As new details about Hillary Clinton's email servers trickles out, the number of potential criminal violations she has committed continues to pile up.Former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani now estimates that Clinton has run afoul of 13-15 federal statutes. The list potentially includes the improper transmission and handling of confidential information, mail fraud statutes, wire fraud statutes, and obstruction of justice.
"The case is getting so strong now that it's going to be really hard to have an intellectually honest decision and walk away from it," the former federal prosecutor claimed on Thursday's Hannity adding that, "she has also proven that she is completely grossly negligent in the handling of sensitive information, and we want someone like this for President of the United States?"
As we reported earlier this week, Hillary Clinton is reportedly being advised to seek the services of a criminal defense attorney. With the case against her mounting, she might be wise to heed such advice.
Here's a brief rundown of some of the laws the former Secretary of State has potentially run afoul of:
Unauthorized Removal And Retention Of Classified Documents Or Material
18 U.S.C. § 1924
Class: A Misdemeanor
Possible Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year and/or $100,000 fine
Text: "Knowingly removing materials containing classified information of the United States with the intent to retain said info at an unauthorized location without the authority to do so"
Gathering, Transmitting Or Losing Defense Information
18 U.S.C. § 793
Class: Felony
Possible Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years and/or $250,000 fine
Text: "Allowing [by means of gross negligence] any document relating to the national defense to be removed from its proper place of custody or destroyed --or- willfully retaining unauthorized documents relating to national defense and failing to deliver them to the United States employee entitled to receive them --or- failure to report that unauthorized documents relating to national defense were removed from their proper place of custody or destroyed"
Concealment, Removal, Or Mutilation Generally
18 U.S.C. § 2071
Class: Felony
Possible Penalty: Imprisonment of no more than 3 years, a fine, or both
Text: "Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same"
Destruction, Alteration, Or Falsification Of Records In Federal Investigations And Bankruptcy
18 U.S.C. § 1519
Class: Felony
Possible Penalty: Imprisonment of no more than 20 years, a fine, or both
Text: "Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States"