Clinton Email Scandal: State Department Was In On Cover-Up

[Jemmons]

1. Makes your think about the process that would lead to such a decision...

After her first primary defeat, she is persuaded to become sec. of state. At that time she might had been a bit hesitant and cautious, even if it was not the main trust of her way of thinking. So to protect herself from unwanted intrusions into her communications she sets up an independent mail system.

Did she distrust Obama enough for that to be her motivation?

Was she oblivious to legal implications of doing that - or did she mull over the pros and con in great detail before she made the move?

The sense I get of this is that must have thought that it might come back to bite her, but not get her into enough trouble that she could not get around it.

So question then becomes what kind of trouble would it save her from, making it worth the risk associated with her choice.