Posted on 07/01/2016 6:38:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On Friday in a press conference, Attorney General Loretta Lynch vowed to "accept" investigators' and prosecutors' recommendations regarding whether to indict presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's alleged use of an insecure email server. This announcement set aside whisperings that Lynch would be a safety net for Clinton if an indictment was recommended, particularly in light of a certain tarmac rendezvous with Bill. While Clinton waits to hear her fate, some wonder if an indictment would help the all-but-defunct campaign of her rival, Bernie Sanders. Looking at the inevitable domino reaction that could come with an indicted presidential candidate, the question becomes, could Sanders become the nominee if Clinton is indicted?
Let's start with what happens to Clinton if she is indicted. Nothing in the Constitution says Clinton has to step down if she is indicted. In fact, as long as Clinton is still a natural-born citizen, over the age of 35, that has been living in the United States for at least the last 14 years, she can still be president. However, like anyone who has ever gotten turned down for a job, just because you meet the basic qualifications, doesn't mean you will get the gig. Clinton has a solid but not huge lead in recent polls over presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump; Fox News has her polling at 44 percent to Trump's 38. With that standing, she would likely be pressured by Democrats to step down and make way for a less tarnished candidate — no doubt to Trump yelling, "Crooked. Crooked" while ringing a bell, à la Cersei Lannister's walk of atonement.....
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It won’t change many votes if she is indicted.
The people who care about it are already against her.
She’s not going to step down voluntarily. Everything in her and Bill’s past tells her to tough it out.
And the feckless Dem party won’t force her out.
It will be 1st American Indian ELIZABETH WARREN.
The DNC and MSM know HILLARY cannot win. I would not be surprised to see her drop out after the convention for medical reasons (the cough) Does she have TB?
The FBI will wrap up its investigation and claim that while Hillary did break the law, she didn’t commit a crime.
Yes it could easily be that or some other weasel words.
My guess is they will say something like this: “Some obscure laws may have been broken but they were unintentional and not severe enough to prosecute”.
And the rest of us know that the real purpose of the homebrew server was to keep her pay-for-play dealings between “donors” to the Clinton Foundation and herself secret.
“I would not be surprised to see her drop out after the convention for medical reasons”
I wouldn’t be surprised if she ‘mysteriously’ dropped dead sometime later this summer, and then the Uniparty and media portray her as some kind of iconic woman hero, paving the way for Warren to carry the mantle.
Joe Biteme
An Un attacked untainted uncle Joe comes in.
The democrat party sees nothing wrong in having Hillery Clinton as their nominee nor does the corrupt media. Treason, murder, bribes. Nothing bothers them.
Better hope Hillary makes it to secure the nomination because if it is Bernie, Bernie will be the next president.
Are there that many fools in this place?
“I’m not sure they can find an ankle monitor big enough to fit her. “
Do they make an ankle bar for cloven feet?
Many of you are forgetting the capacity of the democrats to be delusional. They create the delusion that she is the perfect candidate and keep repeating it until they believe she will win no matter what. Of course they are factoring in a partisan media and massive voter fraud.
I think the meeting on the aircraft was about a supreme court nomination for Lynch if there are no Clinton family indictments.
Hillary will NOT be indited, and if she is, Obama will pardon her. She will not be set aside. If she looks like she might lose to Trump—Obama will cancel the election and rule as a 3rd Term President after promissing elections in 2018. The Democratic Convention will be a funeral for the Donkey Party—Hillary is a poor campaigner and a weak person who can’t hide her years of corruption with a laugh. Looks like it might be Warrens chance to take up Hillary’s baton. That or Bernie Sanders.
Quote: “The FBI will wrap up its investigation and claim that while Hillary did break the law, she didn’t commit a crime.”
BOOOM!!! YOU AND I WHERE YOU EVER RIGHT ON THE MONEY. I was correct that the FBI would take a dive and you were right about Comey’s statement proclaiming that she broke the law but didn’t commit a crime.
Yep. Hillary will say that ordinary people are too stupid to see the nuances between breaking the law and committing a crime.
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