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Home Front: Politix
Did Hillary Clinton Commit a Crime? Part II.
2015-03-12
[NationalReview] Finally, there is a formal certification by the State Department records official authorizing the employee to remove the documents from State's custody: 'Once the reviewing official is satisfied that documentary materials proposed for removal comply with Federal law and regulations the reviewing official completes Form DS-1904, Authorization for the Removal of Personal Papers and Non-Record Materials, and forwards the form and the inventory to the Department of State records officer.'
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Despite her repeated protestations at yesterday's press conference that she followed all applicable rules, it is pellucid that she did not.
I'd have been tempted to post this just for that pellucid alone...
Mrs. Clinton plainly did not just remove personal e-mails without clearing that removal with records officials; she also did not even return official records. Her defense now is that returning the documents two years later is good enough. But the same records manual emphatically rebuts that post-hoc justification. The department's records manual requires that departing officials "must ensure that all record material that they possess is incorporated in the Department's official files and that all file searches for which they have been tasked have been completed, such as those required to respond to FOIA,'Congressional, or litigation-related document requests.' And lest the employee not get the message, the manual adds that 'fines, imprisonment, or both may be imposed for the willful and unlawful removal or destruction of records as stated in the U.S. Criminal Code (e.g., 18 U.S.C., section 2071).'
Or, as the Washington Examiner asks more succinctly, Clinton was required to sign document claiming she turned over emails in 2013
Posted by:Hupineger Glomomp52169

#14  Is a pigs ass pork?
Posted by: Woodrow Stalin1308   2015-03-12 20:43  

#13  I don't even see a reason to bother with did she commit a crime. The real question is "How many crimes has she committed?"

Vince Foster was unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2015-03-12 19:57  

#12  OTOH, maybe Champ's got something (or a lot) on the Clintons that he can bargain with. Mexican standoff!
Posted by: KBK   2015-03-12 15:29  

#11  You really think the Clintons would pardon Obama? They hate the "amateur" SOB.
Posted by: KBK   2015-03-12 15:25  

#10  Only an idiot would nominate, much less support, any Clinton for public office. Unfortunately, both our school system and our political spoils system create a large number of idiots every day.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2015-03-12 14:31  

#9  I don't think the Champ is behind any of this. Aiding and abetting possibly, but he and his other thugs may actually need the Beest's pardon if she should stumble around and become POTUS.

It's a hand jive win-win for the Champ. If she wins the nom, he's got a trump card. If she loses the nom, she becomes a 'useful idiot' distraction and bus bait.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-03-12 12:48  

#8  For some, eupnoea could be classified as criminal activity. Just saying.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-03-12 12:42  

#7  Ed Klein has been getting a little more mileage out of Hillary's kerfuffle--probably trying to sell more copies of Blood Feud. He says Obama is behind this scandal. Feud. So far as I can tell, he is the only one saying this.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-03-12 12:39  

#6  
Posted by: Angomomble the Obscure1776   2015-03-12 12:31  

#5  I did not have textual relations with that server.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2015-03-12 12:25  

#4  I thought her real name was Hillary Rodham Hussein.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2015-03-12 11:39  

#3  " I have done nothing wrong", Hillary Millhouse Clinton
Posted by: 49 Pan   2015-03-12 11:16  

#2  False Official Statements at least. Conspiracy and Obstruction possible. Get her to take a plea like Petraeus/Sandy Berger.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-03-12 09:57  

#1  Somebody got a Word-a-Day calendar. Maybe they mis-spelled "putrid" I know that one fits....
Posted by: Warthog   2015-03-12 09:40  

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