Clinton E-Mail Use Violated Rules, State Department Audit Finds

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She should step down as the presumptive nominee and, if she can, instruct her delegates to vote for

In order
1.Elizabeth Warren
2.Kirsten Gillibrand
3.Amy Klobuchar

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None of those Republican Secretaries of State are running for President.

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I believe the Justice Department lawyers use a two part test on whether to indict a person: 
1.A reasonable chance of conviction
2.Whether it is in the public interest

This is at least what is done in Canada

I believe this inspector general report should be sufficient to meet the first test

I don't know though if the second test is on whether the conviction would be in the public interest, or whether the charge has to be in the public interest.

If it's the former, I have no idea what other evidence there is to determine whether a Hillary Clinton conviction would be in the public interest, but I do believe charging her is in the public interest.

1.It shows that the government and the prosecutors take security seriously and also that the government does not take kindly to public officials 'going rogue.'

2.To the degree that Hillary Clinton's defense team would argue that the rules were murky, a criminal charge would make it clear to all government departments that rules need to be clear and easy enough to follow.

3.It would make Hillary Clinton and/or her team testify under oath why they chose to set up this private server.  I believe the allegations that she did so to combine her position as Secretary of State with the operations of the Clinton Foundation in order to rake in money and do sweetheart deals are conspiracy nonsense and that she likely did so because she is a secretive person by nature who wanted to avoid scrutiny as much as possible, and nothing more, but I think it would be good to get this on the public record.

4.It would serve notice to government officials who seek to avoid transparency that they might also be criminally charged.

So, I don't believe that Hillary Clinton should run for President until we can figure out what the hell is going on.  This is my revised list, in order of preference, of who I believe she should release her delegates to support at the convention, if she can do such a thing:

1.Elizabeth Warren
2.Joe Biden
3.John Kerry
4.Kirsten Gillibrand
5.Jerry Brown
6.Amy Klobuchar