Appearing on Thursday’s episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Hillary Clinton addressed the investigation of her emails, once again admitting that not using two separate accounts for work and personal business (e.g., top secret North Korean satellite data and her yoga routines) was a mistake, and saying she was “sorry for all the confusion.” Just days earlier, she fed Andrea Mitchell a similar non-apology: “I am sorry that this has been confusing to people.”
Fortunately, then, Vox is here to voxsplain Hillary’s so-called email scandal. Author Jonathan Allen presents a nice timeline of events dating back to 2009, but much of the piece is dedicated to “Hillary being Hillary,” like it or not:
She plays aggressively when rules and risks get in the way of her larger goals; she’d prefer to ask for forgiveness than permission; she looks at the world more like a lawyer than a politician; and, after years of fending off investigations, she’s pretty damn secretive.
Vox's explainer puts rubber sheets on a wet mattress. Claims (hopes) no minds will be changed. Ignores polling. @verumserum @jonallendc
— S D Winkler (@sdwinkler) September 11, 2015
Vox's DEFENSE of Mrs. Clinton: "None of what she did should be surprising to anyone who has followed her career." http://t.co/Iks1SEVPr7
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) September 12, 2015
@jamestaranto "Nixon's always secretive, he turned over most of his records, haters gonna hate, & missing 18 minutes of tape was just yoga."
— Razor (@hale_razor) September 12, 2015
"She … unilaterally determined that the risk to national security was negligible."
As @jamestaranto pointed out…. this is Vox's DEFENSE?— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) September 12, 2015
"The only thing critics can't charge is that she covered up after the fact,"
Uhhhh, SHE DELETED ***30,000*** EMAILS.@20committee— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) September 12, 2015
"no evidence that US interests were harmed,"
Have you tried filing a FOIA with Russia/China/Iran/ISIS?— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) September 12, 2015
"The consensus among experts … is that, … she is not likely to be prosecuted"
Because Obama, duh.
(unless Biden runs)— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) September 12, 2015
" not to suggest that Mrs. Clinton is in real danger of going to jail … these laws require at least knowing conduct."
GROSS NEGLIGENCE— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) September 12, 2015
Vox's explainer says this:
But here's what we know happened: http://t.co/mR5PyYcXip
cc: @jonallendc pic.twitter.com/af65YtWD5o
— John Sexton (@verumserum) September 11, 2015
@verumserum didn't intend to give short shrift to your reporting.
— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) September 11, 2015
@jonallendc It was Griff Jenkins not me. Just pointing out the "Clinton gave" thing appears to be pure spin with no basis in fact.
— John Sexton (@verumserum) September 11, 2015
Fox News’ Griff Jenkins reported that it was Platte River Networks that handed over the email server at the FBI’s request, absent any involvement by Hillary Clinton or her staff.
Though the timeline is helpful, the overall thesis is this: “The most important thing to understand about the Clinton email controversy is that it shouldn’t — and probably won’t — force you to radically revise your own opinion of Clinton or whether she should be president.” Why shouldn’t the fact that “Clinton was conducting official business on a secret account” make true believers have second thoughts about their candidate’s fitness to lead the country?
@voxdotcom Does anyone at Vox recall the article yall ran about how Hillary's email scandal could cost Democrats the election? Link if so?
— The Card Nexus (@TheCardNexus) September 11, 2015
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