Time for U.S Attorney General to be elected position.

CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES WILL HAVE LASTING CONSEQUENCES

CONGRESSIONAL FEAR HAS CONTRIBUTED TO PROBLEM

The U.S. Attorney General is now an appointed position. It is now imperative that this position become an elected position. The status of the FBI and the Attorney General's office has now been irreparably diminished. The assumption now is that the Attorney General is a surrogate of the President. The Attorney General should be representing the people of the United States. In this administration this office has become no more than a political hack of the President. It is a precedent that will now be used by every president in the future.

The first instance was when Attorney General Eric Holder refused to release information on the         " Fast and Furious " scandal , which involved the running of over 1000 guns into Mexico with the aid of ATF. Holder was charged by a federal judge to release all pertinent information to congress, He refused and was then censored by congress, which is no more than a scolding. Impeachment charges should have then been brought, but congress was fearful of taking the media and political heat and put politics over principal. This sent the message that congress would not stand up to corruption.

The next issue was the long drawn out investigation into the Clinton illegal server and the destruction of evidence by Clinton and her surrogates. The investigation was drawn out till her nomination was secure, then the Attorney General, Lorretta Lynch declared she would follow the recommendation of the FBI. Then there is the secret meeting in Arizona by Bill Clinton and the Attorney General,  a quick interview with Hillary Clinton, then a press Conference by FBI director Comey which states all the reasons Clinton is guilty, then claims that no prosecutor would prosecute the case. It is then revealed that the FBI gave immunity to Cheryl Mills, Clintons State department chief of staff, Paul Combtta. Platte river Networks , who handled the secret server, Heather Samuelson, Clinton aid, John Bentel, state department information resource management and Brian Pagliano, who set up the original private server. The above persons were all involved with destroying emails, servers, and communication devices, 13 cell phones. All this destruction was done after the state department and Clinton were served with subpoenas for the information and an order to preserve all information. This is a perfect example of an Obstruction of Justice charge. All the above took the 5 th.  amendment when brought before congress, Pagliano refused to appear even after being subpoenaed, he should have been immediately been arrested as any other citizen would have been. It is apparent that the immunity was given so that the obstruction of justice charge could not be brought. This is no more than a cover up by the Attorney General and the FBI. If this kind of corruption is now continued, it will undermine our entire legal system. We are well on our way to becoming like most third world countries. It will set the precedent for the Attorney Generals's of the future, It has diminished the image of the FBI. This along with the fact that many of the terrorists in this country have previously been interviewed by the FBI and released and not surveilled. You have to wonder what is going on with the top law enforcement officer of the country.

The old saying, by Sir Walter Scott," Oh what a tangled web we weave, When  first we practice  to deceive" could not be more appropriate in these cases. This all started with Clinton's desire to hide her dealings from the American people and congress, it was an intentional act to deceive and has now resulted in diminishing of the whole Federal Legal system. It will most likely never recover without serious changes being made.

Congress should now take action to put forth an Amendment to make the Attorney General's office an elected position. This should be a four year term, with elections in the non presidential election years. This Attorney General should be able to appoint, with the consent of the senate, the FBI director. Congress should have the power to impeach the Attorney General for a list of causes. The Federal legal system needs to be made independent of the executive branch. All state Attorney Generals are elected. We have made many changes, such as the election of senators, women's suffrage, and voting age. I do believe if something like this is not done, the corruption will continue and grow in future administrations.