Daily Mail: Clinton's extraordinary defense for not speaking to Inspector General about her secret server: They could look on her website if they wanted - and she spoke to the Benghazi committee for 11 hours
* After refusing to answer reporters' questions for a day, Clinton broke her silence about a State Department Inspector General's report
* Report was critical of her use of a private server and email system; inspectors were also irritated she refused to meet with them
* Clinton contended today that 'nothing has changed' and that she thought she was allowed to use personal email
* She also segued the interviews into a discussion of Donald Trump, saying that in clinching the 1,237 needed delegates 'this is as real as it gets'
* Clinton also said Trump represents 'an urgent threat to our rights and to our country'
Hillary Clinton broke her silence today about a State Department Inspector General's report that was critical of her use of private server and email address.
Clinton told news networks that the report – created without her input after she and her State Department aides declined to be interviewed by the watchdog agency – was insignificant and 'nothing has changed.'
More than 24 hours after the release of the damning report Clinton finally spoke to reporters, telling ABC News that she didn't speak to the IG because she had already testified before the Benghazi committee – and she posted 'information' about the emails on her website.
Those moves, she suggested, should count.
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Update #1: Hillary's email line crumbles (FOX news)
Update #2: Hillary Clinton's shrinking email defense (Douglas Cox, CNN)
Update #3: Hillary Clinton's emails: broken rules, but nothing 'crooked' (Diane Francis, The Guardian).
Update #4: Hillary Clinton, Drowning in Email (NYT Editorial)
WNU Editor: The Hillary Clinton camp knew that the US State Department IG reports was going to be released weeks/months ago .... but their response to it has been .... !?!?!?!?! If they have nothing to hide why all the obfuscation? I guess this is one explanation (among many) .... VandeHei: The 4-5 Staffers "Who Actually Speak To" Hillary Clinton Are Stuck In "Bunker Mentality," "Think She's Always Right" (Real Clear Politics).
There is something a little strange how this is being handled by the Administration. As I have said before the Administration is in something of a bind here: Indict Hillary and a large percentage of Demos turn on Obama for good, don't indict and you seemingly confirm to a large percentage of Americans that the fix is in and again there goes your legacy. Also there seems to be a lot of bad blood still lingering from the 2008 Democratic primaries. After all Obama doesn't have to indict to torture Hillary, just keep up a drip drip of the possibilty for a long long time.
ReplyDeleteIf a debate between Sanders and Trump actually happens it could be the end for Hillary.