Hillary's summer of scandal

[NWCorona]

"A flurry of events set to unfold in the coming days and months could push back into the headlines the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state, providing plenty of fodder for Donald Trump and his "Crooked Hillary" attack line.

Republicans are hoping for — and in some cases plotting — a summer of scandal for Clinton that helps tarnish and distract her presidential campaign as she tries to build momentum for a fall showdown with the Manhattan billionaire.


A long-awaited State Department inspector general report on the impact of personal email use on recordkeeping at State is expected to be made public any day. And as many Americans prepare for the traditional Memorial Day kickoff to the summer season, longtime Clinton aide Cheryl Mills is scheduled to sit for a sworn deposition Friday in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the conservative group Judicial Watch.

Mills’ testimony would be the first known time a member of Clinton’s inner circle has been questioned under oath in the email controversy. Another top Clinton aide, Huma Abedin, is set to testify next month. And Clinton herself is awaiting a judge's ruling on whether she should be required to give a deposition.

No matter how that comes out, Clinton also faces an ongoing FBI investigation into the email set up. Some of her aides have already been questioned. She's expressed a willingness to sit down with investigators — something they're expected to take her up on in the next few weeks. Unless it takes place in complete secrecy, such a session would be the highest-profile legal spectacle the former first lady has faced since she testified 20 years ago before a federal grand jury investigating the disappearance and reappearance of Whitewater billing records.
"I think the [Office of Inspector General] report is going to be of interest and the testimony is going to be out there," said Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton. "I think the courts will take action this summer....I don't see any of this going away."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/gop-sees-summer-of-scandal-for-clinton-223536#ixzz49fo3eYPN

[Botany]

1. Oh for the love of dog. Republican talking points.

"Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state ..."

Colin Powell had a private email server too. This scandal about HRC's email server is the
result of Benghazi being a "nothing burger" and then after looking @ the emails they found
nothing and so now the scandal is that her email account had a private server.

Do people not remember "White Water?" Which was a money losing real estate deal and then
it morphed into "the great b.j. hunt."

[NWCorona]

2. You should brush up on the facts. Powell didn't have a server he used AOL

Besides he's under investigation as well.

[Botany]

3. I can not help but think that this scandal is nothing more then swiftboating

Swiftboating J Kerry had a bronze star, a silver star, three purple hearts, and he
didn't lose one man in some of the most deadly duty in the war so they made Kerry's
service in the war as a liability and Clinton durning her term as Sec. of State was
very busy and very effective so they have now made her work as Sec. of State as
"a scandal." This smells of Creative Response Concept's handy work.

[NWCorona]

4. Her time as SoS and how effective she was is debatable.

[Botany]

6. The multinational deal that will keep Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon is the ....

.... result of HRC's in getting Russia, China, The UK, France, and Germany to
help in forcing Iran to come to the negotiation table. That was no little accomplishment.

[BillZBubb]

8. Her "leadership" in the Libya debacle is the on other side of the list.

You will also note that Hillary has been distancing herself a little bit from the Iran deal since she left State. It might not be the positive you think it is on the campaign trail.

[BillZBubb]

7. The FBI doesn't do swiftboating. They have prima facie evidence of a crime or crimes.

Her work is debatable. But her private server is not. It was a huge mistake and it gives her opponents a lot of ammunition against her.

[bahrbearian]

10. Complying to FOIA is for little people.

[Bob41213]

11. Why don't you go read the articles from the STATE DEPT that just came out...

The freaking STATE DEPT is ripping her apart for how she did things.

[BillZBubb]

5. When you nominate a candidate under FBI investigation, it's going to be difficult.

Democrats will be on the defensive the entire campaign. What's the response to that? The old "it's just a right wing attack" won't fly outside of the circle of committed Hillary supporters--25% of all voters at best.

[tex-wyo-dem]

12. Yep, it will be very hard to defend and just...

Validates the view of many that she isn't trustworthy.

Trump's "crooked Hillary" line is sticking to her like glue.

[Bob41213]

9. Ahhh, good times....

Good times....

[arikara]

13. And they say Bernie supporters are mean

For just talking about her record. Just wait until the republicans have at her, IF she's the nominee.