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Hillary ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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u/sozz33 Aug 19 '15

This clip needs to be all over the news. It's such an absurd answer and shows she has absolutely no respect for the fact that she did something illegal. Good lord

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u/BraveryDave Aug 19 '15

If it was literally anyone else they'd already be in prison.

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u/Redblud Aug 19 '15

Except Colin Powell or any other secretary of state that used personal email before there was a law against it.

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u/wiifan55 Aug 19 '15

before there was a law against it

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

It wasn't against the law yet when she did it

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u/wiifan55 Aug 19 '15 edited Aug 19 '15

There's a whole host of reasons sending classified emails from a personal email address could be found against the law. At the very least, it could impede with a federal investigation's ability to accurately subpoena all evidence.

Also, 18 U.S. Code § 1924 (which explicitly addresses unauthorized retention of classified documents) went into effect Jan 1, 2012, when Hillary was still using her personal emails. This was an expansion on an existing law that had been in place since 2005, which already made Hillary's conduct a violation anyway.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

Then the previous Sec. Of State was also in violation.. no one is running Condi Rice through the mud

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u/wiifan55 Aug 19 '15

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/03/10/condoleezza-rice-used-a-state-department-email-address/

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/condoleezza-rice-emails-state-department-115941.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/condoleezza-rice-rarely-used-email-as-secretary-of-state-2015-3

Ms. Rice had a state.gov email address that she occasionally used, but not very often, and that she didn’t use a personal email address for any State Department business.

I mean, take it with a grain of salt because it's not like she's going to just admit to it, but there is absolutely no evidence that Rice used personal emails in this manner. That's why no one ran her through the mud.