I have a prediction regarding the outcome of the FBI’s case
regarding Hillary Clinton, her ‘Private Home Server’ and the errant emails.
The Feds are currently, or close to, impaneling a Federal
Grand Jury to hear the evidence regarding the above stated investigation. The FBI has expressed interest in
interviewing Mrs. Clinton and she has offered her cooperation – at least for
now.
What we now know is that at least three of Mrs. Clinton’s
staff members are also under investigation.
Brian Pagliano who, reportedly, set up the questionable private ‘server’
in Mrs. Clinton’s residence has agreed to be interviewed by the FBI in exchange
for immunity. He had originally invoked
the Fifth Amendment. Pagliano’s original
position against potential self-incrimination may mean little. It doesn’t mean that now he will necessarily be
entirely forthcoming. But, he will undoubtedly
receive an intense grilling.
The State Department has released over 50,000 pages of
emails that passed through Mrs. Clinton’s private, and officially unauthorized,
private server. Twenty-two of those
documents have the highest classification of Top Secret, and will not be released to the public. Mrs. Clinton has said that none of the
messages she received, or the information contained therein, were ‘classified’
at the time she received them.
While in the military, I was Custodian for classified
documents (including Top Secret) – sent and received; and have some
understanding of how such material is handled.
It is conceivable that new information received, and not immediately or
officially Classified, could have been
relayed on to Mrs. Clinton by her Staff.
And/or her Staff could have paraphrased, summarized or reissued Classified
messages without advising Mrs. Clinton that the original information had been
Classified.
That is possible, I suppose. However, one would have to totally ignore the
fact that Mrs. Clinton was not just working at the State Department, she was
heading the State Department. She was
the boss. If she had no idea what type
of information may very well be classified, her incompetence would have to be off the chart. It’s hard to even
imagine. No, I think she knew. I think she simply didn’t care.
In view of the above, I’m of the opinion that Mrs. Clinton
will not be prosecuted unless a potential prosecution is an absolute ‘slam
dunk.’ And, what would that be? Well, if she doesn’t confess to a crime (which she won’t,
of course) and / or self-importantly lie to the FBI, any subsequent trial’s outcome could be somewhat in doubt. The Attorney General will not take the chance
– not with Clinton’s apparent ‘slam dunk’ of the Democratic nomination for
President.
I do think there will be some indictments. Some of Mrs. Clinton’s former staff will be
required to ‘fall on their sword.’ They
will be prosecuted, given light sentences, probably probation. When Mrs. Clinton gets to be President, she
can give them a full pardon.
So what do we know about Mrs. Clinton? Well, we all pretty much know her and her
husband’s reputation, their modus
operandi – House of Cards – in spades. “It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is…” --- Benghazi. Truth be damned.
True Nelson
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