I don’t get it....does not the secret, private server...constitute intent?
Under the federal statutes that outline penalties for mishandling classified, intent is literally irrelevant. Either you followed the rules for creating, transmitting, storing and safeguarding classified material, or you didn’t. Clearly, Mrs. Clinton violated all of those requirements, on a daily basis. Yet, no “reasonable” prosecutor would bring charges.
I’ve said it before and I’ll repeat it again: the seminal scandal of the Clinton era was the unauthorized access of FBI background files. Not only did it yield dirt on almost a thousand prominent Republicans, it also opened up new avenues of digging on many, many more. Truth be told, the amount of information gathered over the past 25 years is staggering. Ever wonder why so many Republicans cave so quickly? In many cases, it goes back to the mother lode of op-research, which began with the background files.
The real question: what do the Clintons have on Mr. Comey? We know that John Roberts is supposedly vulnerable due to an overseas adoption that may have been illegal. The dirt on the FBI Director is probably far worse.