Would there be an FBI investigation and numerous FOIA lawsuits if SoS had followed normal protocols

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15. I don't blame the investigation, I blame the speculation and innuendo used as a political cudgel

...against Hillary Clinton.

We're supposed to accept the frame that she's done something criminal when there's zero investigation of other administration secretaries and offices which also maintained and used private servers.

The investigation was 'sparked' by a NYT report which revealed the use of the private servers. What preceded the report (and obviously sparked it) was a hyped and cynical republican investigation into their Benghazi canard which demanded thousands of pages of communications from Sec. Clinton's office.

What's occurring now is an investigation which isn't likely to carry criminal charges, unless the government is prepared to prosecute previous administration's conduct, so it's silly to say opposing the politics surrounding the investigation is an attack on the Obama administration.

All you're doing is projecting the critic's summary verdict of guilt to deflect from the fact that no one has been charged, and there's virtually nothing out there for critics to bolster all of their chitter-chatter about indictments.