The Director of the FBI, James Comey, recommended against indicting Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information. While explaining the reasons for this recommendation—contrary to Department of Justice procedure — Mr. Comey decided to characterize Ms. Clinton’s legal behavior in various derogatory ways. Comey said that Ms. Clinton’s handling of classified information was extremely careless and she should have known when information was classified even if it was not marked as classified. Three of Ms. Clinton’s some 30,000 emails were marked as classified; at least 2 of those emails were not classified and the third was not correctly marked as classified. Other State Department employees may have sent Ms. Clinton classified information, even if it was incorrectly marked; Ms. Clinton would have had no way of knowing it. According to Comey, the security culture State Department was “lacking in the kind of care found elsewhere in the government.” Perhaps, Mr. Comey does not understand what kind of security is needed and appropriate for the State Department.
Comey’s opinion that Ms. Clinton did not commit a crime was based on legal standards; his opinion about the rectitude of Ms. Clinton’s legal behavior was not based on any consensual standard. Comey’s questionable and unprecedented assault on the Democratic Presidential candidate must be answered by the party to prevent the outcome of this election from being affected and ensure the administration is not considered soiled. Despite the Main Stream Media’s (MSM) confusion about Comey’s charges and whether they conflicted with what Hillary claimed about her use of private email, much of what Comey said can be refuted. These charges need to be refuted, but Ms. Clinton is not in a position to do it. The most suitable surrogate to combat this assault if Vice President Joe Biden.
Comey’s opinion that Ms. Clinton did not commit a crime was based on legal standards; his opinion about the rectitude of Ms. Clinton’s legal behavior was not based on any consensual standard. Comey’s questionable and unprecedented assault on the Democratic Presidential candidate must be answered by the party to prevent the outcome of this election from being affected and ensure the administration is not considered soiled. Despite the Main Stream Media’s (MSM) confusion about Comey’s charges and whether they conflicted with what Hillary claimed about her use of private email, much of what Comey said can be refuted. These charges need to be refuted, but Ms. Clinton is not in a position to do it. The most suitable surrogate to combat this assault if Vice President Joe Biden.