Posted on 08/21/2015 6:58:59 AM PDT by conservativejoy
Given the drip drip of mounting evidence that Hillary Clinton has violated one or more national security laws, and her declining ratings in the polls, one may wonder why she is still running for President. One answer may be that she needs to run for President in order to stay out of jail.
Remember that the independent counsel law was allowed to expire under Bill Clinton's Presidency, because his Democratic administration didn't want it used to uncover his further wrongdoings while in office. The Justice Department can push prosecutions, but the Justice Department is controlled by the President. If Hillary is President she can easily quash any investigation.
The last major player is the District Attorney for the District of Columbia. And guess who appoints him? The President.
Only by being elected President can Hillary quash all the avenues of prosecution against her. Even if the Republicans keep the Congress, she can rely on their tame instincts not to investigate her. That's why it's desperately important to her that she get elected President, or at the very least nominated for President.
If Hillary is elected President, it is easy to see how she can quash investigations. But she can also gain the power to do so merely by being nominated. If she is nominated, and by October it becomes clear that she will lose the election, she can cut a deal with the Democratic Party to allow her candidacy to be replaced with someone like Elizabeth Warren in return for a pardon or a guarantee of non-prosecution. Does this sound far-fetched? It shouldn't, because that's exactly the deal Richard Nixon made with Gerald Ford.
It's even remotely possible that Obama himself is orchestrating this drip drip of leaks to make this possible. We keep hearing new stories of "x emails found to have classified information". Where are these leaks coming from? Republicans? They don't know anything. Only the Justice Department does, and that is controlled by Obama. The leaks must be coming from one of Obama's people. We know Obama doesn't love Hillary. Is it out of the realm of possibility that he is orchestrating things so incriminating evidence comes out after she is nominated, so she will be forced to drop out and be replaced by another candidate? (Never mind the legality of it-- Democrats are always allowed to ignore election deadlines when it suits them.)
What do you think? Do you think Hillary is facing a choice between the White House and jail? What do you think her address will be a year and a half from now?
I think the real question if she’s elected is whether she can be impeached for her treasonous acts to date.
Here first act would be to seal off her misdeeds for the last decade.
Obama could always pardon her of any crimes she has committed. That would of course nix any chance for the Presidency, and make him the king maker.
An election of HRC would be the clearest display of the death of our Republic. A clarion call to open rebellion against tyranny.
Short answer, yes.
Mrs. Bill is not likely to go to jail. That would not suit the Sultan’s purposes at all. It would quite likely cripple the Democrat Party sufficient that there are not enough illegal alien votes and Soros votes and New Citizen votes to overcome it. The drip drip drip will continue to render her unviable as a candidate and allow Biden or another picked and groomed Democrat to take her place in the election.
No. She cannot. Oh, sure the Constitution allows it, but can you show me ANY Republican “majority” that would do anything? Sorry, I’ve become incredibly cynical about the GOP in the last four years. The gutlessness is despicable, and that’s one reason I support Trump. We need a Vesuvius, not an election.
Agreed totally. What I see now from my liberal friends on Facebook are sentiments like “I f**king love Elizabeth Warren, she should be the next President”. The general sentiment seems to be that the American Evita’s shelf life has expired.
I agree 100%.
18 USC Sec. 1924, and 18 USC Sec. 793
There is another one law which she could be charged under, and which bans the person from holding any Federal office.
If so charged, she could not become President not hold any other office in the Gov.
Jail? Ha! I have a better chance of being eaten by a T-Rex.
I smell diplomatic immunity coming.
"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. "
This would seem to include the removal of her "personal" email from her server as well.
that’s exactly what is gonna happen. Joe will enter soon, maybe even Kerry.
She can’t be president because she’s going to jail.
I’d also like to see Cuomo, Brown, Warren join the fray. I’m not a popcorn person but wow that would be fun.
Rich politicians don’t go to jail. They either go to a country club or are pardoned.
Unless she gets a wild hair up her a$$ and repaces the (D) after her name with an (R), she will never be charged with anything
That doesn’t apply to Hillary. It didn’t even apply to Sandy Berger.
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