Hillary Clinton wasnt charged with mishandling classified information.....

[spanone]

TRUMP MIGHT APPOINT SOMEONE CONVICTED OF IT.

Donald Trump, on the campaign trail, would occasionally compare the criminal investigation into whether Hillary Clinton mishandled classified information to the case of former CIA director David Petraeus. In Trump’s view, Petraeus, who pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information, was pursued unfairly, while Clinton deserved to be treated more harshly.

“The system is rigged,” Trump tweeted after the FBI recommended Clinton not be charged. “General Petraeus got in trouble for far less. Very very unfair! As usual, bad judgment.”

That assessment has long irked Clinton supporters and even the FBI — which feels Petraeus’s case was a clear cut example of criminal wrongdoing with aggravating factors, while Clinton’s was not. And now, Petraeus is under consideration for a job in Trump’s administration — possibly even as secretary of state, the job Clinton used to hold.

Petraeus and Trump met earlier this week, and Trump wrote on Twitter that he was “very impressed!”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hillary-clinton-wasnt-charged-with-mishandling-classified-information-trump-might-appoint-someone-convicted-of-it/2016/12/01/9f44f04c-b726-11e6-959c-172c82123976_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_clintonpetraeus-1250am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.a99da581ef27

[SunSeeker]

1. The confirmation hearings should be a hoot. nt

[MichMary]

3. Does the filibuster still apply

to cabinet positions, or is it just judicial appointments?

[SunSeeker]

4. No, it does not apply to cabinet appointments, per Harry Reid's efforts.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/18/president-trumps-cabinet-picks-are-likely-to-be-easily-confirmed-thats-because-of-senate-democrats/

But of course they still have to go through a hearing and vote.

[MichMary]

6. The hearings will just be a joke, then

He could nominate anyone and the R Senate will rubber stamp them.

[SunSeeker]

7. Yep, but Dems can use the hearings to spotlight what scum the nominees are.

We Dems need to learn to use the bully pulpit and media the way Trump does.

[Skittles]

8. CORRECT

repukes = KANGAROO COURT

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. And who oversaw the military at the time of the Benghazi attack.

[Fast Walker 52]

5. I hope trump picks him just for the pure hypocrisy factor

[spanone]

9. it's utterly stunning....