State Dept Press Conference....

[Bob41213]

Just FYI for everyone...

http://www.c-span.org/video/?410161-1/state-department-briefs-hillary-clinton-email-audit

I've listened to some and it was a fun press conference. I'm not sure how fun till I listen to it all. Not a ton of time right now but enjoy...

[SoCalMusicLover]

1. Care To Summarize What Was Fun About It?

Just curious your take, I can't listen to it now, I'm still at work.

[Bob41213]

2. Oh shit, lots...

Reporters aren't accepting spin...

Just saw a part where they asked him how he knew her server wasn't hacked. He tried to repeat something and they asked him again. Then he sat there for 10 seconds looking like he didn't know and said "I apologize, I retract that statement." It looked like a bloodbath, BUT I only saw a few minutes and jumped around... I was looking for something I didn't find in 2 minutes....

Edit: I too am at work and really can't watch so I saw all of 2 minutes...

Edit 2: Another part they say how it was so good that she finally complied. Then the reporter said something like but if a bank robber robs a bank and returns the bank, it doesn't matter.

[thereismore]

3. The dude keeps saying things like "with 20/20 hindsight" and "Sec. Clinton said she would not do it

again." That's all you need to know. He's definitely trying to mitigate what she did.

He also says "I'm not going to re-litigate that." The schmuck doesn't realize that this has not been litigated at all.

[Bob41213]

4. What I saw looked like he really wasn't prepared to be talking about this...

I mentioned somewhere that the report from today was leaked early... And he looked like someone kinda blindsided. And the reporters seem to sense blood. Only saw a few minutes but that's what I saw...

[thereismore]

5. I started to watch it from the beginning. Right after 2:50, that face! The first question is about

the emails. Don't miss that facial expression. It's gold. He wasn't prepared for it.

[Bob41213]

7. Go see my post about the server hacking...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512051539

Basically watch at 22:50 and he talks about hacking attempts. Then says but the server was not hacked. And a reporter asks him twice how he knows it wasn't hacked. He pauses for what feels like 30 seconds before he apologizes and retracts the statement. I'm assuming it's about the same look you're talking about.

[thereismore]

8. Actually, do check out his face after 2:50. It's "fuck, fuck, fuck."

He also said, after the hacking question, to address questions about the hacking to the Clinton team. Hahaha! Ask the robber, did you rob that 7-11.

[thereismore]

9. Rules required her to use government email in most cases. She used a private email in all cases.

That much is clear. She broke the existing rules, rather bluntly, without asking permission.

Now about her criminal liability. Let's see what the FBI has to say.

[hootinholler]

10. kick for later. n/t

[dorkzilla]

11. It does seem like the fecal matter is starting to really hit the oscillator

What I don't understand is how completely unprepared Mark Toner was for these questions...they had a conference call before the presser and he KNEW the IG's report was leaked to some members of the press. Did he think something this huge was not going to be questioned? He looked like a total fool up there, and he came off as a Clinton apologist. Is EVERYONE so terrified of the Clintons that they would not acknowledge what was in the report?

The reason this made me happy was that the reporters in the room (I only heard mention of AP and Reuters) were actually acting like JOURNALISTS, meaning these are the people who are not going to stand for being lied to and they can stand up against whatever spin is going to be spun by whomever.

[EdwardBernays]

12. Someone needs to make an OP about

Something the second reporter said. Which was that (aproximately) she had an obligation to use State systems for the majority of her work. She wasn't legally stopped from EVER doing it, and you can imagine situations which she might be FORCED to, but she had an OBLIGATION to PRIMARILY use State systems.

Which she didn't.