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   This is the Deep State on steroids. If newly appointed Attorney   
   General William Barr decides to clean house, and we hope he does,   
   he'll have his hands full.   
      
   Meanwhile, as former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe continues his   
   self-destructive book tour, it's increasingly obvious he too was   
   part of a far-reaching plot to take down President Trump. They based   
   it on the flimsiest of evidence.   
      
   Of course, as we've said, it's possible Special Counsel Robert   
   Mueller has a surprise up his sleeve when he wraps up his Trump-   
   Russia investigation. But if not, then the actions of key leaders in   
   both the FBI and Justice Department constitute an extra-   
   constitutional effort to subvert America's democratic republic. That   
   is, a silent coup.   
      
   That's the clear subtext of testimony last October from FBI General   
   Counsel James Baker, the FBI's top lawyer in 2016, indicating both   
   Comey and Clinton lied. Though he spoke to Congress in October,   
   Baker's actual remarks only came to light this week.   
      
   Baker told Congress that, despite her denials, Clinton and her team   
   mishandled "highly classified" information on her server, and that   
   they should have known they did so. That's a crime.   
      
   Contrary to Comey's glib self-serving comment that "no reasonable   
   prosecutor would bring such a case," Baker said that he still   
   thought Clinton should be prosecuted "pretty late" in the game and   
   that FBI debates over charging her with a crime continued "I think,   
   up until the end."   
      
   Baker backed off from seeking prosecution for Clinton after being   
   convinced by higher-ups — like Comey — that they couldn't prove she   
   intended to expose classified documents across her unsecured email   
   server. So therefore, a prosecutor couldn't prove criminal intent.   
      
   The only problem is, that's not the law. As Fox News noted this   
   week, "Federal law states that 'gross negligence' in handling the   
   nation's intelligence can be punished criminally with prison time or   
   fines, and there is no requirement that defendants act intentionally   
   or recklessly."   
      
   Deep State Interference   
   In other words, Clinton's clear reckless negligence itself warranted   
   charges. But because of Comey, Andrew McCabe, and others at the FBI   
   and Justice Department, she was never charged. Instead, they used   
   charges contained in an unverified dossier financed by Hillary   
   Clinton to begin their relentless pursuit of Donald Trump.   
      
      
   In short, we said, she should have been charged. She wasn't.   
      
   At the time, we based our opinion on a 2016 Fox News report that   
   noted,  "Career agents and attorneys on the case unanimously   
   believed the Democratic presidential nominee should have been   
   charged."   
      
   If anything, Baker's testimony confirms that two-year-old Fox   
   report.   
      
   Will Barr Act?   
   So career investigators and attorneys wanted to charge Clinton, but   
   were derailed, as Baker said, by higher-ups. For the record, that   
   means Comey and the ever-growing cast of characters in the Justice   
   Department and FBI lied, dissembled and covertly supported Hillary   
   Clinton over Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. It   
   was a clear violation of the law.   
      
   The attempted coup by the Deep State cannot go unpunished. It will   
   seriously endanger the rule of law in our country. The only real   
   question is who should be charged first? Clinton? Or her Deep State   
   allies who did all they could to undo a legitimate American   
   presidential election on her behalf?   
      
   Once again, we hope William Barr has the answers.   
      
   https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/fbi-officials-wanted-   
   to-charge-hillary-clinton-turns-out-they-should-have/   
      
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