2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Server [View all]malthaussen
(17,529 posts)From a purely political standpoint, it is a fruitless discussion, because it leads nowhere. If she were indicted, her candidacy would be dead, even if it is not impossible for an individual under indictment to run for President (I frankly don't know, but doubt there is any law about it, it not being a question that legislators would likely imagine coming up). If no indictment follows, then it is nothing more than another attempt to smear the Clintons. and should not affect the vote.
As an issue, I think it is a non-starter, but I have perhaps a rather quirky assessment of the importance of "classified" material to begin with, and I cannot begin to imagine what importance is/is not attached to it by more conventional thinkers.
As to consequences, I think whatever happens, Mrs Clinton will pay no discernible consequences even if it is determined that a crime was committed (which would astonish me). As a card-carrying member of the power structure who has done nothing to injure that power structure, the only consequence might be loss of election and imprisonment of a convenient scapegoat or two. Only some unexpected revolution in the way things are done could produce a different result.
-- Mal