2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SET OF FACTS REGARDING THE HILLARY INVESTIGATION [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)and I'm glad to see someone with a level head discussing the email scandal. Even if we don't agree on what the possible outcome may be (or even on Clinton's politics) it's good to see people discussing this rationally.
With that said, I think it's interesting that you characterize a cabinet-level government official having an unsecured, private email server as, "the kind of thing that goes on all over the government..."
I have never heard of anyone--high or low level in government--building a private email server in their basement and carrying out official government business without the knowledge of the President, the American people and also in ways that would avoid FOIA requests.
I've never heard of this. Do you think this has happened before or that it happens regularly? I am not a government employee, nor have I ever been in the military, so I have no clue.
In my mind (and please, correct me if I'm wrong) what she did is so egregious and rare, that I don't understand how holding her legally accountable could "usher in a whole new era of enforcement." I don't see how her behavior would set some kind of new harsh standard, when the act of setting up a server like that is so rare.
As far as Clinton being held accountable. That's a whole other story. Who knows. Comey was a deputy special counsel to the Senate Whitewater investigation against the Clintons. So...that's another angle which adds more questions.
Whether or not the FBI recommends indictment--is beyond my scope. I'd have to have a crystal ball.