2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Server [View all]DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)If an indictment of a high level staffer were to happen between the convention and the election, I think she would lose in the general election. Trump would troll her with blimps, skywriters, bombastic tweets, and angry jugglers. The media would immediately go into full idiotic bloom. She would have a difficult time winning the election in those circumstances.
If the same indictment were handed down after a Clinton win and inauguration, and assuming continued Republican control of both houses, I believe they would call hearings immediately to try to link the indicted to Clinton in any way they could. Then the House would vote to impeach. The Republicans very much want to win the 2 Clinton Impeachment trophy.
If the FBI clears Clinton and her top staffers, the Republicans will continue to be the jackals they are. There will be plentiful right wing conspiracy theories around the FBI's clearing of Clinton. The Republicans will hold hearing after hearing. They'll bully. They may issue subpoenas just because they can. If they don't end up finding a successful way to impeach her, she'll be facing the same oppositional congress Obama has had to deal with.
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