2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary's Email Scandal for Non-Techy People [View all]IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)will make it true.
She set up a private server. It had classified material. Email she sent from it was screen shot by a hacker in 2013 and posted for the world to see. She signed a document saying she understood her responsibilities about keeping classified material "secure" regardless of whether it was marked. She did not turn over work product when she left her job but signed a document saying she did. She prevented the State Department from complying with FOIA and did not provide documents in her possession while under congressional subpoena in a timely fashion. SHE PERSONALLY is the target of an FBI investigation into these matters. She had government records deleted but they have been recovered. She has publicly lied and misled the public about these issues.
Those are not opinions - those are documented FACTS. The question we are all waiting to have answered is whether these actions were CRIMINAL IN NATURE, or JUST PLAIN STUPID.
This has nothing to do with Republicans or Bernie. This is 100% an UNNECESSARY Hillary Clinton Screw Up, and OBAMA is the one with the tough decision to make about HIS legacy because she worked for him.
The FBI will either exonerate her from criminal behavior (in which case all Democrats will be obliged to shut up/just wince at what will be non-stop Republican jibes - "just email it to me!" , or recommend appropriate indictment. Behind the scene deals will most likely be cut if they decide there was prosecutable crimes because she's old and a former First Lady.
Stick to the facts. It's the safest course for all of us at this point.