{"id":79853,"date":"2018-06-07T19:33:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T23:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79853"},"modified":"2018-06-07T19:33:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T23:33:39","slug":"former-navy-sailor-pardoned-by-trump-says-hes-suing-comey-and-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=79853","title":{"rendered":"Former Navy sailor pardoned by Trump says he’s suing Comey and Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFox News<\/a> News reports a former Navy sailor is planning to file a lawsuit against Obama administration officials, charging that he was subject to unequal protection of the law.<\/p>\n

Former First Class Petty Officer Kristian Saucier served a year in federal prison for taking photos of classified sections of the submarine on which he worked, and claims that the same officials who meted out punishment to him for his actions were lenient with Hillary Clinton for using a private email server for handling classified information. <\/p>\n

His lawyer, Ronald Daigle, told Fox News on Monday that the lawsuit, which he expects to file soon in Manhattan, will name the U.S. Department of Justice, former FBI Director James Comey and former President Barack Obama as defendants, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey interpreted the law in my case to say it was criminal,\u201d Saucier told Fox News, referring to prosecuting authorities in his case, \u201cbut they didn\u2019t prosecute Hillary Clinton. Hillary is still walking free. Two guys on my ship did the same thing and weren\u2019t treated as criminals. We want them to correct the wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll highlight the differences in the way Hillary Clinton was prosecuted and how my client was prosecuted,\u201d Daigle said. \u201cWe\u2019re seeking to cast a light on this to show that there\u2019s a two-tier justice system and we want it to be corrected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saucier, who lives in Vermont, pleaded guilty in 2016 to taking photos inside the USS Alexandria while it was stationed in Groton, Connecticut, in 2009. He said he only wanted service mementos, but federal prosecutors argued he was a disgruntled sailor who had put national security at risk by taking photos showing the submarine’s propulsion system and reactor compartment and then obstructed justice by destroying a laptop and camera.<\/p>\n

Saucier said that he recognized he had erred in taking the photos, which he said he wanted to show only to his family to show them where he worked. But he lashed out at Obama officials, saying that his prosecution was politically motivated, prompted by sensitivity about classified information amid the scandal involving Clinton’s emails.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy case was usually something handled by military courts,\u201d he said. \u201cThey used me as an example because of [the backlash over] Hillary Clinton.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saucier, 31, said that the pardon has enabled him to pick up the pieces and rebuild his life with his wife and young daughter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, good for him. He screwed the pooch and paid the price, no sympathy here. That being said, I wish him well in in his endeavors to expose the double standards that currently exist between the hoi polli and the elites. 30,000+ subpoenaed emails destroyed? Cankles McPantsuit has some \u2018splainin\u2019 to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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