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Andrea Mitchell Defends Hillary on Emails: 'I Don't Think There is Legal Culpability'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 02/01/2016 6:05:27 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Hillary Clinton's criminal defense attorney made a surprise appearance on today's Morning Joe, saying . . . oh, wait: that wasn't Hillary's lawyer--it was Andrea Mitchell. Same difference.

Relying on her sources, Mitchell asserted "I don't think there is the legal culpability here." Andrea first suggested that Hillary lacked "intent." Joe Scarborough pushed back hard, noting that the statute also criminalizes being "reckless" with classified material. Mitchell then switched to a truly absurd argument. Noting that the official State Department system had been hacked, Mitchell said that Hillary's "defense could well be the whole damn system is vulnerable." Shot back Scarborough sarcastically" "good luck with the Justice Department on that."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andreamitchell; emailscandal; hillaryclinton; joescarborough
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1 posted on 02/01/2016 6:05:27 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Andrea is on the payroll of the Clinton Foundation


2 posted on 02/01/2016 6:06:20 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

that face. mama mia!


3 posted on 02/01/2016 6:06:55 AM PST by patq
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To: GOPJ; ColdOne; AmericanCheeseFood; netmilsmom; Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; ...

Andrea Mitchell goes Johnnie Cochran for Hillary.

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


4 posted on 02/01/2016 6:07:21 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Looks like the Flying Monkeys have gotten their orders.


5 posted on 02/01/2016 6:07:53 AM PST by digger48
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Where did Andrea get here law degree? Really?


6 posted on 02/01/2016 6:07:57 AM PST by oldplayer
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Better question is:

What did the president know and when did he know it?

If he emailed her on the private server, does he face criminal liability?


7 posted on 02/01/2016 6:09:28 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

So good to see Mrs. Alan Greenspan wearing her new kneepads /retch


8 posted on 02/01/2016 6:09:33 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: patq

Figaro........... We will not let him go........

Anyway, had I “mis-handled” classified documnents even by accident at my job.............minimum of termination max of jail time. And believe me, I’m pretty sure I was on the lower end of the scale when it came to access to classified documents. Didn’t matter. Let it slip by and get caught/discovered+..... BOOOM!


9 posted on 02/01/2016 6:10:15 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: patq
She explains why this may not have been a typo

" Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was "in the hospital for an enlarged prostitute." "

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/899296/posts

10 posted on 02/01/2016 6:11:02 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Relying on her sources, Mitchell asserted "I don't think there is the legal culpability here."

A democrat operative with a TV show. Check that. An UGLY Democrat operative with a TV show.

11 posted on 02/01/2016 6:11:27 AM PST by Rummyfan (Let us now try liberty.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If Hillary Clinton was innocent, don’t you think the only thing we’d see on TV would be Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and Obama and Biden screaming their lungs out?

The Democrat leaders are scared to death of What Hillary has done and don’t want to be tied to her.


12 posted on 02/01/2016 6:11:40 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

NBC = Never Blame Clinton


13 posted on 02/01/2016 6:12:21 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Sycophants are gonna do what sycophants are gonna do. Big Media is jumping the shark when it comes to protecting Hillary!. I DO believe more and more people are awakening to that FACT.


14 posted on 02/01/2016 6:12:44 AM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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Once State Department employee X, Y and Z cut and paste from a classified document to a unclassified document....they were in violation of law. They were briefed when they got their original access to the classified system, and had to read documentation as they signed onto their system each day. These individuals will eventually end up in a court room and face justice....without much hope.

Hillary and Sid? Their case is different because they didn’t originate the cut-and-paste documents. So they are in a totally different situation. If the Clinton Foundation was keeping these messages (after Hillary and Sid read them) and they were funneled to ‘clients’ of the Foundation later....with money being exchanged for the ‘favors’....then that’s a totally different case, and more worse than the cut-and-paste crowd.

The question is....did Sid and Hillary put the documents into some digital folder, and then sent them onto ‘clients’? If so...was money exchanged? It’d be really helpful for Sid and Hillary if they just went into a folder and never moved or copied ever again. That’s the only way that they avoid jail....other than the AG just skipping this deal.

The only problem I see...it’ll take at least two years for the FBI to build a case here. If they don’t reach the final piece of this until January of 2017, and Hillary has been elected....how do you go into court with the case then?


15 posted on 02/01/2016 6:12:44 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I guess “intent” is now the new legal standard for handling of classified documents.

Sounds like a focus group word.


16 posted on 02/01/2016 6:13:44 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
She must've got the email.

17 posted on 02/01/2016 6:15:48 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: pepsionice

If Hillary instructed her servants to remove classification markings (and it appears that she did), that in itself is a crime.


18 posted on 02/01/2016 6:16:40 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Relying on her sources, Mitchell asserted "I don't think there is the legal culpability here

Her sources are David Brock and John Podesta.

19 posted on 02/01/2016 6:16:40 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: oldplayer

She actually admitted during the segment that she’s not a lawyer but that “I play one on tv”!!


20 posted on 02/01/2016 6:16:48 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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