So let’s get this straight. No politician should be held accountable for criminality or we’re a “banana republic”?
OK, have it your way but then you’re going down the path of guilotines and lamp posts. I’d much rather go down the path of the rule of law and justice.
FU Muckasey
… “Gross negligence is, in fact, what he [Comey] actually described and said she [Clinton] was extremely careless. That’s the definition of gross negligence, particularly when you describe material she was dealing with,” Mukasey told the FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo.So just because of antipathy towards Trump, he bounces back to defending Hillary.
“They haven’t yet cleared up the question of whether the Clinton Foundation is still under investigation, I’ve got no idea where that goes. Obviously, the portions of yesterday’s press conference just before he made his announcement are going to be cut up into little sound bites and turned into campaign spots for Donald Trump.”
According to Mukasey, the gross negligence described by Comey is actually enough to prosecute Hillary Clinton.
“There is no issue of intent under the statute, under either statute. He’s talking about two separate laws; One says that if you show gross negligence in putting classified material where it shouldn’t be and in the hands of somebody who shouldn’t have it, that is a felony. Now gross negligence is the only level of intent you need, and what he described was gross negligence.”
Mukasey took issue with the FBI director publicly announcing the agency’s recommendations on the case.
“He stepped way outside his job in disclosing the recommendation in that fashion.” …