FBI re-opens Clinton email probe

[ThatRobGuy]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/polit...r-tells-senate-judiciary-committee/index.html


(CNN)FBI Director James Comey said Friday the bureau is reviewing new emails related to Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, according to a letter sent to eight congressional committee chairmen, a surprise development with 11 days until the election.

After recommending this year that the Department of Justice not press charges against the Secretary of State, Comey said in the letter that "recent developments" urged him to take another look.
"In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear pertinent to the investigation," Comey wrote the chairmen. "I am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation."

 

[Jack of Spades]

If, hypothetically speaking, she won the election but ended up in prison because of this, what would that mean in practice?

Would she serve as the president until the sentencing, or some other specified point, and then hand the job to the vice president? Or is the US law that simple for elected officials? At which point she would lose the right to act as a president if found criminally guilty?

 

[Nithavela]

 

[redleghunter]

If, hypothetically speaking, she won the election but ended up in prison because of this, what would that mean in practice?

Would she serve as the president until the sentencing, or some other specified point, and then hand the job to the vice president? Or is the US law that simple for elected officials? At which point she would lose the right to act as a president if found criminally guilty?

I would be like the Watergate fiasco. Yes, there would be hearings then impeachment hearings, and impeachment vote and if impeached by the House, the charges would be preferred to the Senate for trial. It takes a super majority in the Senate (2/3rds) to convict. Nixon on the urging of allies resigned to avoid impeachment.

http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/1/essays/17/trial-of-impeachment

WAAAAY to earlier to bring up all of this.

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

If, hypothetically speaking, she won the election but ended up in prison because of this, what would that mean in practice?

President Tim Kaine.

 

[dogs4thewin]

President Tim Kaine.

Who has canceled various gatherings due to lack of interest.

 

[Jack of Spades]

President Tim Kaine.

Next week in campaign ads:

Trump: "I'm not a perv, even if 800 foreign ex-miss Universe contestants from 21 different countries claim I groped them."

Clinton: "I'm gonna get jailed, but elect me anyway, my vice president is a good guy!"

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Who has canceled various gatherings due to lack of interest.

But for some reason she has been leading in the polls all this time even though hardly anybody goes to see her speak, go figure...

 

[MrSpikey]

But for some reason she has been leading in the polls all this time even though hardly anybody goes to see her speak, go figure...

Bread and circuses isn't popular with everyone...

 

[kingskid]

I don't understand how she is even running since she should not have security clearances. Go figure.

 

[MrSpikey]

I don't understand how she is even running since she should not have security clearances. Go figure.

I don't recall having security clearance as one of the constitutional requirements for the job.

I'm sure Hoover would have approved of such a situation, though...

 

[keith99]

I don't understand how she is even running since she should not have security clearances. Go figure.

I must have missed the constitutional amendment that said presidential candidates need a security clearance.

 

[redleghunter]

I don't understand how she is even running since she should not have security clearances. Go figure.

That slope is quite slippery.

The allegations came to light after she left the state dept. So they could not revoke the clearance then. However, even after the allegations came to light the State Dept could have requested her security clearance be suspended pending an investigation.

NOW if she is elected President, regardless of previous security violations she gets top clearances and access based on the job.

As a presidential candidate she is getting daily top secret level briefings. So we know she still has a clearance.

I'm retired Army and given my job on active duty for over 26 years maintained a TS clearance. If I elaborated anymore I would be really pushing it. That's how we are trained.

I continue to do work for the military so maintain my clearance. Every six months my company and the military requires me to conduct security training. If you take the basic course which everyone must, you wonder how these politicians avoid jail.

Frequently I see retired generals and politicians who say too much on the news programs. We really need to enforce the "need to know" more often which would help reduce these violations.

Need to know means you can have one of the top security clearances, but if you truly do not need to know the info, you don't get access.

However as President one can invoke need to know given the job. That is concerning given both candidates.

 

[redleghunter]

I don't recall having security clearance as one of the constitutional requirements for the job.

I'm sure Hoover would have approved of such a situation, though...

The President needs access to a TS SCI clearance. How else would they get their daily DoD and intelligence community briefings?

 

[redleghunter]

I must have missed the constitutional amendment that said presidential candidates need a security clearance.

It's reality. How else can they do their job?

 

[MrSpikey]

The President needs access to a TS SCI clearance. How else would they get their daily DoD and intelligence community briefings?

That restriction doesn't prevent anyone becoming president. The constitutional requirements are clear.

Or do civil servants have a veto over the people's will in the USA?

 

[The Hammer of Witches]

Liberals are raving over this on the news lol, turned on Clinton News Network and they can't really twist this into some kind of attack on Trump. Clinton will still win though, Trump is a shill for her.

 

[LinguaIgnota]

The choice is between a borderline retarded megalomaniac and a woman that's being investigated by the FBI. And the American population is too busy taking sides to ask themselves how it could ever come to this. The system is broken.

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Bread and circuses isn't popular with everyone...

So all the hollow promises of more and more freebies isn't as popular as it once was, interesting...

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

At least this has come of it so far - she's finally holding a press conference, her first in many months.