Allies fault ‘stubborn’ Clinton on emails

[DonViejo]

Weeks after the Justice Department decided not to press charges against Hillary Clinton for a private email setup that she has admitted was inappropriate, the Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign can’t seem to put the issue to bed.

Instead of finding a way to let the issue die, Clinton has time and again inflamed criticism about the “homebrew” server, by at times growing increasingly defensive and refusing to answer questions about the setup in the basement of her New York home. The strategy has caused grumblings within her campaign and led to the persistent image that she is dishonest.

This week, Clinton is catching new flak for unnecessarily mischaracterizing FBI Director James Comey’s comments to suggest that she never misled the public. “Director Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people, that there were decisions discussed and made to classify retroactively certain of the emails,” Clinton said in a weekend interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

In fact, Comey rebuked several of Clinton’s claims point by point in testimony on Capitol Hill last month, and only claimed that she didn't lie during a three-hour closed-door interview with the FBI. The FBI chief repeatedly specifically refused to say whether or not she lied to the public.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/290164-allies-fault-stubborn-clintons-on-emails

[Adrahil]

1.

"The FBI chief repeatedly specifically refused to say whether or not she lied to the public. "

If COURSE he avoided making such a statement. Any snap reply would be foolish. He understands that there is a different between a lie and a statement that is simply untrue. Lying requires intent. The "liar" has to KNOW that what they are saying is untrue. Comey knows that he has no evidence that Clinton knew she was sending classified information.

Right-wing bullshit from the The Hill.

[whistler162]

2. Geez... just come out and say

"My staff and I screwed up. We should have taken into account 25+ years of Republican witch hunts and the appearance of impropriate due to my position at the State department."