Posted on 07/05/2016 1:30:55 PM PDT by richardb72
Hillary Clinton likely dodged criminal charges Tuesday for a simple reason: the bar for bringing criminal charges against a politician, particularly a high public official, is so much higher than they are for anyone else. Prosecutions against such high public officials only go forward when there is “definitive” evidence. Evidence that prosecutors know will lead to a certain conviction.
Why do I say that? Because earlier in my career I was chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission. I worked frequently with prosecutors. The reputational loss public officials face from criminal charges can be so great that prosecutors feel that they need to be sure of a conviction before going forward. For someone running for president, such as Hillary, that loss of reputation would be tremendous. -- It isn’t as if she will be able to pick right back up where she is now in the 2020 presidential race.
So much of debate during this election has been over a different standard applying to the Clintons. FBI Director James Comey’s decision Tuesday didn’t treat Hillary differently from other high public officials, but he clearly treated her differently from other Americans.
But politicians aren’t unique. CEOs of major companies or public figures in other areas also face loss of careers simply by being charged. Possibly, prosecutors are simply more sensitive to politicians because they work for them. Politicians also have a lot of political connections. . . .
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> the bar for bringing criminal charges against a politician...
That bar exists only in the minds of COWARDS.
The one time I disagree with Lott.
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There is definitive evidence and it is covered up.
Her health problems will engulf her.
Hillary dodged criminal charges for one simple reason , she is a democrat and she in step with their agenda .
Corruption through and through. Too bad Comey won’t be brought up on charges for the same reason. Put him in the penality box with Traitor Roberts.
Comey was sent a copy of The List.
Correction: the bar for bringing criminal charges against a Democrat ..."
I agree and Comey shoe horned her into this travesty of a perspective. He caved in!
Correction: the bar for bringing criminal charges against a DEMOCRAT politician, particularly a high DEMOCRAT public official, is so much higher than they are for anyone else
It is the foreign element that commits our crimes. There is no native criminal class except Congress.
- More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927
Hillary is laughing in our faces right now.
Petraeus?
It didn’t help him
Maybe today but we will have the last laugh.
Will they have the courage to act on behalf of liberty and future generations, or will they be cowered into submission of their rights by the censorship called "political correctness"?
Hillary walks. There is no law in America.
Tell it to Tom Delay.
BS. This was a slam-dunk. The reason charges weren’t brough was because Obama had her back.
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