House GOP to Hillary Clinton: Turn over the server
Source: msnbc.com
House GOP to Hillary Clinton: Turn over the server
03/20/15 02:21 PMUpdated 03/20/15 03:46 PM
By Alex Seitz-Wald
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The House Committee investigating the Benghazi terror attacks formally requested the all-but-declared presidential candidate to turn over her private email server to a third party in a letter to her lawyer Friday.
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The request is voluntary, but could set up a legal confrontation between House Republicans and Clinton if she does not comply. At a press conference at the United Nations last week, Clinton said unequivocally: The server will remain private.
Republicans likely have the authority to legally compel Clinton to turn over her server, but it would be unprecedented and might require a new vote before the entire House of Representatives.
When Democrats controlled Congress and investigated George W. Bush White House adviser Karl Roves use of a non-governmental email server, they did not force the turning over of the server. ..............
Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/house-gop-hillary-clinton-turn-over-the-server
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)She has to comply. I would bet if it is turned over to a third party the results would not find anything new on Benghazi. Just more crap.
karynnj
(59,475 posts)The Rove thing was over their illegal firing of attorneys who refused to do political favors for the Republicans - ie announce investigations of legislators up for office. One interesting tidbit was that Chris Christie, then one of the AG, did announce an investigation of Menendez, which evaporated after the election.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/16/rove.documents/
The question is would there be a party line vote in the House making this pretty unprecedented demand? At that point, will it be a resolution of the House and is there a means to enforce it? I suspect it has no teeth, or the House might well have gone after Rove -- rather than just Gonzales.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)The lies the Bush administration was putting out so as to invade Iraq. Scooter took the fall but wasn't the true one to get.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....that thing on his head is in danger.
Is he trying to out-trump Trump?
riversedge
(69,721 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Chuck now has something to stir up on his Sunday show.........
jmowreader
(50,451 posts)One needs to go to Rachel Maddow.
The second needs to go to a trusted liberal print journalist.
The third needs to go to a liberal member of the House of Representatives - Alan Grayson would be good.
And the fourth needs to go to Elizabeth Warren.
If Hillary hands the server over to a "third party" acceptable to the House GOP without a few "insurance" backups, by the time they're done with it that thing will not only "prove" Obama and Hillary were responsible for Benghazi, they'll be responsible for the Bay of Pigs incident, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the Battle of Osan, the Battle of Kasserine Pass, the Battle of the Somme, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)I think she doesn't want them to snoop in her private affairs and thoughts.
"I feel fat today", ""Did you see what XXX was wearing today? horrible", "Bill let out the biggest fart at dinner tonight"
TM99
(8,352 posts)in an official capacity.
Yes, this is a bogus request fueled by politics.
And HRC was arrogant enough to avoid using the .gov mail servers and to think this wouldn't come back on her somehow.
At this point in time, a neutral third party must have a look at that server to deter the GOP from private correspondences but to also verify that any and all official emails have been accounted for & turned over for archiving.
That is the only way to resolve this issue and move on.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)If you gentlemen want to go fishing, rent you own boat.
(Man, do I feel strange defending Hillary Clinton!)
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)don't these witch hunters understand - anything and everything to throw at a wall and see if it sticks...jebbie got pretty nervous - dumped his private email to the detrement of his constituents,,who had much of their information exposed.....
What a bunch of Losers....
Optical.Catalyst
(1,355 posts)The beaches are chock full of sand for you to go pound.
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)yourout
(7,520 posts)finger and drop it on their desk.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)If she wants it to stop she should turn the damn thing over.
Then she should sit down with some unpaid advisors and puzzle over what would be best for the country.
And then announce that she would prefer not to run.
msongs
(67,193 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I suppose we could just call it bad judgment and be done with it.
Still, we need to choose someone else.
Hillary's chances are compromised, broken.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)quadrature
(2,049 posts)is this worth spending
ten million dollars
to try to keep quiet?
LiberalFighter
(50,501 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)She did this to herself. She should have walked on egg shells knowing what and how the GOP roll. She should have known better.