that they should not have redacted," Jordan charged, adding that Rosenstein had attempted to intimidate House staffers with subpoenas.

"We're tired of the Justice Department giving us the finger," Jordan added. "The American people are sick of it."

From the Guardian, no less.

Republicans have launched a bid to remove the Department of Justice official overseeing the Russia inquiry dogging Donald Trump's presidency.

House of Representatives conservatives have filed articles of impeachment in an effort to oust Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

The articles were introduced by Representatives Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan, who accuse him of stonewalling their requests for information.

Mr Rosenstein denies the accusations.

The articles of impeachment, which were filed on Wednesday evening, criticise Mr Rosenstein for allegedly failing to comply with requests for documents relating to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

"Rod Rosenstein has been in charge of the Department of Justice as the agency has made every effort to obstruct legitimate attempts of congressional oversight," Mr Meadows said in a statement.

Mr Rosenstein has overseen the investigation since Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself last year.

Impeachment would have to be approved by a majority in the House and backed by two-thirds of the US Senate to convict Mr Rosenstein, which makes the plan a long shot.

Within weeks of becoming deputy attorney general in April 2017, Mr Rosenstein found himself in controversy after a memo he wrote was cited as the reason for President Trump's decision to fire FBI chief James Comey, who was investigating Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 US elections.

Mr Rosenstein then appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel to take over the inquiry.

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democratic officials during the 2016 vote.

Although Mr Rosenstein has said there is no evidence they "altered the vote count or changed any election result", the announcement came just before Mr Trump's controversial summit with President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.