The most alarming piece of information today came in a report by stellar reporter Catherine Herridge on Fox and Friends this morning. Here's the essence of what she is reporting:
1. The emails in question are on the home computer that Abedin and Weiner shared.
2. The emails got to the home computer because Abedin forwarded them from her work account to her Yahoo personal account. Abedin previously told the FBI that she had done that on occasion since it was easier to print the emails at home from the Yahoo account.
3. The emails that were forwarded in this manner included many emails from or to Hillary Clinton as well as from or to Huma Abedin. That means that the initial reporting by NBC and others that no Hillary emails were involved was FALSE. Hillary's emails are very much involved.
4. The emails were found by FBI agents from the New York office when they reviewed Weiner's computer as part of the investigation into his alleged sexting with an underage girl. This means that the stories about the New York City police finding the emails or about a bunch of very junior FBI agents finding them are false. The FBI agents assigned to the New York office are among the best in the Bureau.
So let's consider what this means.
A. The first question is whether or not these new emails include any which were not seen by the FBI in the initial investigation. In other words, will the FBI find new information about the supposedly "private" emails that she deleted? If so, it could be devastating to her position.
B. The second question is whether or not any of these new emails contain classified information. If the answer is yes, then it is clear that Huma Abedin broke the law. No matter how one views the propriety or legality of Hillary and Huma using a private unsecured system, there is no one who would conclude that sending classified information to a Yahoo email account complies with the law. We already know that Yahoo has been hacked on multiple occasions. But it's not just Huma; Hillary is involved here too. If Hillary knew that Huma was sending classified info to her Yahoo account and did not stop that, she too violated the law. Even worse, if Hillary directed Huma to print emails while knowing that Huma would do so through Yahoo, Hillary violated the law. This would not just be "careless"; it would be grossly negligent to the point that the intent issue would be satisfied even for Comey.
This is a major problem for Hillary Clinton. She may now decide to stop calling on Comey to disclose what information he has. It is one thing for a reporter on Fox News to announce this stuff; the other networks can ignore or slant the story. If Comey came out and just said the same things that Katherine Herridge reported, Hillary's campaign might well be destroyed.
Let's put it this way: the email scandal has been confusing and complicate from the beginning. Many Americans still don't understand what happened. One thing that everyone could understand, however, is that putting classified information on Yahoo, ON YAHOO, is both illegal and WRONG.
1. The emails in question are on the home computer that Abedin and Weiner shared.
2. The emails got to the home computer because Abedin forwarded them from her work account to her Yahoo personal account. Abedin previously told the FBI that she had done that on occasion since it was easier to print the emails at home from the Yahoo account.
3. The emails that were forwarded in this manner included many emails from or to Hillary Clinton as well as from or to Huma Abedin. That means that the initial reporting by NBC and others that no Hillary emails were involved was FALSE. Hillary's emails are very much involved.
4. The emails were found by FBI agents from the New York office when they reviewed Weiner's computer as part of the investigation into his alleged sexting with an underage girl. This means that the stories about the New York City police finding the emails or about a bunch of very junior FBI agents finding them are false. The FBI agents assigned to the New York office are among the best in the Bureau.
So let's consider what this means.
A. The first question is whether or not these new emails include any which were not seen by the FBI in the initial investigation. In other words, will the FBI find new information about the supposedly "private" emails that she deleted? If so, it could be devastating to her position.
B. The second question is whether or not any of these new emails contain classified information. If the answer is yes, then it is clear that Huma Abedin broke the law. No matter how one views the propriety or legality of Hillary and Huma using a private unsecured system, there is no one who would conclude that sending classified information to a Yahoo email account complies with the law. We already know that Yahoo has been hacked on multiple occasions. But it's not just Huma; Hillary is involved here too. If Hillary knew that Huma was sending classified info to her Yahoo account and did not stop that, she too violated the law. Even worse, if Hillary directed Huma to print emails while knowing that Huma would do so through Yahoo, Hillary violated the law. This would not just be "careless"; it would be grossly negligent to the point that the intent issue would be satisfied even for Comey.
This is a major problem for Hillary Clinton. She may now decide to stop calling on Comey to disclose what information he has. It is one thing for a reporter on Fox News to announce this stuff; the other networks can ignore or slant the story. If Comey came out and just said the same things that Katherine Herridge reported, Hillary's campaign might well be destroyed.
Let's put it this way: the email scandal has been confusing and complicate from the beginning. Many Americans still don't understand what happened. One thing that everyone could understand, however, is that putting classified information on Yahoo, ON YAHOO, is both illegal and WRONG.
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