Justice Department rules Hillary Clinton followed law in deleting emails

washingtontimes.com ^ | Sep. 10, 2015 | Stephen Dinan

[PROCON]

The Obama administration told a federal court Wednesday that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was within her legal rights to use of her own email account, to take the messages with her when she left office and to be the one deciding which of those messages are government records that should be returned.

In the most complete legal defense of Mrs. Clinton, Justice Department lawyers insisted they not only have no obligation, but no power, to go back and demand the former top diplomat turn over any documents she hasn’t already given — and neither, they said, can the court order that.

The defense came as part of a legal filing telling a judge why the administration shouldn’t be required to order Mrs. Clinton and her top aides to preserve all of their emails.

[PROCON]

Well, there you have it folks, nothing to see here, move along citizens.

To be widely distributed to the sheeple on ABCNBCCBSCNNMSNBCNYTLAT

[SuzyQue]

“Law”? Which law?

[trebb]

Like Cruz said so pointedly yesterday - Obama is a lawless “president”.

[rdl6989]

Gee, what a hugh surprise! I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!

[mrsmel]

So now they’ll pardon Petraeus?

[COUNTrecount]

What about the personal server?

[Little Ray]

I think the actual interpretation is “The Law doesn’t apply to us.”

[Diana in Wisconsin]

@#$%^&*!

[SpinnerWebb]

The Three Branches are supposed to provide checks and balances... not blank checks and cover stories.

[Jim W N]

Justice Department? What Justice Department? I donn see no Justice Department. I donn gotta show you no stinkin’ Justice Department!

[timestax]

Here is how his scandals are ignored!!!!!!!!!!!!Enemies of freedom.

[PROCON]

What about the personal server?

LOOK, look, over here, a shiny object!!!

[4yearlurker]

*sigh* Just Damn.

[TexasCajun]

The planet as we know it would have been forever altered if Dick Cheney had done what Hillary has.

[Gay State Conservative]

(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.

18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally

[rktman]

LOLOLOLOL! There ya go doubters. See. No warrants, no indictments, no US Marshals dispatched. Was there ever any doubt that queen bee would be ‘wiped’ clean? (Think lyin’ king meets philanderer/rapist/creeper on a golf course in Martha’s vineyard.)

[pgyanke]

Throw Kim Davis in jail! Hillary? Nothing to see there...

[A CA Guy]

Whitewashing of felonies.
There has to be an uprising over a queen getting special treatment over everyone else.

[SaveFerris]

The fix is in. Bammy doesn’t want her to go down too hard. She knows too much.

[PROCON]

Look Doug, she’s been vindicated, vindicated I tell ya....