Posted on 10/16/2015 12:02:12 PM PDT by conservativejoy
As the investigation into the “gross negligence” of Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified material continues, one anonymous FBI agent says she could be facing 10 years in jail under the Espionage Act.
The Act, according to the FBI agent, requires one who discovers the negligence to inform superiors. In the case of the alleged mishandling of classified documents and emails, Clinton would have needed to inform her only superior, the president, and he stated last week that he was not informed.
According to the Daily Mail, “Obama said flatly during a ‘60 Minutes‘ interview on Sunday that ‘No,’ he did not know Clinton sidestepped security protocols with her a home-brew email setup while she was his secretary of state.” Under conditions of anonymity, the FBI agent stated, “If investigators conclude that the former secretary [Clinton] was criminally careless in how she approached the security of the sensitive documents in her possession, then this part of the law could be used to prosecute her.”
According to the FBI agent, the investigation being conducted by the bureau centers on whether or not she violated the laws within the Espionage Act, specifically, “18 U.S. Code § 793 – Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information.” The law applies to “any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense’ – even if it’s not considered classified.”
If Clinton knew that she was in violation of the Espionage Act, she was to have notified Obama immediately; and according to Obama, she did not inform the president.
Of course, Obama could use his presidential pardon to keep the former First Lady out of jail, but Obama has historically not used his presidential pardon to relieve politicians of alleged wrongdoing. Obama’s use of the presidential pardon pales in comparison to his use of executive orders. In fact, according to The Nation, “While in the White House, Bill Clinton pardoned well over 100 people. So did President Bush. To date, Obama has pardoned less than two dozen and commuted even fewer sentences.”
In contrast to Obama’s lighter total of presidential pardons, he has used executive orders 221 times. In light of Obama’s supposed hesitancy to use presidential pardon, it seems likely that Obama will not bail her out with his pen this time.
who knew there was life on this planet big enuf to bite Hillary in the ass
Oh PLEASE...Hillary is going to the WHITE House for 8 Years!!<P.In a SANE America, she Would be going to the Big house......but now people get ELECTED for doing those crimes!
Yup, and I’m to be crowned King of England.
Not ONE person will raise any indictment against her....they are AFRAID of Obama AND the Clintons! <P.It’s now the “Just Us” Dept. and any decent FBI person will look the other way now.
There’s a better chance of my pic in the unicorn man suit being expunged from the internet...
Oh wait I meant...
Nevermind. ;)
The DOJ will send out a strongly worded Tweet to Hillary...and that’ll be the end of it.
If anyone else working for the government did this, they would be facing at least 10 years of jail time.
Trump and Cruz will have a Justice Dept. that will indict her. Until then... crickets.
I’ll bet Bubba tells her every day...you’ll never get by this...There’s not a soul on earth that trusts you...including me.
This reminds me of the scene in Schindler’s List when he was spraying the rail cars with water for the Jews. The Nazi said you are giving them false hope.
False hope is all we will have regarding Hildabeast going to prison. In the extreme rarity that she does it will be some cushy federal pen that more resembles a country club than a prison.
Stick her fat ass in general population.
I know this is a pipe-dream (no leftist politician is held accountable in this Country), but I always like feel-good stories.
I’d say a citizen’s arrest would work but they’d have to get by the SS agents.
What does NY law say about citizen’s arrests?
Put this in the “I’ll believe it when I see it” column.
Only if President Obama allows it. I suspect he can’t as an angry Hillary will be a vengeful Hillary and she probably knows WAY too much for him to take the risk.
I can see him working a deal with her for a full pardon in exchange for her silence and probably a huge cash donation from her foundation to his foundation. In exchange he gets to name the new Democratic candidate and that person’s running mate.
Alternatively, he might say loudly to his entourage something like, “What sluggards, what cowards have I brought up in my court, who care nothing for their allegiance to their lord. Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?”
Then, say “goodnight, Hillary.”
The Clintons have proven time and again they’re above the laws that govern the rest of us.
Yes, it sucks... but the level of suckfulness doesn’t make it any less true. Hillary has underlings — starting with Huma — who will happily and eagerly pay any penalty in her stead to keep her claws clean. Hillary will never face prosecution.
Odds on either one occurring are about the same.
“Oh PLEASE...Hillary is going to the WHITE House for 8 Years!!<P.In a SANE America, she Would be going to the Big house......but now people get ELECTED for doing those crimes!”
According to the rats, it’s the same thing.
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