U.S. judge weighs deeper probe into Clinton’s private email system

[NWCorona]

"US. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Washington will hear arguments over whether State Department officials and top Clinton aides should be questioned under oath about whether they intentionally thwarted federal open records laws by using or allowing the use of the private server throughout Clinton’s tenure at State from 2009 to 2013."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/us-judge-weighs-deeper-probe-into-clintons-private-email-system/2016/02/23/9c27412a-d997-11e5-81ae-7491b9b9e7df_story.html

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Drip drip drip...

and this is the supposedly unbeatable inevitable candidate.

[NWCorona]

2. Yup! but according to some it's a nothing 🍔

[leveymg]

3. The presumed Candidate is about to be indicted. Thanks, Hillary, you timed this just right.

Following a political character assassination, this will throw it to decisions made in back rooms at a brokered Convention by the DNC, and the Party leaders who brought us HRC to begin with. A formula for a remake of '68.

President Nixon was the outcome.

More from this morning's WaPo report:

By Spencer S. Hsu February 23 at 8:01 AM

A federal judge on Tuesday will weigh calls raised in a civil lawsuit to probe deeper into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email system as secretary of state, posing new legal and political risks for Clinton and her inner circle.

U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Washington will hear arguments over whether State Department officials and top Clinton aides should be questioned under oath about whether they intentionally thwarted federal open records laws by using or allowing the use of the private server throughout Clinton’s tenure at State from 2009 to 2013.

The 10 a.m. hearing comes as Clinton seeks the Democratic presidential nomination and three weeks after the State Department acknowledged for the first time that “top secret” information passed through the server.

[State Department says Hillary Clinton’s email correspondence contained ‘top secret’ material]

The FBI and the department’s inspector general are continuing investigations into whether the private setup mishandled classified information or violated other federal laws.

[NWCorona]

4. I'm really curious as to what the DOJ will do

If The FBI does recommend indictment.

[leveymg]

5. If this hearing was held at 10am this morning, there may be a statement out there.

The decision to impanel a federal Grand Jury is ultimately political calculus.

[leveymg]

9. Couldn't find anything yet. Will check back in a few hours.

[speaktruthtopower]

6. I think there would have to be a major surprise for it to happen this late

[leveymg]

11. FBI acknowledged just a few weeks ago that there's a criminal investigation. Stretch out the clock

and maybe it will go away (or be pardoned) seems to be the defense and Administration strategy. This happened before with the similar investigation of CIA Director John Deutch's mishandling of classified materials.

There's plenty of precedent for this approach.

[leveymg]

13. Judge orders discovery to go forward. See LBN post just now.

[AzDar]

7. At best, she's incompetent; at worst... corrupt. She should NEVER be POTUS. Period.

[sadoldgirl]

8. It is obvious by now that

the party apparatchiks don't give a hoot about
a democratic WH; their main aim is to keep
Bernie out of it, and the status quo intact.

[NWCorona]

10. Status quo at all costs!

[NurseJackie]

12. Around and around they go ... getting nowhere.

[NWCorona]

14. Wrong!

Breaking news!

"Federal judge rules Clinton aides should be questioned under oath

Aides to Hillary Clinton and state department officials should be questioned under oath about Clinton’s use of a private email server during her four years as secretary of state, a federal judge ruled Tuesday."

“There has been a constant drip, drip, drip of declarations,” said US district judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Washington. “When does it stop?”
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/feb/23/us-election-nevada-caucus-trump-rubio-cruz-sanders-clinton-live?page=with:block-56ccb013e4b00807d43ab92e#block-56ccb013e4b00807d43ab92e

[razorman]

15. Whatever's going to happen needs to happen soon.

If the convention is over, and she is the official nominee, it will be disastrous for the party if she is indicted.