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Prosecutors reject Navy sailor’s Clinton comparison

By Kelly Cohen
Published August 17, 2016 3:31pm ET
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Prosecutors reject Navy sailor’s Clinton comparison
"The defendant is grasping at highly imaginative and speculative straws in trying to ... draw a comparison to the matter of Sec. Hilary Clinton based upon virtually no understanding and knowledge of the facts involved, the information at issue, not to mention any issues if [sic] intent and knowledge," prosecutors wrote. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) | David Zalubowski

A Navy sailor who cited Hillary Clinton’s email scandal as reason why he should avoid prison time for taking classified photos of a submarine may be out of luck.

In a late Monday night court filing, federal prosecutors asked a federal judge to send Petty Officer 1st Class Kristian Saucier to prison for more than five years for keeping six cellphone pictures he took inside classified spaces of the USS Alexandria in 2009.

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