FBI Reopens Clinton E-Mail Probe Less Than Two Weeks Before Vote

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Post by uptown » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:27 PM UTC

FBI Reopens Clinton E-Mail Probe Less Than Two Weeks Before Vote
bloomberg.com

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Post by tylerwhipple » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:38 PM UTC

What happens if they find her guilty after she is elected?

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Post by Waterluvian » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:39 PM UTC

tylerwhipple wrote: post #2

What happens if they find her guilty after she is elected?

Impeachment and VP becomes president?

Or personal pardon!

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Post by iLoch » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:40 PM UTC

tylerwhipple wrote: post #2

What happens if they find her guilty after she is elected?

Impeachment in all likelihood.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:41 PM UTC

tylerwhipple wrote: post #2

What happens if they find her guilty after she is elected?

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Post by koolba » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

tylerwhipple wrote: post #2

What happens if they find her guilty after she is elected?

> What happens if they find her guilty after she is elected?

If it's before she takes office, Obama could pardon her. Would be a smear on the end of his legacy but might a Nixon/Ford style situation to take the personal hit and move the country forward.

If it's after she takes office, most likely impeachment or resignation. It'd be very difficult govern as the chief executive if the country and world sees you as a convicted criminal. Depending on how that plays out, Kaine would most likely take over.

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Post by mzw_mzw » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:45 PM UTC

That was a very strange article with all the near-wishful "igniting speculation about a Clinton defeat" stuff. The whole emails issue has been inside baseball, politics-wise. Insiders and pundits love yelling about it but average voters either don't care (the vast majority) or have already assumed she's guilty/not guilty and priced that into their vote. Reopening the investigation is not going to change the election outcome.

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Post by techthroway443 » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:47 PM UTC

And absolutely nothing will come of it just like the first time around.

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Post by danvoell » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:48 PM UTC

"In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails" - Sounds very happenstance. What are the odds something coincidental happened two weeks before the election?

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Post by Alex3917 » Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 5:49 PM UTC

The real question is whether this is because of the KimDotCom tweet, or whether it's related to something in the Podesta emails or otherwise.