They both belong in jail...

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They violated the law, they should be held accountable like anyone else. No special treatment.

Trump should be prosecuted, but Clinton deserves special treatment.

Clinton should be prosecuted, but Trump deserves special treatment.

Leave them both alone; there should be no government secrets.

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I have a security clearance for my job. It is necessary every single day. Several hours of each day are spent in a room where the presence of my phone would be the military equivalent of a felony.

Classified information and documents are very heavily regulated and everyone with a security clearance is thoroughly trained on those regulations.

Both Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump violated our laws and, if not for their wealth and political status, would be in jail. I say lock 'em up.

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Northwest · M

Both Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump violated our laws

How did Hillary Clinton violate our laws? This fictional story about the 30,000 missing emails, was the subject of multiple Congressional inquiries, and multiple DOJ investigation.

They found absolutely nothing, and the DOJ cleared her multiple times. The last time, was November 6, 2016, two days prior to the elections. Comey waited until the last second, to make sure it does not look like he was doing her any favors. Every single inquiry turned up nothing.

sarabee1995 · 26-30, FVIP

@Northwest 🤦‍♀️

Northwest · M

@sarabee1995 Solid response. 🤦‍♀️

sarabee1995 · 26-30, FVIP

@Northwest Dude... You're comment above ignores so much of the record. Emails that were sent to and received from Sec'y Clinton's server were shown to contain classified information. Of course, the court-admissable evidence of Clinton's personal possession of these emails is lost with the server that she admits to having had destroyed.

Northwest · M

@sarabee1995 It seems odd that 6 years worth of DOJ investigations turned up nothing.. Keep in mind that the norms for email and electronic communications, are way different today from what they used to be when she was Sec. of State, and the late Colin Powell, testified that she copied the protools he was using, given the technology of the time.

There is no there there.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@sarabee1995 Almost all the emails were recovered. The vast majority were found to be harmless. Destruction of phones took place as had been policy for years. Confusing two servers because you're the first in your family to use a computer system is one thing. Secretly plotting to overthrow that which you above all were designated to protect is entirely another. Trump began to illegally use personal cell phone the very month he took office, and it never slowed from there.

sarabee1995 · 26-30, FVIP

@Northwest

It seems odd that 6 years worth of DOJ investigations turned up nothing

The investigations actually turned up a lot! Why do you say they turned up nothing?

Northwest · M

@sarabee1995

The investigations actually turned up a lot! Why do you say they turned up nothing?

Because there was nothing incriminating in there, and while we have better standards/technology today, the context is when she was Sec of State, NOT today.

But, if you think they found incriminating evidence, or that she did not follow the protocols of the day, then by all means, please share.

Northwest · M

@Graylight She followed exactly what Colin Powell was doing, and much of these security protocols were developed later.

Her private email server, in fact, was one of the ways she tried to improve on security. Of course people like to re-examine it, years later, without taking the context of the time into consideration, and this is coming from someone who did not vote for Al Gore, because I hated the Clintons and everyone associated with them, but fair is fair.

sarabee1995 · 26-30, FVIP

@Northwest This issue gets so clouded with statements like "the standards were different" and "Colin Powell did it too" etc etc etc.

The only issue, and the only CLEAR issue, is did she keep in her possession classified information. The answer there is YES. The investigation showed this.

All the details about the server and the state of technology at the time are irrelevant in light of this fact.

Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton should be prosecuted. It is unfortunately too late for Sec'y Clinton and I fear President Trump will somehow escape it as well.

Northwest · M

@sarabee1995

The answer there is YES. The investigation showed this.

By all means, point to a document from the government that says that.

in light of this fact.

Opinions are not facts.

The inspectors general of the State Department, and the other investigators, after reviewing hundreds of thousands of emails, found 4 potentially problematic emails. But the inspectors general later said that they were not marked as Confidential, so Clinton was not at fault, and they declined to prosecute.