I have speculated that, given the immunity offered to Bryan Pagliano, it is possiblethat a grand jury has been convened. But I a not a lawyer, much less a former US Attorney. Joseph E. diGenova, on the other hand, is one of a small group of attorneys generally considered a super lawyer, and not only a veteran US Attorney, but the former US Attorney for Washington, DC, at the very top of federal prosecutors. So when Joe diGenova offers an opinion on the likelihood of a grand jury being empanelled, we (a group that includes Hillary Clinton! – possibly the first time I have even included myself in a grouping with Hillary) should pay attention.
Richard Pollock of the Daily Caller News Foundation spoke with him:
"My long experience as the United States Attorney and an independent counsel makes me conclude as a matter of professional judgment that a grand jury exists," diGenova told TheDCNF. "It is readily apparent to me that there is at least a grand jury impaneled for the purposes of issuing subpoenas," he said.
The specifics of diGenova's expert opinion are daunting for Hillary. It is not just that violations of law over classified information that are likely at issue.
"The Bureau has between 100 and 150 agents assigned to the case. They would not have that many people assigned to a classified information case…."
Remember that diGenova has actually run investigations. So he knows about resource allocation, and subject matter for inquiry.
"Based on reports that agents are asking questions about the foundation, it seems to me to properly the subject is a second prong of the investigation," he said.
And what might that second prong be? He doesn't say, but Pollock offers this helpful reminder:
The Department of State's Inspector General (IG) subpoenaed documents from the Clinton Foundation last fall to determine if State Department policies had been influenced by foundation activities. The State IG asked for records held by the foundation and Huma Abedin, who for six months simultaneously worked for former Secretary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation.
A number of the 55,000 pages of government-related emails that were released under a court order also show numerous emails between Clinton's aidesand the Clinton Foundation's foreign policy director, Amitabh Desai.
And another anonymous source says:
The corruption probe is being led by the Justice Department's public integrity division, a former FBI agent who requested anonymity told TheDCNF.
That would be consistent with bribery charges and the like. Far beyond abuses of classified information, and if successfully prosecuted, opening the possibility of prison. Reports that the FBI forensic team has recovered the erased emails from Hillary's server open the door to many other charges including destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy.
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