Yes!!! First time I've heard this point made explicitly. Clinton committed a crime. 18 UFC 793 (F). And when Comey said that after the investigation of the mail server there was no suitable statute under which she could have been indicted, he was lying, because Bill Clinton had pardoned John Deutch, Director Central Intelligence on his last day in office, for doing pretty much the same thing:
Deutch left the CIA on December 15, 1996, and soon after it was revealed that several of his laptop computers contained classified information wrongfully labeled as unclassified. In January 1997, the CIA began a formal security investigation of the matter. Senior management at CIA declined to fully pursue the security breach. Over two years after his departure, the matter was referred to the Department of Justice, where Attorney General Janet Reno declined prosecution. She did, however, recommend an investigation to determine whether Deutch should retain his security clearance. Deutch had agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor for mishandling government secrets on January 19, 2001, but President Clinton pardoned him in his last day in office, two days before the Justice Department could file the case against him.And I am sure that this is why Trump asked Rosenstein to "give me a reason why I can fire Comey", because he was giving Rosenstein a chance to go straight, though it would have been extremely uncomfortable for Rosenstein. But Rosenstein turned him down, because instead of saying the obvious thing, which was "Because he let Clinton off the hook", Rosenstein made up some slightly ludicrous reason that he thought Trump would never be able to follow through on, but Trump just said "Great, thanks." and fired Comey, giving exactly the dumb reason Rosenstein had given! 😂 And that's what got Rosenstein and Müller so pissed.
And quite how you can pardon somebody for an offence they were never judged to have commited, ... well, ask Bill. Maybe it's the same deal as it was with that blue dress? 😂
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