"Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent. Responsible decisions also consider the context of a person’s actions, and how similar situations have been handled in the past."

"FBI investigators have also read all of the approximately 30,000 e-mails provided by Secretary Clinton to the State Department in December 2014. Where an e-mail was assessed as possibly containing classified information, the FBI referred the e-mail to any U.S. government agency that was a likely “owner” of information in the e-mail, so that agency could make a determination as to whether the e-mail contained classified information at the time it was sent or received, or whether there was reason to classify the e-mail now, even if its content was not classified at the time it was sent (that is the process sometimes referred to as “up-classifying”).

From the group of 30,000 e-mails returned to the State Department, 110 e-mails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received. Eight of those chains contained information that was Top Secret at the time they were sent; 36 chains contained Secret information at the time; and eight contained Confidential information, which is the lowest level of classification. Separate from those, about 2,000 additional e-mails were “up-classified” to make them Confidential; the information in those had not been classified at the time the e-mails were sent."

Effectivley, they had classified emails on a private server that was kept off the books from congressional records

tons of people were involved including Huma Aberdeen, Anthony Weiner's now ex-wife, who was her assistant and another guy who helped set up the cable in secret

Apparently after all of this despite the crimes, and it is a crime to have classified emails (I'd be arrested for example), they declined to prosecute

The argument is that no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute if they didn't know the intent of the person, and their argument is that if they didn't know her intent (which they can never do 100% and have it be verified in the court of law), they wouldn't prosecute

this is kind of dumb for a lot of reasons, but it's pretty simple

yeah im not reading all that

it's a few paragraphs lol, but it's comey actual statement

if you just refuse to educate yourself you will always remain where you are

and just believe things for no real reason

Trump's calls on his public and private phone are, still governmeant issued phones for public and private use. What Hillary clinton did is make her own private email server

Appreciate the souce, been awhile since reading this. Comey's statement confirms the presence of Secret and Top Secret emails on an Unclassified server.

The second scandal from all of this, is what was on the email server. As her emails are now a matter of FBI record, we can dig through them and find corruption. One thing they admitted was stacking things against Bernie Sanders

While not illegal it shows proof of their corruption within the DNC xD

im baked rn, sorry

It's all good Purp

Here's the TLDR

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/07/25/dnc-apologizes-to-bernie-sanders

like it actually happened lol

And the emails revealed this

Comey said they couldn't prove she *intended* to violate laws, but that she did.

That kind of decision demonstrates clear bias and really turns a blind eye to a blatant federal crime.

Yes, this is sort of the problem they claim to have read her mind and given her a pass for doing so

Thoughtcrimes are not crimes in any case

the whole thing is kind of silly

hillary disseminates top secret information on a private server to those who dont have clearances, and gets off scott free... meanwhile edward snowden and julian asange are wanted under the espionage act for doing something relatively similar

Exactly. Intent doesn't matter here. As a former Secretary of State, it's incredulous to claim she was unaware of her actions.

my understanding was that the State Department’s report reached two broad conclusions. Clinton’s “use of a private email system to conduct official business added an increased degree of risk” But “there was no persuasive evidence of systemic, deliberate mishandling of classified information.” at least thats whats in the state dep report

shows you the double standard between those in power with influence and those who are not in that position... Honestly I dont see why anyone is suprised

hmm so the state dep says their secretary of state did nothing wrong

ah gotcha.

keeping in mind these are the emails we got a hold of... there are thousands that were destroyed

Eh, that's Comey's "determination". When a former Secretary of State sends 3,000 Secret / Top Secret emails on a private Unclass server - it's a pretty obvious means to circumvent policy.

The main defense was ignorance, which doesn't make sense.

how many times was she investigated by republicans again?

Enough to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that she committed a federal crime.

With hard evidence.

you can have all the evidence you want but if they refuse to prosecute theres nothing we can do really

but get very angry

seems like if this is all true, and theres as ample evidence as you claIm, the republicans must have sucked at doing their jobs.