Takes the heat off Loretta Lynch and any federal grand jurors in the process. It was a pretty harsh scolding the FBI director gave the former Secretary of State in his public statement moments ago, but that's all it was.
I don't think the fire has been extinguished, but the bad weather is blowing over.
In chronological order:
So it was necessary, as referenced here, for there to be malfeasant intent, not just sloppiness or incompetence. That's the part I got wrong; she didn't mean to, and that's okay.
I suppose there would have had to have been evidence that somebody died as a result of her mishandling of classified information. But perhaps not even then. Killing your own credibility and trustworthiness is no crime, after all.
Especially when it was already dead.
Update: It seems the law is quite clear about intent.
I don't think the fire has been extinguished, but the bad weather is blowing over.
In chronological order:
#BREAKING: FBI Director Comey says after tremendous amount of work, the FBI has completed investigation and handing off to DOJ for decision— NBC Charlotte (@wcnc) July 5, 2016
FBI Director Comey: 110 emails in 52 email chains determined to contain classified info, 8 were top secret #7News— 7News Boston WHDH (@7News) July 5, 2016
FBI Director Comey: Among emails not turned over by Clinton, 3 were classified at the time they were sent or received— Dave Boucher (@Dave_Boucher1) July 5, 2016
FBI Director Comey says they believe "there was no intentional misconduct," in sorting of emails. https://t.co/RSoxnC72t5— DJ Judd (@juddzeez) July 5, 2016
FBI director Comey calls Clinton and staff "extremely careless" in handling classified emails.— Lou Raguse (@LouRaguse) July 5, 2016
FBI Director Comey: No "intentional misconduct" in connection with sorting of Clinton's emails. https://t.co/z9hQnKbdJg— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 5, 2016
FBI director Comey: Clinton "extremely careless" with classified information. "Reasonable person" should have known better.— Mike Dorning (@MikeDorning) July 5, 2016
FBI Director Comey: It is possible hostile actors gained access to Clinton's email account.— Mikaela Bufano (@MikaelaBufano) July 5, 2016
BREAKING: FBI Director Comey says "no reasonable prosecutor would bring" a criminal case against Clinton.— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) July 5, 2016
FBI director Comey: We are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case— Felicia Schwartz (@felschwartz) July 5, 2016
So it was necessary, as referenced here, for there to be malfeasant intent, not just sloppiness or incompetence. That's the part I got wrong; she didn't mean to, and that's okay.
I suppose there would have had to have been evidence that somebody died as a result of her mishandling of classified information. But perhaps not even then. Killing your own credibility and trustworthiness is no crime, after all.
Especially when it was already dead.
Update: It seems the law is quite clear about intent.
2 comments:
This is a crock. Republican James Comey didn't follow his agencies procedures. He violated protocol when he stated more than "no reason to prosecute." He was disappointed that he didn't find anything so when with his partisan bias and assisted those he thinks will further his career. The state department says that none of the emails were classified at the time she sent or received them. He merely muddied the waters and gave the Hillary haters more opportunities to continue with their accusations even though there is nothing here that is criminal.
You're drunk on Blue Kool-Aid, Faith. You need to stick to Congress critters you don't know anything about (like James Cargas being an environmental superstar).
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