Hillary Hires Criminal Attorney David Kendall...

[Fawke Em]

As I've been saying, the FBI doesn't do "security reviews."

From Whitewater to the Lewinsky affair, David Kendall has been there for the Clintons. And now LawNewz.com has learned that the longtime Clinton attorney is also representing Hillary Clinton in the FBI’s probe into her private email server. He will likely not be far when she is interviewed by the FBI, which is expected to happen soon. Kendall knows a thing or two about classified information: He helped former CIA director David Patreaus avoid felony charges when Patreaus allegedly gave “black books” to a mistress who was writing his book.

Several reports indicate that the FBI investigation has entered its final stages. So it is no surprise that Clinton would need a lawyer by her side, and who better than the man who has been loyal to the Clinton family for more than twenty years. The choice of Kendall is not shocking as he’s also been handling the State Department and Senate’s inquiry into her private emails for months now. There was some speculation that as the investigation reportedly intensified, she may hire another attorney to deal with the FBI’s probe specifically, but Clinton is staying with a friend she knows well.

http://lawnewz.com/uncategorized/the-longtime-clinton-attorney-now-representing-hillary-in-fbis-criminal-probe/

And, yes, Kendall is a criminal attorney - not a civil one. He handled a number of high-profile death penalty cases before becoming Clinton's go-to man.

[Actor]

1. It is sad to see this republican conspiracy theory being so successful in trying to

discredit the Clinton's.

But they have been at it for decades.

[nichomachus]

3. So, you're saying the Clintons have a "get out of jail free" card?

Because the Republicans have attacked them, they can now do anything they want and no one can question it without it being called a Republican conspiracy?

How very clever of them. Very, very Karl Rove tactic.

[Actor]

5. Karl Rove?

Oh my...

Transparent as can be.

[berniepdx420]

76. you really think Bob Marley would support clinton over bernie... no way no how

[Actor]

86. No, and I support Bernie. But you might not recognize someone like me.

I support the defeat of the right wing even if that means voting for Hillary.

I can state the undeniable fact that the right has an orchestrated campaign of propaganda on the Clinton's and support Bernie at the same time.

Even Bernie believes that.

[berniepdx420]

87. fair enough

[rhett o rick]

118. LOL, who do you think you are kidding?

[Actor]

149. You are evidently new to this politics thing.

[rhett o rick]

155. I am new? You have a lot of audacity for only 26 posts. Actually you sound very familiar. nm

[leveymg]

132. Deep in the state of denial.

[LonePirate]

54. Why are you assuming she is guilty and warrants jail time here?

[2pooped2pop]

81. I don't think anyone has to assume she is guilty and warrants jail time.

the server was illegal, the hiding of the emails, or wiping if you prefer was illegal, her testimony was illegal, and we haven't touched on her selling government contracts to the highest donor to her foundation yet.

It's obvious that she is guilty. It remains doubtful if she will get the jail time she deserves due to our two tiered legal system. That will only make the people hate her even more. She will be impeached if she should ever make it to the White House. I doubt though that that republicans will let her get that far with all of her baggage.

[LonePirate]

85. Interestingly, plenty of legal scholars disagree with everything you have said, even our President

Frankly, I am going to side with people who have actual knowledge and who are performing the investigation instead of swinging an executioner's axe for purely partisan reasons.

[Else You Are Mad]

4. Please tell me...

Which party is running the executive Branch -- which the FBI falls under. If this was nothing, President Obama would have squashed this from the get go. Just saying...

[Logical]

7. 2 posts??? Nt

[Actor]

10. I dont have to be an old timer here to know who has orchestrated a 25 year long

propaganda campaign to discredit the Clinton's.


My knowledge of this and pointing it out has nothing to do with whether or not I support her or Bernie Sanders.

She could be running against anybody, would not change this simple fact.

[rock]

50. Welcome to DU!

Hope you stay awhile.

[pinebox]

51. You fail to understand the FBI is under the DOJ umbrella which falls under Obama

[Oilwellian]

121. How is this right wing when...

Obama appointed the Inspector General at the State Department who asked the FBI to investigate this case?

Blaming the right wing on her own destructive behavior won't wash this time. Hillary created this scandal all on her own.

[Fawke Em]

125. Then your "knowledge" isn't based on much.

She's being investigated of a crime, not partisan bullshit.

[rock]

49. Where would you have them start?

Are you one of those Bernie Sanders Math Geniuses?

[Purveyor]

53. Hauling out the back-bench in desperation it seems... eom

[workinclasszero]

18. Yup freak republic shit

right here on the pages of DU.

Its been ongoing since Bernie entered the race.

[Fawke Em]

26. FBI investigations aren't partisan committees.

Get your head out of the sand about this, please, before you ruin the party.

[2pooped2pop]

83. the DOJ doesn't seem to think that this is republican made.

Why would you? Hillary brings her own trouble, and almost constantly, at that.

[Punkingal]

23. Making these pronouncements on your first day here?

Uh huh....

[Fawke Em]

24. How, pray tell, is an FBI investigation a "right wing talking point?"

This is where Hillary supporters stick their heads in the sand.

Yes. I fully agree that the right-wing has trumped (no pun intended) up charges on the Clintons throughout the years and most of these investigations have been conducted by partisan hacks with crosses to bear, but this isn't one of them.

There is US Code (specifically 18 US Code 739) that relates to maintaining national security/defense data a certain way. If what we know is true about the unsecured server, she failed to meet the criteria set forth in that Code. I don't think it was intentional, but that doesn't matter. She was made aware of how she was supposed to treat that data and signed off on it, but, out of sheer convenience (and possibly to avoid FOIA requests) disregarded this warning.

But, if you'd like, I'll call up some of my colleagues in the FBI and let them know you think they're all some big right-wing machine. I'm sure they'll appreciate it.

[brush]

113. Your headline for this OP is bull

You infer that she just hired a criminal attorney but then write that he's always been her attorney.

Many people have attorneys. Hell, I have an attorney.

Stop with the bs, she's not getting indicted, and Sanders is not getting the nomination.

[Fawke Em]

135. You keep a CRIMINAL attorney on retainer?

Wow.

[brush]

139. I didn't say that. And the OP says the lawyer has always been her attorney.

[Autumn]

28. Hillary's own actions are a conspiracy theory?

Welcome back.

[pdsimdars]

30. Come on guys, a little discipline . . . remember the old rule "don't feed the trolls."

[HooptieWagon]

43. Because everybody undergoing an FBI 'security review' hires criminal defense attorneys?

[TheBlackAdder]

58. A top notch attorney (family court, civil or criminal) is prudent, not a sign of guilt. It's just..

.


She should be thankful that she has the financial capital to spend hundreds of thousands or millions on a defense.


Any other person would be locked away, as soon as their money runs out to field a defense.



This all goes to the contributions of the Trial Lawyer industry, to keep things overly complicated and fucked up.
Just like those guys who pay to make the tax code complicated so you have to buy software or hire an accountant.


.

[Actor]

61. Any other person? It is like I found myself on KarlRove.com

[Kentonio]

64. It's more like you don't recognize the simple truth

That hundreds of thousands of Americans annually receive a substandard legal defense because they don't have money and have to rely on overworked, poorly motivated public defenders who will often plea bargain just to clear their workloads.

[TheBlackAdder]

114. Perhaps you should look into the realities of the legal system, as you seem quite naive to it.

.


And, regarding Karl Rove: You lift that needle up a little because the record's skipping.


.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

75. Source IP check, please.

[2pooped2pop]

79. I don't think you get a high priced lawyer that has gotten people off on similar but milder accusati

accusations when it's only a republican conspiracy theory. She is a seriously flawed candidate regardless of the republicans.

[catnhatnh]

97. It sure is sad

that an ex president and his spouse have had to hire a criminal attorney multiple times because they've been "at it" for years.

And welcome to the board.

[MariaThinks]

103. bush and his republican criminals lie their way into a war with iraq. where's the outrage?

Hillary chews food - she has no manners.

[boobooday]

151. I have plenty of outrage for all of them

And Hillary was a big supporter of the war in Iraq. She made a speech in support of it. That was the day she lost me forever.

[BillZBubb]

152. Hillary VOTED FOR THE IRAQ WAR. Where's the outrage?

w. bush should be in jail with cheney and the rest. Did president Obama go after them for war crimes?

There is plenty of outrage to go around. That doesn't excuse any criminal activity by Hillary.

[northernsouthern]

128. Actually I was wondering the opposite.

Why has it gotten so quite about this. I pops up on here once in a blue moon, but nothing like Popegate, Standgate, 1040Agate, 13%gate, apologygate, fingerwaggate, redgate, racistgate, and so on from the HRC crew. But is has been a bit. Why the lol in the news? Hillary would be happy if it was almost over, the FBI seems to be holding out? Are they waiting until the general election?

[Betty Karlson]

136. The Clintons have indeed been shady for decades - and are finally meeting a generation of

progressives no longer willing to excuse it.

Praise Nancy Reagan?
DADT?
DOMA?
TPP?
TTIP?
NAFTA?
For-profit prisons?
"Superpredators?"
Iraq War?
Libya? - On the advice of Blumenthal? Whom Obama told Clinton to NEVER consult?

[Else You Are Mad]

2. What always bothered me is...

That every time Clinton said she won't be indicted or what have you is the fact that those being investigated aren't told of the details of an investigation.

[The Old Lie]

52. Looks like JoePhilly's "Indictment Fairy" is about to make an appearance

shortly.

[IdaBriggs]

67. Welcome, Psychic Poster - member since Mon Apr 11, 2016, 08:53 PM

The indictment fairy is employed by the FBI (who rarely spend a year's worth of resources investigating "not crimes&quot . We will all await the appearance of said fairy about whose investigation we can only speculate until it is complete. Until then, we can only rely on those famous words of President Barack Obama: "she didn't intentionally endanger national security - she was just careless!"

[awake]

84. "Vote for Hillary she could care less about national security" her new campaign slogan

I think that fits her to a T

[Fawke Em]

126. Oh, no. You're wrong.

She LOVES it unless it inconveniences her.

[HereSince1628]

98. Well, you know she has to say that to look innocent.

But those of us without the privilege of being celebrity white politicians know it's possible to get indicted even if your innocent.

It's also possible to get convicted while being innocent.

I suspect her aides will find out about what that threat is like.

[Else You Are Mad]

99. Indeed.

And, the aides will do a few years in jail and then, after being released, will find good jobs at the Clinton Foundation.

[Logical]

6. She brought this on herself. Nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. New campaign motto: I'm not a crook.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. There are certainly unpleasant similarities.

[BillZBubb]

153. That's not far off the mark. They both love Kissinger.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

120. Or: You ain't got nuthin on me, dirty coppers!!!

[Fairgo]

9. Flinch

You can pretend that your kitchen is not on fire, but eventually you have to explain why you are watering the stove.

[ky_dem]

31. :0

[pdsimdars]

32. I tell you, I get more chuckles here than I do watching a comedian. . . . laugh out LOUD funny.

[TheDormouse]

36. Never heard that one before! Hilarious!

[Fairgo]

39. Fresh baked this morning...

not me, just the joke.

[mindwalker_i]

47. "I'm watering the stove so it will grow up big and strong...

... and make little stoves."

[TheDormouse]

102. lol

[Warren DeMontague]

71. ...

[catnhatnh]

101. Oh-I LIKE that

Well done!

[mmonk]

140. .

[IamMab]

11. How do you suddenly hire someone who has worked for you for decades?

Ooops, logic-bomb!

[riderinthestorm]

17. How disturbing to have a criminal defense attorney on retainer...for "decades"

[IamMab]

20. Not unusual for a couple that have had trumped-up charges leveled at them the whole time.

Your parents probably remember the 90s; ask them about it.

[riderinthestorm]

21. Lol, never ASSume. I'm in my 50s whippersnapper.

Now get off my lawn!!

[bkkyosemite]

56. Your parents LOL LOL LOL I remember it.

[Land of Enchantment]

40. Better Call Saul...nt

[Fawke Em]

134. Ravens are lovely birds. I have several.

[yourpaljoey]

156. You have ravens... wicked cool

[Fawke Em]

27. You call in the retainer.

Easy.

A retainer is simply a way to make payments and keep the attorney on notice that he/she represents you when need be. You don't always need him/her, but he/she will be there if/when you do.

However, most of us don't keep CRIMINAL attorneys on retainer, so it is a bid odd.

[IamMab]

33. Except everyone pays a retainer to a lawyer, whether they hire them for years or not.

Retainer: a fee that the client pays upfront to an attorney before the attorney has begun work for the client.

Most of us don't have the GOP abusing the government to pursue relentless and baseless prosecutions of us either.

[ky_dem]

157. Most people don't pay retainers if it's a long term relationship

I worked as a paralegal in a firm that is in the top 25 in terms of size - the only people who pay retainers are new clients who we haven't sussed out whether they are going to pay on time, other than that people just get billed. The only reason I can think of to put someone on retainer is because you want to create a conflict so that that lawyer can't work counter to your interests on a particular matter

[pdsimdars]

34. most of us don't keep CRIMINAL attorneys on retainer, so it is a bid odd.

BECAUSE most of us don't NEED criminal attorneys on retainer.

[xloadiex]

78. I know I always keep a criminal defense attorney on retainer

You know, just in case I decide to do something..criminal.

[Else You Are Mad]

104. Simply put.

You put them on retainer and then have them work on your behalf regarding the issue at hand. It has to do with legal ethics laws and such blah blah.

[nadinbrzezinski]

109. Read the full story

Here to help you. I had the same question by the way.


There was some speculation that as the investigation reportedly intensified, she may hire another attorney to deal with the FBI’s probe specifically, but Clinton is staying with a friend she knows well.

[4139]

12. ?? Kendall has been her Attorney on this allong....

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/hillary-clinton-email-thumbdrive-security-120833

[antigop]

13. and Grassley sent him a letter asking if Guccifer hacked HRC's emails

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2016-04-12%20CEG%20to%20HRC%20%28Guccifer%20Victim%20Notification%29.pdf


The letter was sent to HRC, c/o David Kendall, Clinton's lawyer.

It specifically asks:
"1. Have you received any notice from the Department of Justice or other government
agency relating to Mr. Lazar?
2. Has the Department of Justice or any other government agency informed you that you
were a victim of hacking, other unlawful computer access, or any other crime, whether
attempted or realized, by Mr. Lazar or any other person or entity?"

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

14. Difference between...

....owning a fire extinguisher....

...and using it.

[1StrongBlackMan]

16. I'm shocked that someone being interviewed by the FBI would retain counsel.

[Fawke Em]

29. I didn't say it was shocking or even odd.

But it does negate her claim that the FBI was doing a "security review" (which they don't do. Companies like the one I work for do, but we're a private cyber security company - that's what we do. We don't do criminal investigations, but we're some times hired by the FBI to help them conduct them).

If it was just a review, you wouldn't need to call in your retainer.

[1StrongBlackMan]

45. With all due respect ...

Only a fool would appear before the FBI (to talk about anything) without counsel in tow.

[Fawke Em]

133. Or a poor person...

[1StrongBlackMan]

138. Yeah ...Okay. Even a poor person.

[HassleCat]

22. You can't be too rich or too thin

Or have too many attorneys.

[Autumn]

25. Nothing says win like the leading democrat candidate having to lawyer up.

[pdsimdars]

37. Let's put the appropriate adjective on that "lawyer" noun . . . .and that would be "Criminal"

[TheDormouse]

38. This situation makes me very sad.

[Autumn]

112. It doesn't make me sad anymore. That's what Clinton does, stupid shit that needs to be

investigated for wrong doing. I spent 12 years defending them, 8 while Bill was in office and her when she was a senator and her last failed run when i supported her. I'm not about to waste another second of my life defending her from anything.

[Yurovsky]

119. The crazy thing was it was all unnecessary ....

She claims they were $5m in debt (legal fees) but they got much more than that in book deals, plus between the 2 of them they were getting over $600k in annual federal pensions FOR LIFE (plus whatever Bill might get as a former governor).

With her name recognition, legit fund raising would be a breeze. Just keep your nose clean, live well (maybe crash at your rich friends vacation homes for a change of scenery...). She didn't have to go to the dark side.

But she did. When I stop to think about it, I guess she never left, despite there no longer being a need. They'd made it. But greed and vanity got the best of her. And I, like you, have washed my hands of the both of them. And it's on them, not me. I never sold out.

[Congruente]

35. "The choice of Kendall is not shocking" the article says

Do you want us to be shocked?

[Fawke Em]

131. No.

I just wanted to point out that the FBI does not do "security reviews." The do criminal investigations.

[speaktruthtopower]

41. Nothing wrong with hiring a lawyer...

even if you are completely innocent.

[smiley]

42. Has this ever happened in U.S. primary elections?

How can anyone not see that this whole situation is a liability of Hillary is nominated?

[TheDormouse]

46. Does Rick Perry count?

and then you have Chris Christie & Co ...

[bkkyosemite]

55. Rick Perry is not running for the Presidency last time I looked.

[TheDormouse]

82. but he was during this primary

[smiley]

63. Not the best company to be in heh?

[HooptieWagon]

44. Leading Dem candidate lawyering up?

I don't think that's happened before.

[snowy owl]

48. From my understanding, everyone has done it including Colin Powell

This is clearly political and unfair. Clinton unfairly targeted by Republicans. I expect honesty from both sides. Also, her "classified" wasn't classified when she sent them. Just shows how fucked up government is. Studies have shown way too much is classified. Should be transparent. And yes I'd get a lawyer too.

[2cannan]

59. No, snowy owl, Hillary is different because of the server.

She is the only Sec of State to set up her own email server (in her basement). She used her own personal email account for both work and personal emails and had all of her emails were stored on that server at her house. That's why orgs that requested copies of her emails from the State Dept through FOIA requests were told that there weren't any emails because there weren't any on the State Dept. servers. I believe that Powell and Rice used both personal and State Dept email accounts (on the State Dept servers).

[snowy owl]

68. Ok. I didn't understand that. I read early accounts that the same.Not for HRC but am fair-thanks!

[grasswire]

65. your understanding is wrong.

You are using old talking points.

[snowy owl]

69. I'll take your word for it - can you provide link? Never mind. I found it!

Not an HRC supporter but I try to be fair. Thanks for putting me straight! Big difference.

[grasswire]

72. well, right here on DU...

...an expert at gathering information who is a published author has been working on a timeline of all of the information about the matter. It is long, and complicated, but if you read the contributions of DU members to the thread, you will know more about the matter than most people.

ww.democraticunderground.com/1280158157

[Oilwellian]

122. We're just about finished up

I just sent him the last batch of illustrative work a couple of hours ago. No doubt he'll pick it apart and repairs will be made, but he's almost ready to go public with it.

It's a stunning piece of work and will be the go-to source of information for people who want to understand the full picture. I just don't see how she will be able to retain her security clearance after all of the information is out.

[grasswire]

124. yep

I have been copyediting.

How great that Paul came here to DU!

[berni_mccoy]

57. Time to drop out now Hillary!

[antigop]

60. Grassley sent him a letter asking if Guccifer hacked HRC's emails

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2016-04-12%20CEG%20to%20HRC%20%28Guccifer%20Victim%20Notification%29.pdf


The letter was sent to HRC, c/o David Kendall, Clinton's lawyer.

It specifically asks:
"1. Have you received any notice from the Department of Justice or other government
agency relating to Mr. Lazar?
2. Has the Department of Justice or any other government agency informed you that you
were a victim of hacking, other unlawful computer access, or any other crime, whether
attempted or realized, by Mr. Lazar or any other person or entity?"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

62. He has been the Clinton's lawyer forever.

If you watched the Benghazi hearings he was sitting in the audience the entire time.

[IdaBriggs]

70. CRIMINAL Lawyer -- and you don't think it's ODD she has had him FOREVER?

[msanthrope]

89. No. As a criminal defense attorney, no. Nt

[IdaBriggs]

100. Okay, I don't even know how to respond to you.

On the one hand, you have serious professional expertise that I respect (plus as a fellow long time poster, I know some of your previous good deeds for members of this board for which I personally still admire you for performing).

On the other hand, I am not an attorney, and in my limited experience, people who keep hiring criminal attorneys are not always the most upstanding citizens and their misdeeds are rarely "first offense" situations.

Obviously innocent people employ criminal defense attorneys, but realistically, so do criminals.

You can see my dilemma. So I guess I will just stick with "it's odd in my social circle - I have no personal acquaintance with anyone who has had a long term client relationship with a criminal attorney who didn't end up spending some time in jail."

Is that fair?

[msanthrope]

106. You don't know who in your social circle has a criminal lawyer on retainer.

Bluntly.....you simply don't know. It's not something people trumpet.....But do you really think the Sanders family does not have criminal representation at this point? Given the calls for a federal investigation into the SAR filed against Burlington College, do you really think the Sanders campaign has not consulted a criminal attorney?

[IdaBriggs]

110. Again, fair point about my social circle.

I don't know. And I also don't know about the Sanders but I haven't investigated that like I've read up on the email server issues.

But I do know Hillary has had one on multiple occasions and the fact he got Petraeus off means he is good.

So let me change my answer to you: in my circles, to my knowledge, hiring a criminal attorney is not the sign of someone who is innocent of criminal wrongdoing. At a certain level, whether she is ever found "guilty or not" has little to do with it going forward - the public perception that she NEEDS A CRIMINAL ATTORNEY comes with a certain amount of damage to a reputation. It increases her "untrustworthy" factor, and leaves her the but of comedy jokes that are inappropriate when running for the position of "leader of the free world".

Is it fair? No, but life isn't always fair, and some of her Epic Bad Decisions brought her to this pass. Will she drop out? I doubt it. She is a fighter, and if she truly believes she is "not guilty" she may ignore everything else until the bitter end. This self deception on her part - my husband wouldn't cheat/those women are lying/there is a vast right wing conspiracy - isn't even new; the martyrdom of her position may even enhance her prestige for some people.

I personally hope she doesn't end up in jail. That would be a terrible "first" for a former First Lady.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

116. As an avid Bernie backer and former prosecutor and crim defense attorney,

I have to say the long-time relationship with the named criminal defense attorney is understandable given the various witch hunts the Clintons have endured over the last quarter century.

Having said that, if their was cut-and-paste activity of classified documents by SOS staff at the direction of HRC for transfer and use on her private server, I would suspect that might satisfy the gravamen for illegal activity by her.

[msanthrope]

137. Funny, in my circles, having lawyers on retainer is what we do. After all,who

else would manage things?

[IdaBriggs]

142. Criminal lawyers are not the norm for mine.

Two relatives and a few out-laws (as opposed to in-laws) have temporarily engaged their services, but they all ended up doing (deserved) jail time. As I said, not my social friend circle.

Now civil stuff - real estate, probate and money stuff - yes.

[nashville_brook]

146. that sort of privilege would explain the HRC loyalty.

the other 99% can't afford it.

[Punkingal]

66. They would probably save money if they just put him on permanent retainer.

Especially if she gets the nomination and wins. They will need him for her entire term.

[snowy owl]

74. Another questions: was her private server meant to be more secure? or secret?

I just found out that she did do it differently than predecessors. However, and I'm no clinton fan, what was really wrong about it. Esp. if all was found to be unclassified when she did it? and to what degree does the private server make a difference in this case? Is the charge that it was on a private server or that she sent classified information? Is this more gotcha or is there really something here?

I know we'll know eventually. But I want to know what really prompted all this right-wing ire and if it was merited?

[Aerows]

92. By law all messaging must be journaled

for certain financial institutions and the government. Journaling means that there is a separate copy that is stored independently of backups, etc. for the purpose of retrieving them.

This is the LAW. All of this came out because it was discovered that the server that was operated was not keeping a journaled repository, thus they whacked the database and overwrote the backup tapes and thousands of emails were lost (or who ever incompetent person was running her server thought - any body halfway competent can restore an email data base on disk). The point is, however, that they did not fulfill this requirement.

Financial institutions get in deep shit trouble over this, Government agencies get in deep shit trouble over this. We are talking about the Secretary of State. She stated "Oh, well I assumed if I sent things to government agencies they were archived, and personal things didn't require that", which is not the intention of the law.

The intention of the law is that all communication via email used for official purposes must be archived. Not SOME, not "the ones I think are personal", not "I don't have to do that because I don't like fooling around with 2 email accounts, and not because "I was jealous because Obama got a special blackberry and they wouldn't give me one (and for a damn good reason, too) so I broke the law f 'em".

[nashville_brook]

147. IIRC there were hearings/negotiations before she was confirmed, b/c there was concern

regarding how she would keep Clinton Foundation business and Dept of State separate. There had to be a wall of separation that could be confirmed.

as soon those hearing were over she immediately went and did this to circumvent those rules/concerns.

[Aerows]

96. To add

Her server sat out there open on the internet for a few MONTHS while she was Secretary of State receiving information of the highest clearance levels UNENCRYPTED. Man in the middle would be a piece of cake for an amateur.

Basically, if somebody happened to wander on in there and copied the email database, they wouldn't have to do anything but open it up with the appropriate app and see every single thing sent and received. For EVERY ACCOUNT on that server. There most certainly was more than one.

Irresponsible with state secrets doesn't even cover it, because it was not just on that server, but people at two different other companies making cloud backups that had no security clearance at all that potentially had access to the contents of that server. Yes, somebody working as a low level admin had every opportunity in the world to copy it and sell secrets to the highest bidder. It would be a miracle if that didn't happen.

In fact, it is almost a certainty that someone with inappropriate clearance had access to the email database. What they did or did not do with it is a mystery because proper protocols were failed at every level.

[polichick]

77. Maybe he can help when it comes to the Clinton Foundation arms deal too...

That case is more disturbing than the emails imo.

[senz]

123. Yes.

[amborin]

80. Wow! the plot thickens!

[Logical]

88. Rick Perry was arrested and this place LOVED IT. But the FBI doing their job is "right wing"? LOL!

[arcane1]

95. And when members of the Bush admin used private email, everyone on DU hated it n/t

[RiverLover]

141. Did they use their own private server in their basement? Did they take million$ from foreign govts

for a "charitable" foundation or for themselves, when a spouse gave a speech, & then grant those countries favors from their govt dept?

[NCTraveler]

90. I am simply going to believe...

The people acting like they don't see the enormous flaw in this article are just trying to score some cheap points. The other options are even worse.

[frylock]

91. Poor optics.

[Fawke Em]

127. I love both Eeyore and Canadian drama.

I hope you'll be my friend.

[frylock]

150. Lets!

[seafan]

94. Attorney Kendall possessed a thumb drive of her potentially classified emails in his office.....

Doubtful that "attorney-client privilege" would hold water, now that she's called him back into service for her next round of criminal inquiries. Doesn't sound like a "security review" to me either, Fawke Em.


Longtime Clinton Attorney Now Representing Hillary in FBI’s Criminal Probe, April 15, 2016

But unequivocally, what thrust him most into the (unwanted?) spotlight was his defense of the Clintons over the last two decades. According to a 1998 Washington Post article that detailed the key players in President Clinton’s Lewinsky scandal, Kendall certainly has his critics:

Second-guessing Kendall has become a bloodsport in Washington where some of his fellow lawyers fault Kendall for not having Clinton come forward earlier with the truth about Lewinsky, for letting him testify … They also blame Kendall for pursuing a legalistic argument — that receiving oral sex did not constitute a sexual relationship — that has proved widely unpalatable.

Last year, he ran into media scrutiny again when he kept a thumb drive that contained potentially classified emails from Clinton’s private server at his law firm.

“In most situations like this you’d expect that a warrant would be issued and the Marshals and the feds, FBI, somebody would go and get the thumb rive and take it somewhere where it would be considered safe by the government,” national security attorney Edward MacMahnon Jr. told Fox News back in August.

Yes, you'd think.


Fast forward to 2016:

“I am 100 percent confident (that the probe will not become criminal),” the former secretary of State said in a Democratic presidential debate last week. “This is a security review requested and carried out that will be resolved.”

Univision debate moderator Jorge Ramos confronted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday over her email scandal, directly asking her if she would drop out of the race for her party's nomination if she were indicted.

"If you get indicted, will you drop out?" he asked her.

The former secretary of state refused to answer the question.

"Oh, for goodness," she started when Ramos pressed her on the issue after she initially danced around it. "It's not going to happen. I'm not even answering that question."

via Business Insider

Comey has repeatedly attempted to shoot down concerns about political motivation in his bureau’s probe and fears that investigators will undermine evidence against Clinton or another Obama administration official.

“I hope the American people know the FBI well enough and the nature and character of this organization,” Comey told the Senate panel on Wednesday.

“As I’ve said many times, we don’t give a rip about politics,” he added. “We care about finding out what is true and doing that in a competent, honest and independent way. I promise you that’s the way we conduct ourselves.”

FBI Director James Comey
via The Hill (Getty Images)


There will be questions Madame Secretary, that you will be answering.

[highprincipleswork]

105. Oh but there's nothing we should be concerned about.

[still_one]

107. I would be bringing this up also after the disastrous Jewish Outreach appointment of Ms. Zimmerman,

and the misrepresentation that Bernie gave when he said he was meeting with the Pope:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017352798

I would want to change the topic also, and bring up the Benghazi issue, which Mr. Gowdy plans to waste more tax payer money on

[berniepdx420]

129. This is not about Benghazi.... this is a FBI criminal investigation on her emails and email server

[AzDar]

108. Drip, Drip, Drip...

[demwing]

111. Well, hell. She lawyered up.

Shit got interesting...

[BigBearJohn]

115. I am not a crook!

[SusanCalvin]

117. Well, she can afford it...... nt

[NanceGreggs]

130. Awwww, this is SO cute!

When your candidate-of-choice has no possibility of winning, you can always pretend that his opponent is about to be indicted.

[IdaBriggs]

143. Be of good cheer - even if she is, she probably won't drop out.

That would require a level of class she just doesn't seem to possess.

Remember when Bill was telling everyone his legal troubles were no big deal? Remember how that turned out?

Your candidate has been involved in a year long FBI investigation, told Congress that she deleted 30k personal emails that are now in the possession of the FBI and weren't all personal AND BONUS has been named in 39 (let me spell that number out for you - THIRTY-NINE) lawsuits about failing to comply with FOIA issues and it looks like she will be testifying under oath in two of them so far.

Yeah, she and her baggage are exactly what America needs at the moment.

[nashville_brook]

148. the Rs are dying to run against HRC so they can subpoena her at their leisure.

it's really that simple.

[BernieforPres2016]

144. The Clintons destroy manufacturing jobs, but they have always created work for attorneys nt

[lindysalsagal]

145. The GOP is pissed they couldn't tamper with it and plant incriminating evidence against her.

I wouldn't trust them, either with a government server. Not that I especially like her. But I'll vote DEM regardless.

[BillZBubb]

154. Unfortunately, they didn't have to plant anything. Evidence is already there.

Will you vote for an nominee under indictment?

[lindysalsagal]

159. Evidence of what? Doing one of the most difficult jobs in the world?

I'm no hrc fan, but she's under attack from the GOP no matter what she does.

[BillZBubb]

160. The FBI wouldn't be investigating this unless there was real evidence of a possible crime.

Don't lose site of that in your desire to defend Hillary.

[lindysalsagal]

161. I asked and you had no answer. I'm not defending anything.

Hrc has been attacked by the GOP forever. This is nothing new.. I would love to see Bernie pres. But I don't think she did anything wrong, either.

I would have had my own tamper-proof server, too. I don't trust the GOP at all. I think she had to have her own server.

[BillZBubb]

162. Among potential crimes is mishandling classified information.

There is no doubt that classified information was transmitted via a non authorized server. That is a crime if it is done intentionally.

Another is possible influence peddling involving the Clinton Foundation.

[lindysalsagal]

163. Influence peddling is wrong but it has nothing to do with the server. If they really start enforcing

Influence peddling, they'll be taking themselves down with her. So, I'm not holding my breath on that, either.

You're doing the gop's work for them, or you're really a GOP troll.

[BillZBubb]

164. I'm just stating the facts. There are emails on the server in re Clinton Foundation issues.

The only people doing the GOPs work for them are those who will blindly support Clinton even when there is evidence of a crime.

Nothing would kill the Democrats chances in the election more than the lead candidate under indictment.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

158. I do hope that we reconfirm the shaky notion that we are a nation of laws.

It needs to happen.