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Back in the day
Since Trump got busted for having classified documents that he shouldn’t have had, comments are already popping up saying that Hillary’s emails were worse and nothing happened to her.[1] First off, they weren’t worse. Not even in the same ballpark. Perhaps the entrance to the parking lot but that’s it. She did mishandle classified documents. For what it’s worth I think that she was incredibly careless with her emails. BUT, her actions and the actions of others were not found to be intentional or of a nature that could be found guilty in court if prosecuted.[2] .
Clinton was investigated by the FBI and has credited the active investigation that took place towards the last of the 2016 campaign as costing her the election. (I don’t believe that to be the truth. It was more of a case of her campaign taking some states for granted and ignoring the warnings from grassroots workers.)
Here’s a little of what FBI Director James Comey said:
Comey said that 110 emails in 52 email chains were determined to contain some form of classified information at the time they were sent.
He went on to specify that Clinton was on seven of those chains that were classified as top secret.
“There is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. For example, seven email chains concerned matters that were classified at the top secret, special access program at the time they were sent and received," Comey said.
Comey held an almost 16 minute long conversation where he went over in detail all of the FBI findings.[3] People have cherry picked some of the things that he said but it is the totality of his comments and conclusion that matters. The FBI found
Nothing prosecutable.
The 33,000
All the deleted emails were a separate issue. Politifact did a nice job of covering the 33,000 email screw-up by HRC’s aides, and it was a screw-up, but again, the FBI found nothing prosecutable.[4] Trump vowed revenge during the campaign. He said that he would appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate her when he became President.[5] Trump campaigned on throwing her in jail. He didn’t do either. You know why? It was a
Big nothing hamberder.[6]
(BTW, after he got elected he said as much.)[7]
Apples and Oranges
People need to keep a few things in mind. The armed services, law enforcement, FBI, etc. and government in general are predominantly conservative. Don’t know why. It’s just the way it is. Trump spends a lot of time condemning liberals, the Dems and the radical left for the “witch hunts” against him when in fact most of the people investigating him and being witnesses against him are conservatives that self-identify as being Republican. We’re talking hundreds of them, including people from his inner circle.
The consensus of those investigating or that have done investigations past is that there is NO comparison between what Hillary Clinton did and what Donald Trump has done regarding the handling of classified documents.[8] Those of us that have handled classified documents know the difference.
As a Private in the Army I was investigated over a possible security breach. I was interrogated for a couple of hours by two Captains. (Both Captains had Top Secret clearances). One Captain got real intense with me. He questioned me closely about specific classified information pertaining to my job. I refused to tell him. He reassured me about his clearance. I respectfully refused to tell him and said, “You have no need to know.” He came at me real hard. I stood my ground. Finally the other Captain laughed and said, “you know he’s right.” The end result was that I was cleared. I had done everything properly. Others were investigated as well. There was no breach.
When I left the Army they didn’t provide me updates about the classified information to which I had had access. Not my job anymore. I had no “need to know.” That same doctrine applies to Trump since he no longer has the job.
He has no need to know.
Lock him up!
Trump said that he felt strongly about the proper handling of classified information.[9] He said it over and over again. Check the End Note if you want to see the video of how Trump felt about enforcing the laws about handling classified information because so much was at stake. It appears now that he is on the receiving end of advocacy of his beliefs. Was he sincere about enforcing the law when it applies to him? In this nation of law and order to whom does the law apply? Everyone? Based on Trump’s own words,
He should be in jail.
[1] A nice timeline of HRC’s emails: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/timeline-hillary-clintons-email-saga/story?id=29442707
[2] At around 13 minutes Comey gives the FBIs determination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghph_361wa0
[3] At around 13 minutes Comey gives the FBIs determination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghph_361wa0
[4] https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-deleted-33000-em/
[6] https://archive.org/details/MSNBCW_20161210_140000_MSNBC_Live/start/200/end/260?q=clinton+lock+her+up
[8] https://www.mediaite.com/news/doj-official-who-investigated-hillary-clinton-says-there-is-no-comparison-between-her-case-and-trumps/
[9] Trump’s thoughts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThCMjd7irLM
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