Though not unexpected, that news broke in the context of a fresh political storm.
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This is the latest development in the ongoing investigation over Clinton’s use of a private email server with which she allegedly communicated with her aides, while acting as Secretary of State. Lynch about whether to pursue a prosecution of Ms. Clinton or her aides, guidance the attorney general said Friday that she expects to accept. [Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images] It must be noted that even in the case of an indictment, Hillary Clinton is not bound to step down as the presumptive nominee. “They did not discuss the Department of Justice’s review”. So pervasive has the image been that her opponents have only to utter buzzwords like “Whitewater” – the name of the Clintons’ failed land deal in which neither was implicated in wrongdoing – to invoke the image of what Trump terms, “Crooked Hillary”.
Her current political rival, likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, was quick to comment on Twitter, calling her actions “wrong”. “What Bill did was stupid!” Bill Clinton joined her in saying he would not do it again, either, in light of the impression it gave.
Last week just after Warren endorsed her, Clinton acknowledged she’s “made mistakes”.
Booker has said in recent weeks that it was flattering to be mentioned but that he wasn’t being vetted. “Just look at her pathetic e-mail server statements”.
The FBI investigation is focused narrowly on the question of whether Clinton or those writing to her improperly handled classified information by sending it to or from her private e-mail address. Notably, he has studiously avoided responding to Trump’s provocations about his impeachment, his past conduct with women and his marriage.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden are set to drive that message this week in separate campaign appearances with Clinton. They said hello. their talked about grand-kids, which is very much on our minds these days, golf, their mutual friend, former attorney general Janet Reno. An impromptu meeting between Bill.
Lynch said she would respect the decisions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecutors on whether to charge Hillary Clinton.
Cotton said it was unwise of Lynch and Clinton to meet.
Questions about Hillary Clinton’s ethics have dogged her from her days as first lady of Arkansas and later the United States during husband Bill Clinton’s governorship and presidency, through her service a senator from NY, her failed 2008 presidential campaign and as Obama’s secretary of state. “Folks, honestly, she’s guilty as hell”.
Clinton, who declined to comment further on the probe, promised that “I will continue to be as forthcoming as I can”.
“This isn’t a game”, said Joseph diGenova, former US Attorney for the District of Columbia who led the prosecution of Jonathan Pollard, a former US intelligence analyst who was sentenced to life in prison for violating the Espionage Act by passing top-secret classified information to Israel; he was released on parole past year.
“I am not going to comment on the process”.
The email server controversy had hurt Clinton long before her session at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington on Saturday.
The State Department’s inspector general, the agency’s internal watchdog, said in a blistering audit in May that Clinton and her team ignored clear warnings from State Department officials that her email setup violated federal standards and could leave sensitive material vulnerable to hackers.
FINAL WITNESS? It’s unclear if Ms. Clinton was the final person to be questioned. A Quinnipiac University poll last month found that by margins of between 8 and 14 points, voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania are skeptical of Clinton’s trustworthiness.
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But Bakari Sellers, a CNN commentator who is also a Clinton supporter, said the interview would come as a relief for Clinton’s camp – offering the prospect that the email saga that has dragged behind her campaign was finally drawing to a close.
