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[–] ExLibris 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Clinton's use of the server was actually not illegal or against any rules, but not turning over official emails to the proper office was illegal. It wasn't until she left the state department without doing that step that Clinton broke the law. However, if I had been the one to call her out on that, to be one of the sole voices pushing for the rule of law to be applied, the last thing I would do would be to take the steps that are visibly following in their footprints.
Trump's administration hasn't broken the law yet, and has quite some time before it risks it, but in the leadup to the election they banged the drum of just how wrong this practice was, and I find it disturbing to see them choosing to take that same path rather than show themselves as different and above such practices, which was how they portrayed themselves throughout the election.
It's just as easy to send an email through white house servers, and safer from hacking.
[–] individualin1984 ago
That is not entirely true. You are omitting the whole classified information control violations and the purgery around law enforcement questions. I won't get into some of the violations within the contents but to say that filing was her only offence was like saying the bank robber that shot two tellers only offence was not paying the parking meter.