Let me spell this our for those in the "Clinton/Lynch thing is no big deal" camp.

[karynnj]

119. The similarity is that the public reaction will be similar

In fact, either removing them or an indictment play pretty much the same. An indictment is NOT a conviction and the likelihood is that HRC continues her run with either. Either would,of course, be bad for the campaign, but the opponent is Trump.

Removing one or more people would not change the message. That message is that the FBI recommended an indictmant. If the Republicans had a remotely sane candidate, this would be devastating for her as would actually being indicted. Neither precludes her running.

The only thing it does for Obama is that his well deserved reputation would be hurt by EITHER, but It would be far more damaging if he intervened in that way. One minor, at this point, negative on his administration is everything related to this State Department mess. Removing someone would not end that issue but I think would ensure it continues in one way or another.

However, I think that Obama would not have signaled support for the last three years if he thought it would explode. I am NOT saying he has inside FBI info, but certainly, he knows what the SD knows.