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In reply to the discussion: Carl Bernstein: Clinton Used Private Server to Avoid FOIA, Congressional Oversight [View all]SusanLarson
(284 posts)10. He is 100% right, here is her opinon on email before the server in her own words
Here's what she was hiding from in her own words...
"As much as Ive been investigated and all of that, you know, why would I - I dont even want - why would I ever want to do e-mail?" Clinton is seen on tape telling Peter Paul on home video captured at a fundraiser.
"Can you imagine?" she said.
She felt that she had discovered the perfect solution. She would use her own server which means she decided who got access to what, and when. It also meant that public records requests or congressional subpoenas would not find any responsive results when they searched the State Department's official record keeping system.
This meets the legal definition of the term concealment.
Concealment
n. fraudulent failure to reveal information which someone knows and is aware that in good faith he/she should communicate to another.
Here is the penalty for this very clear violation of federal law
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term office does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 101510, div. A, title V, § 552(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1566; Pub. L. 103322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
She had custody, she had a official requirement to ensure that the records were indexed by the governments records keeping system, she chose not to do so to control and limit access. She is guilty.
If she is elected she will be promptly impeached and removed from office by the Republicans before the ink is dry on her oath.
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Carl Bernstein: Clinton Used Private Server to Avoid FOIA, Congressional Oversight [View all]
portlander23
Jun 2016
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I think that was a good idea to avoid Congressional and FOIA. I worked inFOI:A and
Jitter65
Jun 2016
#53
Hillary Clinton will still win the Democratic nomination and be elected President.
George II
Jun 2016
#5
Considering she already has a very low trust factor and those numbers continue to slide
raindaddy
Jun 2016
#34
The relevance is that these continued attacks on Clinton will not change the nomination or...
George II
Jun 2016
#59
He is 100% right, here is her opinon on email before the server in her own words
SusanLarson
Jun 2016
#10
Unfortunately, there will never be an end to this -- and not because of Hillary's fault.
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#80
Still trying and failing to be relevant after all these years. Bernstein and Woodward. Losers.
Laser102
Jun 2016
#18
YES: CARL BERNSTEIN IS A MISOGYNIST REPUBLICAN BERNIE BRO CONSPIRACY THEORIST
TheSarcastinator
Jun 2016
#39
Yes, I know it is perhaps an alien concept, but when it comes to criminal investigations, an
AntiBank
Jun 2016
#68