Obama 'Walked A Fine Constitutional Line' on 2016 Election Day

easyt65

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...which is actually 'refreshing' - usually he just trampled the sh!t out of that line whenever he wanted to in order to do what he wanted to do....

Obama White House Oversaw Election Day News Monitoring On ‘Edge Of Constitutional Legality’

"Dozens of FBI officials monitored social media on Election Day 2016 looking for “fake news” being spread as part of a Russian disinformation campaign against former candidate Hillary Clinton, multiple sources told CNN.

The FBI knew it was walking a fine legal line by monitoring the media for “fake news,” according to sources. It was part of a larger effort to look for Russian cyber threats to the elections,
CNN reported.

We were right on the edge of Constitutional legality,” a source briefed on the matter told CNN. “We were monitoring news.”
 

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