Here is a summary of events that lead to the FBI searching Clinton’s emails into Weiner’s laptop. I found it fascinating how things look coincidental some times. I hope you’ll enjoy it, and don’t forget that you need to vote.
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In 2009, the National Archive and Records Administration expressed concerns over possible violations of normal federal government record-keeping procedures at the Department of State under Secretary Clinton. Hillary Clinton was only in her first year as Secretary of State in the Obama’s Administration.
In March 2013, hacker Guccifer distributes emails sent to Clinton from Sidney Blumenthal whom was hacked. Emails reveal an account to clintonemail.com. Blumenthal did not have a security clearance when he received material from Clinton that has since been characterized as classified by the State Department. This is the beginning of Obama’s 2nd term. Hillary Clinton is not Secretary of State anymore. Chances are that she already plans her presidential run for 2016 and getting of politics for 4 years is part of that plan. But, Clinton’s mishandling of confidential emails is probably seen by some as a weapon against her: It’s just too early.
In October 2014, the State Department sent letters to Clinton and all previous Secretaries of State back to Madeleine Albright requesting emails and documents related to their work while in office. Clinton delivers, on December 5th of that same year, 12 boxes filled with printed paper containing more than 30,000 emails. Clinton withheld almost 32,000 emails deemed to be of a personal nature.
In March 2015, the New York Times breaks the story that the Benghazi panel had discovered that Clinton exclusively used her own private email server rather than a government-issued one throughout her time as Secretary of State, and that her aides took no action to preserve emails sent or received from her personal accounts as required by law. In July of that same year the State Department and the Intelligence Comity make a security referral to the FBI's counterintelligence office, to alert authorities that classified information was being kept on Clinton's server and by her lawyer on a thumb drive. The FBI steps in.
In April 2015, Hillary Clinton announces her candidacy. Now things are getting real.
On August 20th, 2015, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan States that Hillary Clinton's actions of maintaining a private email server were in direct conflict with U.S. government policy.
In May 2016, Inspector General Steve Linick releases an 83-page report about the State Department's email practices. He was unable to find evidence that Clinton had ever sought approval from the State Department staff for her use of a private email server.
Still in May 2016, the Associated Press reports that the audit did note that former Secretary of State Colin Powell had also exclusively used a private email account.... But the failings of Clinton were singled out in the audit as being more serious than her predecessor.
In parallel to the growing story about Clinton’s Emails Server, on May 20th 2016, Josh Kriegman releases the documentary movie “Weiner”. At the time, the Primaries are just a couple of months from the end. Bernie Sanders is behind but won’t give up. Donald Trump is the favorite but fears that the election may be taken away from him by the Republican Party. The movie is described as a Fly on the wall documentary in Wikipedia. This is that same term that Rudy Giuliani will use in October after Comey’s letter to Congress.
In late June 2016, President Bill Clinton invites himself in the plane of Attorney General Loretta Lynch, giving thus the impression that the investigation on Clinton emails is fixed.
On July 5th, 2016, the head of the FBI, James Comey, announces the results of the FBI investigation. The central conclusion of the investigation was, “Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case... We are expressing to [the Department of] Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case.” This happens just a few weeks before the conventions but already minds blow on the GOP side. Chances are that Bernie Sander and many of his supporters were also disappointed [I was on Sander side myself].
On the next day, July 6th, Attorney General Loretta Lynch confirms that the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of private email servers while secretary of state will be closed without criminal charges.
On July 7th, the House Oversight Committee holds a hearing on the matter. Comey answering Hurd states that there is no sufficient evidence of criminal intent to prosecute, and that the whole team of FBI agent on the case agreed on the conclusion. Comey has very harsh words to say about Clinton handling of the emails. Some more minds blow.
On July 21st, 2016, Donald Trump accepts becomes the Republican nominee for the Presidential election at the Republican Convention.
On July 26th, 2016, Antony Weiner appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in New York City where he shows his support for Clinton and attacks Trump.
On July 27th, 2016, Donald Trump says: "Her No. 1 person, Huma Abedin, is married to Anthony Weiner, who's a sleazeball and pervert, I'm not saying that, that's recorded history, I don't like Huma going home at night and telling Anthony Weiner all of these secrets.". Weiner’s appearance on TV may have triggered Trumps attack on Weiner. Yet, Trump’s words describe quite well what follows. [Is it a coincidence?]
On that evening, Anthony Weiner appears again on TV but this time it is in Los Angeles with Bill Maher. This is important because, from his hotel room, Weiner sexted with a catfish from New York City. [I love coincidences: NY the City that never sleep]
On July 28th, 2016, Hillary Clinton becomes the Democrat nominee for the Presidential election at the Democratic Convention.
On August 6th, 2016, the conservative tabloid the New York Post reports [the one that endorsed Trump during the primaries] "Fast Takes: DC’s secrecy culture makes an exception, the Abedin-Weiner marriage, and more". This is the last useless news article about Anthony Weiner. After that, they are all about his sexting addiction.
On August 11th, 2016, Sydney Leathers, the student girl whose life has been turned upside down by the revelation of the sexting with Weiner write a very critical post about Weiner. In her post she writes "a woman who claims to be one of his [Weiner] current sexting partners has reached out to me for advice." [You have no idea how much I’d love to know if that woman is the catfish from New York City]
Just hours later [amazing, isn’t it?], the New York Post reports Sydney’s comment: "Anthony Weiner still sexting other women, says Sydney Leathers"
Just two days later, on August 13th, 2016, the still very pro-Trump tabloid – the New York Post – has found no one else but the Catfish from New York City [of all the ‘girls’ Weiner sexted with, obviously]. Their article is titled: "Anthony Weiner caught in new flirty online chat". I it you’ll read this: “The target of his online affection was really a dude. A young Republican-turned-“catfish” baited the disgraced former congressman [I really like it when planets align so well] into chatting about ‘strappy black heels’ and ‘porn scenes.’ Weiner even made a cornball double entendre about his ‘staff.’ The student, a New Yorker using a female friend’s Twitter account and calling himself ‘Nikki,’ responds, ‘Come out with just the towel on when he/she knocks, would pretty much = a tip for the concierge.’ - He [Weiner] also claimed it was a ‘playful joust with an obvious catfish’ — a term for a prankster who poses as another person online to romantically lure a target. - The ‘catfish,’ who heads a Republican club at his NYC-area college, called Weiner an easy mark. ‘The first time was the charm,’ he told The Post. All it took was to retweet one of Weiner’s posts and add a comment.”
So, here it is: weeks after Trump links Weiner to Clinton’s Emails. A Republican male student from New York City, out of nowhere decides to lure Weiner into sexing with him. Then, just a few weeks later, the very girl that suffered from her sexting with Weiner 5 years earlier, decides to write a public post on the guy she now hates [Weiner]. In that post, she reveals that she knows of someone who, out of the blue, contacted her for advises about Weiner. The pro-Trump tabloid sees that public immediately and reports about its content. Then in just two days, they get in contact with the catfish who, again, happens to be a republican male from New York. Gosh, all the planets of the solar system lined up all of a sudden, it’s just amazing.
But that article from the New York Post does not catch much attention. It was reported by others though [cf. the NY Times]. So, it takes a few more weeks [August 28th] for the New York Post to issue another Weiner scandal. This time it’s real because the girl is not a catfish and Weiner’s kid is involved. So, obviously the story makes the news headlines, and Trump goes back again to what he said just a month earlier: "Huma is making a very wise decision. I know Anthony Weiner well, and she will be far better off without him. I only worry for the country in that Hillary Clinton was careless and negligent in allowing Weiner to have such close proximity to highly classified information. Who knows what he learned and who he told? It's just another example of Hillary Clinton's bad judgment. It is possible that our country and its security have been greatly compromised by this."
But besides damaging Huma/Weiner marriage, it goes nowhere. You have to wait for another month for Weiner to come back in the spotlight with an even more damaging revelation. On September 21st, 2016, the very conservative British paper, the Daily Mail publishes a report about A. Weiner sexting a 15yo girl. So, this time, its criminal and the FBI seizes devices owned by Weiner and Abedin as part of an investigation.
You know the rest of the story…
