You could feel it coming. You just weren’t sure when.
FBI Director James Comey delivered the predictable news Tuesday – that there would be no indictment of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who nevertheless broke laws about the handling of classified information.
You knew it was coming not because it was right – officials have gone to jail for less – but because this is the way the Obama administration operates and the way needed to be clear for Obama’s “third term.”
Comey made the call and will testify to Congress about it today, but don’t look for anything to change. Republicans are making noise about special prosecutors and other action, but they may as well save their breath. The administration will do whatever is necessary to save one of the most unpopular candidates in American history in order to continue the work of a president whose decisions have been just as unpopular.
We’ve said before we don’t believe Clinton intentionally sought to do anything wrong by using an illegal and unsecured email server during her role as secretary of state in the first Obama administration. But we believe her hubris and her history of being above the law made her think there would be no problem with what she did, no matter what she did.