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Gowdy: Hillary Clinton Should Be Treated As David Petreaus Was, Equal Under The Law
Townhall.com ^ | August 12, 2015 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 08/12/2015 12:10:34 PM PDT by Kaslin

As you've probably read by now, Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had at least two top-secret, classified information emails stored on her private server. The FBI is currently conducting a criminal investigation and her server has been turned over.

The Clintons have always been known as the teflon couple, somehow capable of dodging any scandal that comes their way. But this time, things could be different.

As you'll recall, General David Petraeus was charged, prosecuted of convicted of improperly storing classified information in his home. The information Petraeus had was categorized at the lowest level of the classified tier. The information found on Clinton's server by the Inspector General is classified as top secret, the second to highest level.

So the question is now, will Hillary Clinton be treated equally under the law? Or will she get a free pass? Chairman of the House Benghazi Select Committee and former prosecutor Trey Gowdy believes in the former.

"The lady out in front of the Department of Justice wears a blindfold and holds a set of scales and she does so that she treats everybody the same whether it's me or you, whether it's General Petreaus, whether it's a cabinet level official. I was not part of the prosecution team or the defense team for David Petreaus, I don't know all of the facts. I know this, the same rule ought to apply people irrespective of their station in life," Gowdy said during an interview with Fox News Wednesday. "So, I'm going to have to count on the Bureau [FBI] and [Director] Jim Comey has a reputation for even handedness and fairness. The same folks who investigated and prosecuted General Petreaus are looking into the current allegations with respect to classified information and if the facts are the same then I expect the result to be the same."

We'll see if Lady Justice is really blind.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: email; hillaryclinton; treygowdy
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1 posted on 08/12/2015 12:10:34 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I’m worried.

I think she’s the Democrat Jeb Bush (easiest to defeat) and starting to think she won’t make the show.


2 posted on 08/12/2015 12:12:20 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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Judge Napolitano: Hillary Clinton May Have Violated Same Law Petraeus Was Prosecuted For
3 posted on 08/12/2015 12:14:03 PM PDT by McGruff (Trump/Cruz 2016 - My Dream Team)
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To: Kaslin

Trump’s Attorney General choice.


4 posted on 08/12/2015 12:15:55 PM PDT by McGruff (Trump/Cruz 2016 - My Dream Team)
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To: nascarnation

Joe Biden is waiting in the wings, as soon as he gets finished doing laps in the pool, and Bernie the Socialist is on deck.

Seriously, the Dem’s party of evil does not tolerate dissent, or differing points of view left the bench as empty as Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard. Obama is the only one with a bone of his own and it’s gnawed down to the nub.


5 posted on 08/12/2015 12:21:12 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Kaslin

Who the hell is he kidding. We all know nothing will happen to her.


6 posted on 08/12/2015 12:22:11 PM PDT by BradtotheBone (Record number of people on welfare. That's the State of the Union under Obama.)
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To: Kaslin
As you'll recall, General David Petraeus was charged, prosecuted of convicted of improperly storing classified information in his home. The information Petraeus had was categorized at the lowest level of the classified tier.

It was the General's day planner calendar.

7 posted on 08/12/2015 12:23:27 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Kaslin

Petraeus got off with a wrist slap.

Clinton should be treated like an enemy spy, that’s the proper standard to use here. This is a woman who took tens of millions from foreign governments.


8 posted on 08/12/2015 12:25:13 PM PDT by Nep Nep
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To: Kaslin

Yes, but laws are applied unfairly in this country. Democrats protect other democrats and harass normal people.
Hillary is a criminal and needs to be in jail.


9 posted on 08/12/2015 12:25:38 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: Kaslin
But this time, things could be different.

Different in that pumpin pig hillary will end up in a jail cell.

10 posted on 08/12/2015 12:25:56 PM PDT by Mr Apple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCrO2SPsYjI)
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To: Kaslin

What Hillary is banking on.

11 posted on 08/12/2015 12:25:59 PM PDT by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: Kaslin

All talk.

All the time.

GOP liars.

All the time.

Here is what they will do: [/crickets]


12 posted on 08/12/2015 12:26:12 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Kaslin

Pretty words. To date Gowdy has done little but posture.


13 posted on 08/12/2015 12:26:24 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (The ballot is a suggestion box for slaves and fools)
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To: Kaslin

Mrs. Clinton Equal Under The Law?

We’ll see.


14 posted on 08/12/2015 12:26:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Kaslin

Not aware they had been sent...not marked...not classified at the time of sending...misunderstanding...Republican witchhunt...

My guess is that nothing happens to her. It will be difficult, one Clinton defense tactic is to cloud the issue with tons and tons of contradictory data and “facts” while bringing up bias and conspiracies.


15 posted on 08/12/2015 12:27:32 PM PDT by DBrow
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Not a chance. Laws are only for us serfs and the military.


16 posted on 08/12/2015 12:27:55 PM PDT by piytar (Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
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To: Diogenesis

YEP! Very sad...


17 posted on 08/12/2015 12:27:59 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: piytar

Very funny, sad, and true...


18 posted on 08/12/2015 12:28:31 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Kaslin
Yeah, we've seen Trey say comments like this before. And nothing happens. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Squat.

Either Boehner squashes it or Gowdy is in on the Kabuki Theatre.

19 posted on 08/12/2015 12:28:40 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Kaslin

Paging Scooter Libby.


20 posted on 08/12/2015 12:29:37 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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