2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDem lawmaker: Email flap could 'upend' Clinton campaign
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) said Wednesday that controversy over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server may derail her Democratic presidential bid.
"I just never feel I have a grasp of what the facts are. But clearly, she has handled it poorly from the first day. And there's the appearance of dishonesty, if it's not dishonest," he said during an interview with local ABC affiliate WHAS.
"I still think there is a chance this could upend her campaign," Yarmuth said.
Clinton has defended her use of a private server during her time as secretary of State on the campaign trail since it was revealed publicly in March. But the Democratic presidential front-runner has come under renewed scrutiny the past several weeks amid a federal probe into her email arrangement.
A top Clinton aide said Wednesday that the former secretary "didn't really think it through" and would have acted differently if she could again.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/251560-dem-lawmaker-email-controversy-could-upend-clinton
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)here is the thing. are we doing another bj or foster or whitewater?
lets be real careful stepping into this crap.
every two months or less, we hear the same damn thing
for way too long. oh and
benghazi!!!
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)It really appears as though they repeatedly, deliberately and knowingly transmitted classified information through unsecured channels--and it was stored for years in unsecured devices and facilities. "We didn't know what it was" is probably not going to fly, unless the investigation is politically influenced in Clinton's favor.
murielm99
(30,765 posts)That is why it is not going anywhere. The facts are presented differently by the MSM and her opponents nearly every day.
Whitewater. Filegate. Benghazi. Yawn.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)John Poet
(2,510 posts)Her handling of the "controversy", IS an issue.
It reeks of stonewalling.
It smells more and more of
"I did NOT have sexual relations with that woman."
If this is all about a simple mishandling of classified materials,
they have REALLY fucked up by trying to cover it up.
AppalachianLeftist
(40 posts)I'm glad he's being honest about his assessment, rather than engaging in spin like other members of the party.