New York Times: Hillary Clinton illegally used private email for all State Dept. business

Hillary hasn't broken any laws (no matter how many times you say she has).

 

I don't know. They didn't manage to get any convictions when a dozen people occupied a federal building for over a month, brandishing guns and threatening to use violence if the government tried to arrest them. I have to wonder if its possible to get a conviction without a drop gun.

Anyway, Comey's employment is in a precarious spot. He can be fired by President Obama. He can be fired by a President Clinton or Trump. He can be impeached by Congress. I won't be at all surprised if he beats them all to the punch by resigning before they can fire him.

But, it won't obviate the fact that Clinton brought this investigation onto her own head. And drug out the investigation as a factor in the election by not being immediately forthcoming with her emails. No pity for them.

 

You would make a great Trump apologist.

 

Actually she did break laws. Comey basically said it appeared she was so stupid that it appears not to have been an intentional act but that it would have been for a reasonable person.

 

Maybe I'm wrong but isn't lying to congress against the law?

 

I have a hard time seeing a successful Hatch act prosecution on Comey. The only way I think that could be proven is with some sort of clear statement from him that he was reopening the investigation because of politics. I think any attempt by the current or next Admin. to get Comey on the Hatch Act will back fire politically. At this point Comey's reputation is already damaged. It was damaged in the eyes of Republicans in he summer when he wouldn't recommend charges and now in the eyes of Democrats. I doubt either side will trust him much.

 

Nope, no laws broken.

I'm sorry you have a such a warped sense of the situation but no charges were brought so no laws broken.

That's the way the system works.

 

Genuinely asking here and not trying to troll.

Did you support criminal charges against the Bush administration for their use of private email servers? Did you also think those people were stupid and supported bringing them to justice for endangering our country, especially considering it was in the wake of 9/11 and during the invasion of Iraq?

 

That's like Nixon saying, 'Well, when the president does it, that means it is not illegal.' There are probably a million instances a day in which someone breaks a law and no charges are brought. Your definition needs work.

 

What facts did an FBI investigation under a Bush or Obama administration present to support or not support charges against the Bush administration? I think it was a stupid thing for the administration to do, absolutely. Yes, I would have supported criminal charges had they been levied based upon the facts. I'm surprised that Obama didn't follow up when he took office.

 

It's called taking the high road.

 

Or preserving the privilege of elites.

 

Wait, are we still knocking the president for smoking weed in his youth?

 

I really think it was just an effort to show he'd play ball with the GOP as President and overlook past transgressions but it backfired since very little bipartisanship occurred during his 8 years. He was also preaching that hope and change rhetoric. Digging up the past of one of the least popular Presidents would kind of go against the whole momentum he built up. It's a shame because those emails really did have some damaging repercussions to them more so than gossip from staffers and their opinion on voters.

 

Admins generally don't go after the crimes of previous sins. Too much laundry, too past facing, and there's too many bad precedents and score keeping that could happen.

That Cheney wiped away everything he wrote during those eight years will be a sin not forgotten by historians

 

The likely reason for this was that there was no evidence found to go on. Merely using private email servers isn't illegal if there's nothing classified being sent or received that way. While it's true they could get them for violating federal records keeping statutes....I mean, that's nothing. Of all the things that there is absolute proof that Hillary did wrong, you don't hear people talking about that one. You might as well be complaining about jaywalking. Now mishandling classified information on the other hand....that's pretty serious.

 

Taking the high road..

 

I wrote that sarcastically knowing the answer