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Possibly, but pardons don't apply to impeachment, so she could still be removed as President.

Bill Clinton was impeached, but not removed from office.

I think even our partisan, dysfunctional congress would still impeach and remove a president that choose to pardon themselves and not step down.

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Unless an indictment comes down before Election Day, I think it's probably too late for this to have any material impact. Most likely Clinton voters aren't actually Clinton voters - they are anti-Trump voters. An indictment prior to the election would change things, but that will not happen. Clinton has almost no chance of losing. Once she wins, she will then either short circuit the investigation by forcing Comey an…

> voters aren't actually Clinton voters - they are anti-Trump voters Has any poll looked into this ?

This article from Five Thirty Eight addresses this:

"Clinton Voters Aren’t Just Voting Against Trump"

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/clinton-voters-arent-jus...

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

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Would be nice if she were prosecuted so that we can move on with a better candidate.

A week before the election? No. Taking Clinton down, as much as she may deserve it, means the country takes a huge leap toward fascism. It's simple as that.

I find it interesting that you think prosecuting someone for committing a crime would result in fascism, so your solution is to absolve her of the crimes she committed.

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Ok, so Hillary Clinton was and continues to be a corrupt, deceitful, and self-interested operator. She's doubtlessly done all kinds of both borderline and outright illegal things throughout her career. No big surprise here. If elected, she will continue to work the highly imperfect system we've got in lots of shady and questionable ways. But please, let's get real. For all her numerous faults, her opponent represents…

I wonder to what percentage US people feel they are threatened by a crazy president. I am under the impression that US has the most impressive checks and balances and nobody is above the laws&constitution (and this act by the FBI seems to prove it).

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What I don't understand is how in the world does stuff like this happen (Private Email Server). Isn't there anyone handling security for these people? Just like the CIA assigns people to guard the President and the folks around him, why in the world are there not Cyber Security Experts over seeing communications and making sure that everything these folks do follows a certain protocol.

They are not allowed to drive cars and the CIA makes sure they don't. So why are they not monitored to make sure their communications are secure and there is no risk to the nations information.

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post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bill Clinton was impeached, but not removed from office.

I think even our partisan, dysfunctional congress would still impeach and remove a president that choose to pardon themselves and not step down.

I only meant that they could "impeach" her over something but she could still be in office.

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Ok, so Hillary Clinton was and continues to be a corrupt, deceitful, and self-interested operator. She's doubtlessly done all kinds of both borderline and outright illegal things throughout her career. No big surprise here. If elected, she will continue to work the highly imperfect system we've got in lots of shady and questionable ways. But please, let's get real. For all her numerous faults, her opponent represents…

>her opponent represents the very real specter of the end of democracy and the closing of our free society

Let me get this straight. Hillary intentionally subverted the democratic process by having the DNC work against Sanders. We have concrete evidence of her working with one of her PACs, which again is highly illegal and subverting our democratic process. She has shady and inappropriate meetings with people responsible for running the voting process. She's sponsored by people who own the voting machines. And not to mention that she has inarguably done highly illegal things with her private email server and got off without charges, showing the injustice of our two-tier criminal justice system.

edit: removed argument I rescind and check out this recording of Hillary that came out today: http://observer.com/2016/10/2006-audio-emerges-of-hillary-cl...

"That troubled me deeply. I do not think we should have pushed for an election in the Palestinian territories. I think that was a big mistake. And...if we were going to push for an election, then we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win."

And Trump is the one threatening our democracy?

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

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Here is the actual letter. Note the FBI does not say they are "re-opening" anything. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cv3vbcHXgAAMdPE.jpg:orig

It seems pretty clear. They are going to investigate those new emails. Hence, reopening the investigation. Where am I wrong?

It says they're going to look at whether the emails are relevant. That means they don't know if the emails are even relevant yet.

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> I can't imagine Comey sending that letter out this close to the election without having something actionable. He knows full well the impact that even the allegation that something is there would have. He apparently was legally required to because he previously testified that everything had been looked out. There is now more to look at. This was a savvy move by Rep Chaffetz, not a strategy by Comey (Chaffetz is also…

> (Chaffetz is also who characterized it as being re-opened, Comey said no such thing). I think there's a technical correctness to that. The FBI won't look into anything if there isn't an open investigation. So it'd have to be re-opened for them to look into it.

Technically it had never been closed in the first place, so if you want to be technical Chaffetz is still full of shit.

https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/792065775658012677 https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/792063653919031296

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