The Obama-era Department of Justice set an “unusually high threshold” for filing charges against Hillary Clinton for mishandling of classified information on her email server, essentially killing the investigation into the 2016 frontrunner before it even began, according to a report Monday based on previously non-public testimony in the case. “In order for Clinton to be prosecuted, the DOJ required the FBI to establish evidence of intent — even though the gross negligence statute explicitly does not require this,” the article by the New York-based Epoch Times reports. “This meant that the FBI would have needed to find a smoking gun, such as an email or an admission made during FBI questioning, revealing Clinton or her aides knowingly set up the private email server to send classified information. “Hillary Clinton was famously exonerated by FBI Director James Comey in a July 5, 2016, press conference, which immediately became the subject of controversy,” the report continues. “Notably, Comey had been convinced to remove the term ‘gross negligence’ to describe Clinton’s actions from his prepared statement by, among others, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, FBI agent Peter Strzok, senior legal counsel Trisha Anderson, and FBI analyst Jonathan Moffa.” The decision to eliminate gross negligence as a reason to pursue charges had also been reached by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch. 
Disgusting Obama's DOJ Instructed FBI To Ignore 'Gross Negligence' From Hillary Clinton
The Obama-era Department of Justice set an “unusually high threshold” for filing charges against Hillary Clinton for mishandling of classified information on her email server, essentially killing the investigation into the 2016 frontrunner before it even began, according to a report Monday based on previously non-public testimony in the case. “In order for Clinton to be prosecuted, the DOJ required the FBI to establish evidence of intent — even though the gross negligence statute explicitly does not require this,” the article by the New York-based Epoch Times reports. “This meant that the FBI would have needed to find a smoking gun, such as an email or an admission made during FBI questioning, revealing Clinton or her aides knowingly set up the private email server to send classified information. “Hillary Clinton was famously exonerated by FBI Director James Comey in a July 5, 2016, press conference, which immediately became the subject of controversy,” the report continues. “Notably, Comey had been convinced to remove the term ‘gross negligence’ to describe Clinton’s actions from his prepared statement by, among others, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, FBI agent Peter Strzok, senior legal counsel Trisha Anderson, and FBI analyst Jonathan Moffa.” The decision to eliminate gross negligence as a reason to pursue charges had also been reached by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch. 
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