2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: You could see it coming. Hillary should never have run in 2016. [View all]zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)It really depends upon what you think the "scandal" was. Not noticing material that was supposed to be classified really isn't going to get you fired in and of itself. Carelessness or intent is usually required. Choosing to use a private server as opposed to the official one isn't something most people could set up, even if they wanted to. It was colossally bad judgment on her part, especially after a similar issue came up during the Bush Administration over the use of GOP email addresses for "official" business. But it is hard to really claim that there is much precedent for prosecution or termination for such an act since there is little to compare. The really bad judgment part was to throw in the lawyers from the get go. To a great extent that got the FBI involved. She should have just turned over the whole kit and caboodle to the archives. But I'm sure that the Clinton's are extremely sensitive to offering up that much data to the GOP. Sad part was that they basically got most of it anyway in the long run. But that's a lot of 20/20 hindsight at this point.