I mostly am curious what bigger picture elements we might be able to pull from these files.

Copied from Wikipedia, here’s some background on Abner Mikva:

“Abner Mikva was an American politician, federal judge, and legal scholar. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Mikva served in the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 2nd congressional district (1969–1973) and 10th congressional district (1975–1979). He was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Jimmy Carter, serving from 1979 to 1994.* He served as the White House Counsel from 1994 to 1995 during Bill Clinton's presidency.*

Also, Merrick Garland took over for him after he left his judicial post

It’s notable that he was apparently representing Hyde Park in Congress, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Chicago.

I think it’s also noteworthy that he died on July 4th, 2016.

He has ties to both Jimmy and Billy Bob Clinton. So I was intrigued enough to start looking at the files.

Link to new FBI documents.

I find it noteworthy that the FBI was investigating him and apparently needed to redact a ton of information regarding certain memos Abner may or may not have been involved in. But things that jumped out at me right away are:

He was involved in the FBI investigating what appears to be Hatch Act violations in the Clinton presidency,

And

Bruce Lindsey gets named dropped in the FBI interview of Abner in the first few pages. This is noteworthy because:

He was named in a lawsuit during the Whitewater controversy, and he testified before a grand jury regarding the sexual misconduct allegations surrounding Bill Clinton in the run-up to his impeachment. He is a partner of Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, a Little Rock, Arkansas-based law firm, and serves as chairman of the Clinton Foundation. (Source is Wikipedia again.)

As you read further, you’ll see that Mikva was asked about meetings between the DNC and the White House, and he claims he has no knowledge about shady campaign contributions or issues with the FEC.

And then you see the FBI interviewed other people about this, at least that’s what it looks like. Insane amounts of redactions, but the unredacted snippets clearly point to fundraising and campaign events being the topic of discussion.

Then there’s a transcript about him recording jury deliberations or something.

There’s clearly a lot going on here. Between Hatch Act violations, recording judicial proceedings, and lots of ties to shady characters, I am left wondering:

Did the information contained in the redacted interviews from August 2001 contribute to 9/11?

Why did the FBI look into this in the first place? And who made the call to keep this information under wraps?

How much of this can be used against not only the Clintons, but others in DC?

Editing to add: holy sh*t, Obama gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom because Mikva was his mentor.