With the mishandling of classified information, Director James Comey decided that he would add "intent" as an element of the portion of the US Code that would've been used to prosecute her. The problem is, the statute does not stipulate any mens rea (that's "intent") as a necessary element for commission of the crime. In fact, the statute only states that the individual had to act with "gross negligence."
Do you know one of the legal definitions of "gross negligence?" That's right, you guessed it and Director Comey said it -- "extreme carelessness."
Now, I actually worked on a case where a very, very good attorney was representing a military defendant for mishandling classified information. I obvious cannot discuss specifics of the case due to ethical guidelines, but I will say...the prosecution was not very eager to make a nice deal with the defendant. His breach was WAY less that what was done by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The attorney representing him is also a very highly regarded defense attorney. I'll just say that the absolute best deal that was worked out was a guilty plea in exchange for 3 years of federal probation and a felony conviction on his record. Obviously, there were military repercussions as well, but that would not apply to Secretary Clinton, except the absolute banning of his ever receiving a high-level security clearance for the rest of his life.
So why is Clinton above the law? Can they really claim that she was ignorant of the law? The woman is an career defense attorney, for Christ's sake!!
So, we already know that she wasn't prosecuted. We already know why she wasn't prosecuted. We do NOT know what else Mr. Assange and WikiLeaks will release. However, we have to look at what the real issue is with electing someone that we know has broken national security laws of our country and has successfully avoided prosecution.
Just like in any other country, first world or third...there is only one person who generally operates outside of the codified statutes of the land. THE MONARCHY!
This would make her our Queen, and with all of the other skeletons in her closet, what happens when she continues to operate outside of the law with impunity? The United States will cease to exist as we know it if we elect this person to be our president, ladies and gentleman.
Now, let's go ahead and dispel any sort of notion (like the Marco Rubio style there?) that I am some sort of right-wing conspiracy theorist. On the contrary, I am generally much more aligned with the left than I am the right. I believe in having a generally large societal safety net. I believe in universal healthcare. I believe in the right of every citizen -- convicted felon or not -- to vote. However, I do take some of my views from the conservative side, namely fiscal policy and the idea that the second amendment already has sufficient laws in place that need to be enforced instead of the enactment of more regulations. I believe that the majority of issues not in the Constitution should be decided by the voters of their specific states. So, I do not fit into either category, yet I still feel this way about Mrs. Clinton. Also, I would love to see a woman president -- just_not_this_woman!!!
So, we are faced with her competitor, Mr. Trump. I have made no secret that I have turned to supporting him after painfully watching Bernie Sanders, who I originally fervently supported, sell out to Clinton right there along with Elizabeth Warren. I am not supporting Trump out of spite. I actually believe that he is the best choice, and I think that Americans have to look past the bullshit that comes out of his mouth and realize that he is not a politician, nor is he politically correct. This election cannot be about that. Let's be real when we examine the man. He is not a racist, obviously. His opponents are simply taking non-politically-correct statements that he is making and blowing them WAY out of proportion because they are running scared of his possibility to win. They have nothing substantive to use against him, so they call him a racist. What about Mrs. Clinton and the utterly racist "SUPERPREDATOR" shit from the 1990s? Why is no one talking about that? If so, by those standards we have two racist candidates, but one of them is a known criminal on top of it?
We have to wake up and look at the implications for our nation if Hillary Clinton becomes our president!!! If Trump gets it, he will surely delegate most of the day-to-day operations over to his cabinet and VP. Clinton will make sure the first thing she does is put into operation whatever she has to do to pay back her masters. Goldman Sachs will be running the FED even more than they are now. They will dictate the monetary policy for this nation. As for foreign relations, we already know that our most powerful adversary thinks that she is a joke with no brain (Putin). We already know how she handled things in Libya.
That's all I have on this. A vote for Clinton brings the monarchy back to the United States after being free of it since 1776. Think about that.
--William