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Letter: Obama interfering in Clinton case

We are told that the FBI has more than 100 agents currently involved in a criminal investigation regarding Hillary Clinton's use of an unsecured private email server during her term as secretary of state. Further we are told that she definitely sent and received emails containing sensitive and highly classified material via that server. To the best of our knowledge, the Justice Department's investigation has still not concluded.

Notwithstanding all of this, President Obama, to whom the Justice Department and the FBI report, has now formally endorsed Mrs. Clinton as his candidate for president and has told us all that he will campaign vigorously for her.

Given this blatant interference with an ongoing investigation, can we really be expected to believe that Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the Justice Department and the FBI will now be able to conclude their investigation and make a timely decision based upon the facts in this case?

Mrs. Clinton has assured all of us that this investigation will conclude and will not result in any criminal charges. Now, how can she possibly know that? Why is the president of the United States not being charged with obstruction of justice in this case? He is clearly interfering with the Justice Department's investigation and exerting undue influence on the outcome. Why hasn't Congress and/or our courts done something about this? We no longer can count on the rule of law but rather on the whims, wishes and proclamations of King Obama.

Tom Anderson

Okatie

This story was originally published June 16, 2016 at 4:08 PM with the headline "Letter: Obama interfering in Clinton case."

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