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| Cal Thomas: Hillary and the '€˜what if' scenarios |
| 2016-06-07 |
| [Wash Times] Some believe that soon after Tuesday's final presidential primaries the FBI will interview Hillary Clinton about her handling of emails while she was secretary of state. What comes next is the subject of much speculation. One of the better speculators is Bradley Blakeman, who served as a member of President George W. Bush’s White House staff. We spoke in the "green room" at Fox News before our separate interviews. The following is culled from our conversation. Mr. Blakeman says the FBI has deliberately waited to interview Hillary Clinton until after the primaries because the bureau did not want to interfere with the nominating process. He thinks the FBI is "likely" to recommend to the Department of Justice whether or not she should be indicted for violating what she says are agency rules and what others call the law between now and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, which begins July 25. If she is indicted before the convention, Mr. Blakeman says, it will give the party an opportunity to make changes in the rules that could result in an alternate nominee. Here is the intriguing part about Mr. Blakeman's scenario: "If a grand jury is empaneled, or if she were to be indicted before the convention, the Democrats would have to let her go." If an indictment were to come after the convention, he says, it presents a different problem because each state needs to certify their ballots before November. If an indictment occurs after the states have certified their ballots, it would be nearly impossible to replace Hillary Clinton with another candidate. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Regardless, the indictment before or after the convention, will contaminate the election process for president. Can't be helped. Think about it. We have gone through this long primary, supposedly to select the person that will run as the Party's candidate for President. Now, if the nominee is indicted before the convention, that person can still run, just with a bunch of lawyers throwing continuances at the court. Same for after the convention. If things look really bad in the indictment, then the nominee could step down, but does not have to. This can drag out to next year. You could even have a president taking office and still under indictment. If a candidate steps down, gets incapacitated, or removed from the gene pool, then we are in new territory. Where is the authority to run a new candidate to replace the selected one? This country will have one hell of a fight on our hands. The issue is power, but it is mainly who controls the money. There is the control at stake of trillions of dollars. One hell of a fight with super high stakes. Newest untrodden territory since 1861. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-06-07 20:48 |
| #7 NOt Obama, but the rumors of Biden being put up as candidate would suddenly become credible. Unfortunately for the Dems if it doesn't happen soon he won't be on the ballot and joe Democrat can't even name the Vice President on a multi-choice quiz. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-06-07 14:10 |
| #6 the Champ quietly moves into his third term I don't see it. Even the little he does now is cutting unacceptably into his golf time. He wants to be president emeritus, courted to be Secretary-General of the UN, making big money for small speeches like Bill Clinton. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-06-07 13:31 |
| #5 If endicted before the primary the super-delegates would quickly switch allegiances and give Bernie the nomination. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-06-07 13:04 |
| #4 Now that SHE has the delegates this will lose steam. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-06-07 11:24 |
| #3 Here is the intriguing part about Mr. Blakeman's scenario: "If a grand jury is empaneled, or if she were to be indicted before the convention, the Democrats would have to let her go." Why? This would be true if Hillary were a Republican; the cry for her to step aside would be deafening. But for a Democrat? I don't think so. To most Democrats, a Hillary indictment would merely be proof that she's a poor, helpless victim of that ancient, evil cabal: the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. I predict that if Hillary is indicted, Democrats will flock to the polls in droves come November to vote for her. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2016-06-07 10:08 |
| #2 Hillary Clinton will never be indicted. Anyone in the halls of government who tries will be disappeared. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2016-06-07 07:41 |
| #1 ....or the Champ quietly moves into his third term while all of this is sorted out in the courts. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-07 02:34 |