A former top Justice Department official now says that a “Criminal Charge Is Justified” in conjunction with classified information and her private email server. Michael Mukasey, former attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, writes in the Wall Street Journal: “Clinton’s Emails: A Criminal Charge Is Justified. Hillary’s explanations look increasingly contrived as evidence of malfeasance mounts day by day.”
The simple proposition that everyone is equal before the law suggests that Mrs. Clinton’s state of mind—whether mere knowledge of what she was doing as to mishandling classified information; or gross negligence in the case of the mishandling of information relating to national defense; or bad intent as to actual or attempted destruction of email messages; or corrupt intent as to State Department business—justifies a criminal charge of one sort or another. But will it be brought? That depends in part on the recommendation of FBI Director James Comey, a man described by President Obama, at the time the president appointed him, as “fiercely independent.” If no recommendation to charge is forthcoming, or if such a recommendation is made but not followed by the attorney general, what happens then? Would the public stand for it? My guess is not. However, my guess is also that we won’t be put to that test because our public officials will do their duty.
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