Investigating Hillary Clinton's Emails Costs Us $39,000 A Day

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

http://www.vocativ.com/news/302556/investigating-hillary-clintons-emails-costs-us-39000-a-day/

Investigating Hillary Clinton's Emails Costs Us $39,000 A Day
Americans are paying almost $200,000 a week to sift through her correspondence

While Hillary Clinton waits for a heavy dose of conservative criticism on her email habits in the upcoming general election, American taxpayers will be stuck with a quickly growing bill as the FBI sorts through thousands of messages sent from Clinton’s private email account.

On Sunday afternoon, the Washington Post published a lengthy piece detailing the former secretary of state’s email scandal from start, noting that the first message to go through the email server was more than seven years ago in January 2009. Perhaps the most interesting tidbit to come out of the story though, was that an astonishing 147 FBI agents have been assigned to the case. Here’s how that was phrased:

“One hundred forty-seven FBI agents have been deployed to run down leads, according to a lawmaker briefed by FBI Director James B. Comey.”

The average salary for a mid-level FBI agent is $68,993 ($264.34 per day). Assuming that all 147 are employed at the one time, that would mean $38,858 of taxpayer money gets sucked into the Clinton email investigation every single day. The Washington Post does note that FBI has accelerated the investigation in hopes of reaching a resolution well before the November election, but doesn’t specifically give a timeline of when the officers were assigned to the case. Even so, the potential cost of the investigation — which has already spanned 420 days — skies to $16.3 million, an amount of cash that could have provided VA benefits to 2,680 veterans this year or given a permanent home to 1,624 people living on the streets.

No matter your opinion on Hillary’s use of a private email server, one thing is certain: With almost $200,000 a week going into the probe, the most promising news is that it’s nearing an end.

[Vinca]

1. So Hillary and Cruz have something in common: wasting taxpayer dollars.

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. How is HRC wasting taxpayer dollars?

what next ... "It's her fault for wearing that dress"? Or, "It was his fault for being on the wrong side of town"?

At times, progressives say the silliest things.

[Vinca]

13. She opted for her private server. It ended up containing classified emails.

Investigation. Money spent. Why didn't she just use the damn government system? I don't find it terribly silly and I doubt you will once the GOP starts running against her in the general election.

[1StrongBlackMan]

20. Do yo really think that HRC isn't prepared for what has been thrown at her ...

by, both, the right and the left for the past 8 months?

[Vinca]

24. Hardly anything has been thrown at her yet. That's the point.

You all have your hair on fire about Bernie's "tone." As they say, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

[1StrongBlackMan]

33. No ... We have been seeing it for the past 25 years ...

It only seems to be working on the republican base, republican leaning independents, and Bernie supporters ... IOWs, the folks that weren't likely to vote for her in the G?E, anyway.

BTW, no one has their hair on fire about Bernie's "tone" ... that, after all this time, you fail to understand that is sad and telling.

[karynnj]

48. Actually, though the Clintons have been targets, HILLARY CLINTON herself

has never been the sole focus of the right wing attack machine. I absolutely am not looking forward to it. Hillary Clinton has been visibly angry in debates with Bernie.

[AzDar]

21. I can't believe this response. Truly repugnant.

[1StrongBlackMan]

34. I'm sure ... Is the he not blaming the person being investigated for wasting tax dollars ...

I'm pretty certain; but for, the investigation's target being HRC, we'd call that victim blaming.

[AzDar]

35. Here's the difference: Hillary Is The One Who Set Up The Server AGAINST Policy. It IS HER FAULT...

that she is being investigated. To compare that to being a victim of a sexual assault or hate crime? Fucking REPULSIVE.

[1StrongBlackMan]

36. Okay opinions vary as to her culpability ...

But DU, the bastion of clear thinking, has her convicted.

[NWCorona]

2. And this doesn't include

All the employees at the State Department, DOJ and the Federal courts.

If only she used a government issued email account.

[closeupready]

3. So what. It could be $390,000/day - it needs to be thoroughly investigated.

This is all on her. If she'd followed protocol as those before her, we'd be spending ZERO on this.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

4. My point in sharing has more to do with her judgement...

If she had just used a damn government email account none of this money would be wasted chasing down leads. She seems to help create the controversy that swirls around her in the bubble she lives in.

[closeupready]

7. Oh, sorry, I misinterpreted you. Turns out, I 100% agree. This is all on her.

All of it. She'd been in government for how many years, and she didn't know better? Not buying it.

K&R

[onehandle]

5. Cool story, bro. nt

[revbones]

26. Intelligent response. HillBro comes to mind. nt.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Maybe they can get financing from the Clinton Foundation.

[HereSince1628]

8. Taxpayers money doesn't matter, if Wall St was paying for this there would be fury

[TheBlackAdder]

10. That's about right, if they all work 6 hours/day.

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Most Federal attorneys are GS-11 through GS-15, or about $55,000 - $130,000 a year, which is $28-$65/hour. Most are probably GS-14, or around $85,000 a year, or $42/hour.

If 10 attorneys are on the case, supervising investigators, and they put in 6 hours a day, or $2500 a day.


Then, there are 140 investigators, who are rated with a secret clearance because you have no idea what information they might stumble across. Average salaries are $82,000 a year or $40/hour. If they work 6 hours a day, comes out to $33,000ish.


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Of course, this does not include document charges or any assistants.


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[Trust Buster]

11. So did the Benghazi investigations and that turned out to be a waste as well.

[JoePhilly]

14. + 1

[athena]

47. Who cares about repairing roads and bridges

when taxpayer money can be used to attack Hillary?

[Maedhros]

12. Maybe if she had better judgement we could be spending this money elsewhere?[n/t]

[Tarc]

17. Hey, look at that; victim-blaming

Here's a tip... when your argument takes the form of "Maybe she should not have done X to avoid Y", you've already lost.

Honestly, it's like something you'd hear at a Trump rally.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

31. Seriously?

Every time, of late, every single time that a poster has that ugly logo, I realize that I must bite my tongue. Lies, shit and bullshit is on the horizon.

[Tarc]

15. A pretty good sign that the GOP-led (and Sanders' fans cheerleading) witch-hunt should end

as it has been going nowhere from the start.

[JoePhilly]

16. Your anti-Hillary OPs are pushing all the pro-Bernie OPs off the main page of GDP!!!

I'm just kidding.

Bernie supporters rarely post pro-Bernie OPs so your anti-Hillary OPs are having no effect on their location on GDP.

[Trust Buster]

19. That's because the far Left essentially has the same temperament as the far Right.

NEGATIVE !!! That's usually true the farther out from the center one is because expectations rarely meet reality way out there. Call it an occupational hazard if you will.....LOL

[DanTex]

22. It's not about electing Bernie, it's about electing Trump.

[JoePhilly]

23. Good point ...

... I've been using the term "perpetually disgruntled" to describe that phenomenon.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

32. But she keeps giving us so much ammo.

You ever think that your fatally flawed candidate might be the cause?

[NWCorona]

37. I post pro Bernie threads all the time!

[JoePhilly]

38. I guess I'll have to keep paging down to find them.

[NWCorona]

39. I'm sure you can find them on my profile

I'm not just anti Hillary.

[JoePhilly]

40. How many DU members do you think there are?

I should ignore them and check your profile on a regular basis?

[NWCorona]

41. 232,349 members

Did I say that?

[athena]

43. If that was meant to be an anti-Hillary post, it failed.

If anything, it shows what a waste of taxpayer money the whole e-mail line of attack is. The vast majority of people are satisfied that there is nothing in the e-mail "scandal".

[FlatBaroque]

18. And this reminds of a simple throwaway line She uttered many months ago

and which sticks in my craw. She said: "We've turned over what was requested and now it's up to them to figure out what happened"

My desire to control my blood pressure does not allow me to specifically spell out how that phrase is so offensive.

[joshcryer]

25. Ken Starr spent something like $60 million.

No big.

[nichomachus]

28. The Clintons just keep on costing us and costing us.

Maybe if they learned to play by the rules, we could use that money for something useful.

[joshcryer]

29. Maybe if the right would stop the shit.

And convict people who actually did illegal shit.

[nichomachus]

27. For that kind of money, we should get transcripts of her speeches. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

30. Money well spent, especially if she is charged with crimes.

She is almost as bad as trump. Not quite, but close.

[athena]

42. I was just about to post that Bernie supporters would believe that's money well spent!

You just proved my point! Who cares about repairing roads and bridges when money can be spent to attack Hillary?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

44. Until Bernie started making an impact,

Your heroin had absolutely
N O T H I N G
to say about it.

What a load of crap.

[athena]

45. What are you talking about?

I don't use heroin, by the way. Where did you get that idea?

And is there any way you can make your point without using disgusting words?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

46. That was snark. Sarcasm.

Try looking that word up.

Either one.

Damn, these Hillarians are getting ever more desperate.