Why Did Cantor Protect Obama?

By: Cliff Kincaid
Accuracy in Media

The central figures in the David Petraeus sex scandal are not talking. That includes Virginia Congressman and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Yet, the decision by this top Republican to turn to the FBI rather than his colleagues in the House with inside information about the scandal has proven to be monumental, a development that enabled Barack Obama to win the presidency without getting tainted by the allegations of immorality and corruption that are now the subject of daily news reports.

The record shows that Cantor had knowledge of the affair from an FBI whistleblower before the election but decided not to go public with the allegations of high-level misconduct by the CIA director. He stayed silent as Obama campaigned for re-election as a foreign policy statesman and efficient manager of America’s national security interests.

Cantor understood the stakes. In an October 22 column, Cantor had declared, “The American people deserve a president who recognizes that the war on terrorism is not over. They deserve a president who is dedicated to maintaining American pre-eminence in the world and who will protect our military budget, not cut it. They deserve a president who will restore and grow America’s alliances, who will prove America to be a reliable partner and a fierce enemy.”

But when he was given the David Petraeus scandal on a silver platter by an FBI whistleblower, more than a week before the election, Cantor turned the information over to the FBI, the same agency which had been conducting the cover-up on Obama’s behalf. Indeed, this cover-up is why the whistleblower came to Cantor. The predictable result of going to the FBI, headed by Robert Mueller, who was re-appointed by Obama, is that nothing was done and Obama won the election.

If Cantor had gone public, the fallout from the scandal would have rocked Obama’s presidency just before Election Day. Because the allegations were based on inside information provided by a whistleblower and were true and could not be denied, Cantor’s revelations could not have been automatically dismissed as partisan or political in nature. The FBI whistleblower might have been persuaded to go public as well.

In one of the latest developments, which demonstrates the serious nature of the scandal, Jennifer Griffin of Fox News has confirmed that Petraeus mistress Paula Broadwell did release classified information in a public forum when talking about the CIA holding prisoners at a facility in Libya. It is likely that Broadwell got the information from Petraeus.

Cantor’s failure to go public or even tell his colleagues about the scandal in advance is starting to attract more interest from the press.

“House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has some tall explaining to do to the leadership on Capitol Hill,” notes Washington Post columnist Colbert King.

King, a liberal, hit the target on this one, asking why Cantor only went to the FBI with the information. He asks, “Why didn’t Cantor raise the alarm? The majority leader needs to step up to the mic.” King notes that members of Congress are livid over being kept in the dark by the FBI about the scandal.

The only reporter to confront Cantor about his strange handling of the explosive allegations is WTVR CBS 6 Richmond, Virginia, reporter Joe St. George. Cantor told him, “I had some information that I felt was information that raised some concerns and potentially could have some impact for our nation’s security.” St. George asked Cantor about the decision to not release the information publicly prior to the election. “I don’t want to comment, I don’t think it’s something we want to politicize—I think this is a national security concern,” Cantor said.

These are fine sentiments. However, according to a November 10 article by Scott Shane and Eric Schmitt of The New York Times, Cantor’s chief of staff, Steve Stombres, called the FBI on October 31 to tell them about the call Cantor had received from the FBI whistleblower. “They took the information,” Doug Heye, Cantor’s deputy chief of staff, was quoted as saying, “and gave the standard answer: they were not able to confirm or deny any investigation, but said that all necessary steps were being taken to make sure no confidential information was at risk.”

In other words, the FBI was stonewalling Cantor. Informing the FBI had gotten nowhere. The cover-up was continuing, at least through Election Day, and Cantor at this point had to know it.

While Cantor refuses to talk in detail about why he only went to the FBI with the information, the FBI whistleblower who confided in Cantor is now under attack by the liberal press as someone “obsessed” with the case and too close to one of the participants in the scandal.

The lesson is clear: don’t go to the House Republicans with any inside knowledge of Obama Administration scandals.

Cliff Kincaid is the Director of the AIM Center for Investigative Journalism and can be contacted at cliff.kincaid@aim.org.

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10 thoughts on “Why Did Cantor Protect Obama?

  1. Why did Eric Cantor not blow the whistle for the whistleblower? First, because Eric Cantor only cares about Eric Cantor. Second, because there’s probably a lot of dirt the Liberals can dig up on Cantor and since Cantor only cares about Cantor, he couldn’t let that happen. I can’t stomach Eric Cantor. Never could, never will. I don’t understand how this phony ever got elected to office. I’m sure he can’t believe his good luck in fooling a dumbed down populace either.

  2. Why did Cantor keep his mouth shut. More than likely to keep his job. Had he spoken out the dim machine would have gone all in to have him defeated in the upcoming election. Cantor just wanted to save his cushy job.

  3. I don’t begin to even know the events that led up to General Patraeus
    afair with Paula Broadwell, but what I really believe is the the Republicans are scared to death of the Democrats.

    These people are vicious and will stop at nothing to smear one’s credibility.

    When the main stream media gets handed a bone by the left, they go at it until it is shredded.
    Possibly the real reason Cantor didn’t devulge the afair before the election. He may not have been alive if Obama lost the election.

  4. Wait a minute here! Wasn’t Cantor the guy that “hid” behind the stack of papers that represented Obamacare during that debate? Wasn’t he one of the “young guns?” Looks like his gun was a water squirt gun! He needs to EXPLAIN alot to rank and file Republicans who donate $25.00 that they can ill afford. Cantor has apparently been brainwashed by John Boehner, the 2012 Puss of the Year!

  5. Ha cliff are you on the same planet as me the Zionist control it all and only god can do anything anymore and he was taken out and replaced by lucifer and his pope Rothschild I give you one more heads up god have us his loving mother as are general we got rid of her to but I understand with kindness you only care about the small picture the big one you cannot even see and will not see and you will then finally realize it is to late you have no real true catholic faith if you did you need no explanations to what is happening

    1. What in the world is this person even talking about.The Holy Bible I read talks about Jewish people being God’s chosen people. Not only that, but what does their comment have to do with this article? Eric Cantor must already have become establishment Republican, that is, if he wasn’t one already. It seems as if there are few if any people in congress who are willing to stand for the truth. The administration seems to be full of people who want to bring this nation down. Surely there is someone involved in this Benghazi scandal who is willing to stand up, tell the truth, and accept any consequences that are forthcoming. I pray to God there is someone like that, for all of our sakes.

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