Did Barack Obama ` Obstruct Justice ' in Clinton Email Case ? 
Did Barack Obama ` Obstruct Justice ' in Clinton Email Case ? 
If such a scenario is possible , Democrats might want to tread cautiously , because recently revealed information about the FBI 's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation suggests President Barack Obama 's administration may have also "obstructed justice" -- or , at the very least , had a very strong incentive to do so . 
In the draft , Comey mentions that President Obama had communicated with Clinton while she served as secretary of state and "was on the territory of ... an adversary" : . 
By the time the July 5 statement was issued letting Clinton off the hook , any mention of emails made by Obama to Clinton 's un-secure email account had been removed from Comey 's statement , which is extremely fortunate for Obama , because if he did knowingly discuss classified information with Clinton through unsecured emails , he could also be investigated for violating federal laws forbidding such reckless activity . 
And there 's evidence Obama may have attempted to cover his tracks by having his e-mails sealed under the guise of executive privilege . 
"Obama had his email communications with Clinton sealed . 
With the media content to play along , this had a twofold benefit : Obama was able -LRB- 1 -RRB- to sidestep disclosure without acknowledging that the emails contained classified information and -LRB- 2 -RRB- to avoid using the term ` executive privilege ' -- with all its dark Watergate connotations -- even though that was precisely what he was invoking ." 
Obama 's emails were sealed not long after he told CBS News in 2015 he found out about Clinton 's private email server at the "same time everybody else learned it through news reports ." 
This is important because emails produced by WikiLeaks show top Democrats and members of Obama 's team reacted in a panic to the former president 's false statement . 
-LRB- Remember , we know Obama had personally emailed Clinton 's private email address . -RRB- 
Cheryl Mills , one of Clinton 's top lawyers told John Podesta , "we need to clean this up -- he -LSB- Obama -RSB- has emails from her -LSB- Clinton -RSB- - they do not say state.gov ." 
With all these pieces in place , it 's easy to see why Obama would n't want Clinton to be prosecuted for illegally using a private email server . 
Obama said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday" in April 2016 , in the midst of the FBI 's Clinton investigation , he did n't think the allegations against Clinton were nearly as serious as everyone else did . 
"I continue to believe she has not jeopardized America 's national security ," Obama said . 
Then , Obama went on the campaign trail for Clinton , serving as another signal that he did n't think Clinton "jeopardized America 's national security ." 
Of course , just because President Obama wanted Clinton to be cleared does n't necessarily mean he acted -LRB- and thus "obstructed justice" -RRB- to ensure that would happen , but there is much evidence to suggest Comey and his team made up their mind about Clinton long before the investigation was finished . 
-LRB- 3 -RRB- If Clinton had been found guilty of mishandling classified information -LRB- or even simply charged -RRB- , President Obama might have also faced intense scrutiny , and possibly an investigation of his own , because Obama also emailed Clinton on her private server . 
-LRB- 4 -RRB- It appears President Obama deliberately tried to use executive privilege to conceal the fact that he had communicated with Clinton via her private email server , which could be a crime if classified information had been exchanged . 
If those emails did n't contain important information , why did Obama 's team work so hard to keep them from the public ? 
If all these statements are true -- and that appears to be the case , in my opinion -- then the only "obstruction" element missing is an actual request by President Obama 's administration -LRB- which , remember , ran the Justice Department -RRB- for Comey to keep Clinton out of trouble . 
However , if liberals continue to suggest Trump is guilty of such a crime for firing Comey while he was investigating alleged collusion , then they could end up putting President Obama -- who we now know had plenty of good , selfish reasons for ending the Clinton email investigation -- in an exceptionally difficult situation .
Did Barack Obama ` Obstruct Justice ' in Clinton Email Case ? 
If such a scenario is possible , Democrats might want to tread cautiously , because recently revealed information about the FBI 's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation suggests [TGT] 's administration may have also "obstructed justice" -- or , at the very least , had a very strong incentive to do so . 
In the draft , Comey mentions that [TGT] had communicated with Clinton while she served as secretary of state and "was on the territory of ... an adversary" : . 
By the time the July 5 statement was issued letting Clinton off the hook , any mention of emails made by [TGT] to Clinton 's un-secure email account had been removed from Comey 's statement , which is extremely fortunate for [TGT] , because if [TGT] did knowingly discuss classified information with Clinton through unsecured emails , [TGT] could also be investigated for violating federal laws forbidding such reckless activity . 
And there 's evidence [TGT] may have attempted to cover [TGT] tracks by having [TGT] e-mails sealed under the guise of executive privilege . 
"[TGT] had [TGT] email communications with Clinton sealed . 
With the media content to play along , this had a twofold benefit : [TGT] was able -LRB- 1 -RRB- to sidestep disclosure without acknowledging that the emails contained classified information and -LRB- 2 -RRB- to avoid using the term ` executive privilege ' -- with all its dark Watergate connotations -- even though that was precisely what he was invoking ." 
[TGT] 's emails were sealed not long after he told CBS News in 2015 he found out about Clinton 's private email server at the "same time everybody else learned it through news reports ." 
This is important because emails produced by WikiLeaks show top Democrats and members of [TGT] 's team reacted in a panic to the former president 's false statement . 
-LRB- Remember , we know [TGT] had personally emailed Clinton 's private email address . -RRB- 
Cheryl Mills , one of Clinton 's top lawyers told John Podesta , "we need to clean this up -- he -LSB- [TGT] -RSB- has emails from her -LSB- Clinton -RSB- - they do not say state.gov ." 
With all these pieces in place , it 's easy to see why [TGT] would n't want Clinton to be prosecuted for illegally using a private email server . 
[TGT] said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday" in April 2016 , in the midst of the FBI 's Clinton investigation , [TGT] did n't think the allegations against Clinton were nearly as serious as everyone else did . 
"I continue to believe she has not jeopardized America 's national security ," [TGT] said . 
Then , [TGT] went on the campaign trail for Clinton , serving as another signal that [TGT] did n't think Clinton "jeopardized America 's national security ." 
Of course , just because [TGT] wanted Clinton to be cleared does n't necessarily mean [TGT] acted -LRB- and thus "obstructed justice" -RRB- to ensure that would happen , but there is much evidence to suggest [TGT] and [TGT] team made up their mind about Clinton long before the investigation was finished . 
-LRB- 3 -RRB- If Clinton had been found guilty of mishandling classified information -LRB- or even simply charged -RRB- , [TGT] might have also faced intense scrutiny , and possibly an investigation of [TGT] own , because [TGT] also emailed Clinton on her private server . 
-LRB- 4 -RRB- It appears [TGT] deliberately tried to use executive privilege to conceal the fact that [TGT] had communicated with Clinton via her private email server , which could be a crime if classified information had been exchanged . 
If those emails did n't contain important information , why did [TGT] 's team work so hard to keep them from the public ? 
If all these statements are true -- and that appears to be the case , in my opinion -- then the only "obstruction" element missing is an actual request by [TGT] 's administration -LRB- which , remember , ran the Justice Department -RRB- for Comey to keep Clinton out of trouble . 
However , if liberals continue to suggest Trump is guilty of such a crime for firing Comey while he was investigating alleged collusion , then they could end up putting President Obama -- who we now know had plenty of good , selfish reasons for ending the Clinton email investigation -- in an exceptionally difficult situation .