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The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round

Something in there smells bad enough that even the 0bama regime can’t plausibly ignore it:

Lynch confirms career Justice Department attorneys involved in Clinton email probe

Attorney General Loretta Lynch confirmed to Congress Wednesday that career Justice Department attorneys are working with FBI agents on the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email practices and the handling of classified material.

A light at the end of the civil-forfeiture tunnel?

Not an oncoming train:

Vegas prosecutors used ‘super seal’ to hide fortune seized from gamblers

Calling their conduct “constitutionally abhorrent,” a federal judge recently chided government prosecutors for working in secret to keep millions of dollars in cash and assets seized from a Las Vegas gambler and his family in a decadelong bookmaking investigation.

In his 31-page opinion, U.S. Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach cast light on the little-known court process that allowed the government to file civil forfeiture actions against Glen Cobb, his 82-year-old parents and his stepdaughter under “super seal” with no notice to anyone — not even the family it targeted.

(h/t AoSHQ)