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Title: Hillary Clinton is sued for wrongful death
Post by: spuwho on August 08, 2016, 07:55:31 PM
Per NBCNews:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/two-benghazi-parents-sue-hillary-clinton-wrongful-death-defamation-n625861 (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/two-benghazi-parents-sue-hillary-clinton-wrongful-death-defamation-n625861)

Two Benghazi Parents Sue Hillary Clinton for Wrongful Death, Defamation

The parents of two Americans killed in the 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court Monday against Hillary Clinton.

In the suit, Patricia Smith and Charles Woods, the parents of Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods, claim that Clinton's use of a private e-mail server contributed to the attacks. They also accuse her of defaming them in public statements.

Smith was an information management officer and Woods was a security officer, both stationed in Benghazi.

"The Benghazi attack was directly and proximately caused, at a minimum by defendant Clinton's 'extreme carelessness' in handling confidential and classified information," such as the location of State Department employees in Libya, the lawsuit said.

While no such connection has ever been established, their lawsuit called it "highly probable" that Clinton sent and received information about the activities of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

Such information, the lawsuit claimed, "easily found its way to foreign powers" and was then obtained by Islamic terrorists.

James Comey, in announcing the findings of the FBI's investigation of her private e-mail server last month, said it was "possible that hostile actors gained access" to it. But he said the FBI did not find direct evidence that it was successfully hacked.

The two parents also said when Secretary Clinton met with them after their children were killed, she said that a controversial YouTube video was the motivation for the attacks. But they said that in later interviews she denied making such a statement and implied that the recollection of the parents was incorrect.

In a speech to the Republican convention in Cleveland, Smith said, "I blame Hillary Clinton personally for the death of my son."

The parents were represented by Washington, D.C., lawyer Larry Klayman, a frequent critic of the Clintons.

Neither the Clinton campaign nor a lawyer for Clinton responded immediately to a request for comment on the lawsuit.
Title: Re: Hillary Clinton is sued for wrongful death
Post by: copperfiend on August 08, 2016, 08:25:51 PM
Klayman is a nutjob. He has filed dozens of lawsuits against the Clintons and Obama.
Title: Re: Hillary Clinton is sued for wrongful death
Post by: spuwho on August 08, 2016, 08:52:29 PM
Quote from: copperfiend on August 08, 2016, 08:25:51 PM
Klayman is a nutjob. He has filed dozens of lawsuits against the Clintons and Obama.

I am sure its a contingency deal. Essentially a dumpster dive.
Title: Re: Hillary Clinton is sued for wrongful death
Post by: MusicMan on August 09, 2016, 11:58:16 AM
Any successful prosecution of this would open up a can of worms the size of the galaxy for "W" and Cheney. 
Title: Re: Hillary Clinton is sued for wrongful death
Post by: strider on August 09, 2016, 04:39:38 PM
One would think that if anything were there to be found, the Republicans would have found it since they literally spent millions of dollars to pursue investigations into this issue for the express purpose of laying the blame on Hillary Clinton.  This is a put up job to attack Clinton and the democrats before the election. This election cycle is becoming almost as much fun as a sharp stick in the eye.
Title: Re: Hillary Clinton is sued for wrongful death
Post by: JeffreyS on August 10, 2016, 09:36:06 AM
Quote from: strider on August 09, 2016, 04:39:38 PM
One would think that if anything were there to be found, the Republicans would have found it since they literally spent millions of dollars to pursue investigations into this issue for the express purpose of laying the blame on Hillary Clinton.  This is a put up job to attack Clinton and the democrats before the election. This election cycle is becoming almost as much fun as a sharp stick in the eye.


It isn't about finding anything this is likely just another sponsored event for fund raising.  The GOP knows they've lost all of the reasonable people this cycle and need to motivate their koolaid drinkers to keep some voice in Congress until the Trump nightmare is over.