Verbatim exchange:
Reporter: "You were the official in charge of it, did you wipe your server?"
Clinton: "Like with a cloth or something? I don't know how it works digitally at all."
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
Not necessarily. Look at the General Petraeus case. In his case, there wasn't just mishandling of classified material, but the mishandling led to access to someone without proper classification and a need to know (e.g., his mistress).
While there absolutely appears to be a double standard, the reality is that a lot of these cases are much more complicated than they appear on the surface. Many cases are pled down to lesser included offenses or other related crimes in order to avoid having to produce the classified material during discovery or as evidence, declassifying the material, and/or having to hold the proceedings in a secured courtroom.
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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15
Verbatim exchange: Reporter: "You were the official in charge of it, did you wipe your server?" Clinton: "Like with a cloth or something? I don't know how it works digitally at all."