Hillary Clinton And A Constitutional Crisis (Doug Schoen)

forbes.com ^ | Oct 31, 2016 | Doug Schoen

[Helicondelta]

“I am deeply concerned that we will have a constitutional crisis if she’s elected. I want to learn more this week, see what we see, but as of today, I am not a supporter of the Secretary of State for the nation’s highest office.”

With those words during my weekly program on the FOX Report, Political Insiders, I made one of the toughest and biggest decisions of my career.

As I have written so many times before, I’m deeply proud of the work I did for President Bill Clinton between 1994 and 2000. We won re-election successfully in 1996 and actually worked with the other side – a tradition in American politics that has now been lost. And I worked closely with Secretary Clinton, who I admire greatly.

But since Friday’s announcement from FBI Director James Comey that the FBI may have found emails related to the Clinton probe on Anthony Weiner’s computer, the prospect of a successful Clinton presidency has been thrown into chaos.

What I mean by this is that we are staring down the barrel of a criminal investigation of President-elect Clinton. We will also be facing investigations into her top aide, Huma Abedin, who apparently forwarded emails to her shared computer with her husband, Weiner, to print and give to the former Secretary of State. And there’s a very real chance that there will be investigations into the actions of the Justice Department and the FBI Director himself.

This is no way to start any presidency, let alone one after such a tumultuous campaign and eight years of hyper partisanship that has left America more divided than ever before.

[pa_dweller]

A Constitutional crisis? I think it’s just people being uncomfortable with the prospect of having to do their d**n jobs once in awhile and make a hard decision.

[Qiviut]

I especially like the “Leavenworth” part ..... and yes, the 650K is mind boggling.