Obama-Era Corruption & Cover-Ups: The FBI's Botched Clinton Email Probe
In a stunning revelation that underscores the depths of political favoritism and incompetence under the Obama administration, newly released documents expose how the FBI deliberately ignored crucial evidence in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's infamous private email server. The so-called "Clinton Annex," an appendix to a 2018 Department of Justice Inspector General (IG) report, was finally made public by Republican Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson.
This damning addendum to the FBI's "Midyear Exam" probe reveals a pattern of negligence—or worse, intentional sabotage—that allowed Clinton to skate free from accountability for mishandling classified information during her tenure as Secretary of State.
The Obama-era FBI, led by the notoriously biased James Comey, and the Department of Justice under Attorney General Loretta Lynch, operated more like a protection racket for the Democrat elite than an impartial law enforcement agency. While the Trump campaign was hounded with a baseless Russia collusion hoax fueled by the discredited Steele dossier, Clinton's email scandal was treated with kid gloves.
Recent declassified documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard further implicate Obama and his team in manufacturing intelligence to falsely portray Russian interference in the 2016 election, all to damage Trump's campaign and presidency. These revelations show how Comey and the FBI were integral players in both crimes: shielding Clinton from scrutiny while fabricating narratives to undermine her opponent. Gabbard's documents allege a "treasonous conspiracy" by Obama officials, who politicized intelligence despite contrary evidence from the community, announcing criminal referrals to the DOJ for prosecution.
The IG report's appendix highlights how the FBI "cut corners" in ways that scream of political interference, prioritizing Clinton's presidential ambitions over national security.
At the heart of this fiasco are eight thumb drives, obtained from a confidential source, brimming with emails extracted from cyber intrusions into the Department of State. These drives contained a trove of data that could have exposed the full extent of vulnerabilities in Clinton's unsecured server—a setup that invited foreign hackers and compromised sensitive government secrets.
Yet, astonishingly, the FBI never bothered to examine the vast majority of this material, not even for counterintelligence purposes. Their excuse? Concerns over "privileged information" from US victims. This flimsy rationale falls apart under scrutiny, especially since a draft FBI memorandum from late May 2016 explicitly stated that reviewing these drives was "essential to a thorough investigation" and critical for assessing national security risks posed by Clinton's reckless email practices.
But here's the kicker: that memorandum was never finalized or submitted to the State Department. It vanished into the bureaucratic ether, much like the 33,000 emails Clinton infamously deleted from her server—emails she claimed were merely about yoga classes and wedding plans, but which likely hid far more sinister dealings. This wasn't mere oversight; it was a calculated decision to shield Clinton from the consequences of her actions.
Senator Grassley minced no words in his summary memo:
"This document shows an extreme lack of effort and due diligence in the FBI’s investigation of former Secretary Clinton’s email usage and mishandling of highly classified information. Under Comey’s leadership, the FBI failed to perform fundamental investigative work and left key pieces of evidence on the cutting room floor."
Grassley further lambasted the contrast with the FBI's aggressive pursuit of the Trump-Russia narrative, calling Comey's decision-making "smacks of political infection."
The criminal corruption extended all the way to the top. Redacted sections of the report suggest that President Obama's desperation to avoid tarnishing his legacy with a Clinton scandal is evident. As one document notes:
"Obama is not in the mood to mar the very final segment of his presidency, his legacy, with a scandal around a leading nominee for the Democratic Party. To deal with this, he is using Attorney General Loretta Lynch to mount pressure on FBI Director James Comey. Alas, so far, with no concrete results."
This pressure cooker environment explains why the investigation dragged its feet, ignoring media reports of corruption in Clinton's State Department, including favoritism toward Clinton Foundation donors who funneled millions into her family's coffers.
Even Democrat insiders seemed to acknowledge the fix was in. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), the disgraced former DNC chair who rigged the 2016 primaries against Bernie Sanders, was quoted as saying:
"So far the FBI does not have any hard evidence against Hillary Clinton because data was removed from the mail servers just in time."
Her words betray a smug confidence in the system's ability to erase incriminating evidence, a tactic Clinton mastered with her BleachBit-wiped servers.
The IG report confirmed what many suspected: the FBI's probe was lackluster at best, with witnesses providing unconvincing justifications for their inaction. Inconsistencies abound, from overlooked thumb drives to unexamined cyber threats, all pointing to a deliberate effort to exonerate Clinton and preserve Democrat power.
The OIG recommended that the FBI finally scrutinize those drives for national security reasons, despite concerns about privilege. But who believes that'll happen? In an era where Clinton's deleted emails remain a ghost, this is just another chapter in the Obama administration's playbook of criminal obstruction and treason.
This scandal isn't ancient history; it's a blueprint for how the Deep State weaponizes institutions against political foes while protecting its own. Hillary Clinton's email server wasn't just a "mistake"—it was a national security disaster enabled by a corrupt FBI and DoJ under Obama's watch. Comey's crew didn't just overlook evidence; they buried it to safeguard a rigged election.
As Grassley aptly put it, the FBI's negligence in Clinton's case versus its zeal in Trump's is a "stark contrast" that demands accountability. Until we root out this bias—this treasonous criminal corruption, justice in America remains a partisan illusion.
The American people deserve better than a two-tiered system where elites like Clinton, Obama, and the rest of those implicated in the “treasonous conspiracy” walk free, while others face the full force of politicized law enforcement.
