Professor Peabody
09-13-2015, 10:37 AM
Clinton Defies the Law and Common Sense
By Michael Mukasey, Wall Street Journal - August 15, 2015
It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than a year to keep “documents or materials containing classified information . . . at an unauthorized location.” Note that it is the information that is protected; the issue doesn’t turn on whether the document or materials bear a classified marking. This is the statute under which David Petraeus—former Army general and Central Intelligence Agency director—was prosecuted for keeping classified information at home. Mrs. Clinton’s holding of classified information on a personal server was a violation of that law. So is transferring that information on a thumb drive to David Kendall, her lawyer.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2015/08/15/clinton_defies_the_law_and_common_sense_363389.htm l] (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2015/08/15/clinton_defies_the_law_and_common_sense_363389.htm l]/b])
As things keep emerging, sooner or later the DOJ will HAVE to do something. It's not going away, especially during the 2016 election cycle. If the DOJ doesn't act it will reflect on the entire Democrat party who pushed for confirmation of Loretta E. Lynch. To me they will appear to the voters as corrupt considering they were willing to prosecute David Petraeus for keeping classified information at home, then allowing the Golden Girl to do the same thing without any ramifications at all. If they don't treat Hillary the same as they did Petraeus, the run up to 2016 will look a lot like 1994. "Democrat culture of corruption" mid-term election where the Republicans took over both houses of Congress, gaining 8 seats in the Senate and 54 in the House. This time they just might get a veto/filibuster proof majority + the White House.
By Michael Mukasey, Wall Street Journal - August 15, 2015
It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than a year to keep “documents or materials containing classified information . . . at an unauthorized location.” Note that it is the information that is protected; the issue doesn’t turn on whether the document or materials bear a classified marking. This is the statute under which David Petraeus—former Army general and Central Intelligence Agency director—was prosecuted for keeping classified information at home. Mrs. Clinton’s holding of classified information on a personal server was a violation of that law. So is transferring that information on a thumb drive to David Kendall, her lawyer.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2015/08/15/clinton_defies_the_law_and_common_sense_363389.htm l] (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2015/08/15/clinton_defies_the_law_and_common_sense_363389.htm l]/b])
As things keep emerging, sooner or later the DOJ will HAVE to do something. It's not going away, especially during the 2016 election cycle. If the DOJ doesn't act it will reflect on the entire Democrat party who pushed for confirmation of Loretta E. Lynch. To me they will appear to the voters as corrupt considering they were willing to prosecute David Petraeus for keeping classified information at home, then allowing the Golden Girl to do the same thing without any ramifications at all. If they don't treat Hillary the same as they did Petraeus, the run up to 2016 will look a lot like 1994. "Democrat culture of corruption" mid-term election where the Republicans took over both houses of Congress, gaining 8 seats in the Senate and 54 in the House. This time they just might get a veto/filibuster proof majority + the White House.