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.
