Hillary Clinton didn’t break the law

[think]

A brief excerpt:

Hillary Clinton didn’t break the law

By Doyle McManus - Published: 17:44 April 2, 2016

It may not sound like it at first, but the FBI’s decision to move fast on its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email practices is good news for the Democratic front-runner.

As my colleague Del Quentin Wilber reported last month, federal prosecutors have begun setting up formal interviews with Clinton’s advisers. After those sessions, they’re expected to seek an interview with the candidate herself. Clinton has long said she will cooperate.

Signs are that FBI Director James Comey, who has personally overseen the inquiry, wants to get the probe done before the Democratic Convention in July. Comey understandably wants to avoid any appearance of sitting on information that could influence a presidential election.

But it’s also in Clinton’s interest to get the case over with as soon as possible, because, in the end, she’s unlikely to face prosecution. The cloud of suspicion is worse than the likely outcome.

Let’s not mince words: Clinton screwed up. Instead of using the State Department’s email system, she decided to send business messages through a private, unsecured system set up by a former campaign aide. That was contrary to State Department policies, some of them promulgated by Clinton herself....

Read more:
http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/hillary-clinton-didn-t-break-the-law-1.1702564

[HereSince1628]

1. Maybe not. It's not so clear about members of her staff.

And getting that cleared away is the only way to clear away the doubt around Clinton.

[thereismore]

2. Crystal ball tells me she didn't break the law. Okay...

[think]

3. Thought it was an interesting read & summation of things. Especially the part about a similar case

where the author while stating he doesn't believe she broke the law compares it a case where someone plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense which lead to a presidential pardon.

From the article:

Here’s a better analogy: Beginning in 1998, former CIA Director John M. Deutch was investigated for storing highly classified documents on a personal computer connected to the internet. The Justice Department initially declined to prosecute. After a public outcry the case was reopened, and Deutch negotiated a misdemeanor plea, but he was pardoned by then-President Bill Clinton.

http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/hillary-clinton-didn-t-break-the-law-1.1702564

[BernieforPres2016]

4. If James Comey couldn't charge Bill Clinton on the Marc Rich pardon

Even as Rich's ex wife was making an enormous contribution to the Clinton Foundation and buying the Clintons furniture for their new home, I am not very hopeful that he is going to charge Hillary with anything.

[jmg257]

5. "Clinton and her aides have insisted that she didn’t." Well that's good enough for me!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. "Keep hope alive."

[RiverLover]

6. I am pretty sure the FBI is investigating whether she did or not.

And the case is pending.

[Gwhittey]

8. Who even says the FBI is about Clinton Email Server

It might be now a bigger piece in a case involving Clinton Foundation and Money Laundering. Before the FBI case was announced Inspector General published a report that 6 Billion dollars was unaccounted for from the State Dept for the time period of 2008-2014(saying most of it was from the 2008-2012 period). The State dept was looking into it last that was mentioned. Then FBI case comes about and a separate FBI case where the Clinton Foundation get subpoenaed. So it is my theory that This whole thing is being setup so Obama can throw Clinton under the bus so to lessen the impact on his legacy. Because all he will have to do is have someone "leak" that Clinton was only given the SoS spot because she was threatening to tear apart the DNC party at convention. Obama will claim he did it for the good of the party.
So the GOP unwittingly helped Obama dodge this scandal by providing cover for the email when they where doing the Benghazi witch hunt.

[think]

9. Interesting. There is plenty to look into for sure. /nt