MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell told Alex Wagner on “Now” Wednesday that Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail system was “designed to defy the law.”
He specifically debunked comparisons being made between Clinton and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), who owns the server that operates the private e-mail address he used while governor and made his e-mails available for everyone to see online.
“What’s funny to me about this is that a lot of people in liberal world today are using the Bush standard, something they normally find to be evil, on everything, including what you order for dinner,” O’Donnell laughed. “They’re using the Bush standard as the defense of Hillary Clinton.”
However, according to the MSNBC reporter, the Bush and Clinton scenarios are much different.
“Bush’s e-mails were legally available to everyone,” O’Donnell clarified. “Hillary Clinton’s system was designed to defy Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, which is designed to defy the law.”
He went on to spotlight the irony of the fact that the 2009 regulation Clinton is guilty of defying was produced by the “decades-long liberal crusade” toward more government transparency.
And, while O’Donnell cautioned that there is not yet an “indication of a legal violation,” he stressed that Clinton “very specifically defied” President Obama by acting against his guideline of maintaining the most transparent administration in history.
“President Obama, Hillary Clinton’s boss, said very specifically how you’re supposed to handle your e-mail and Hillary Clinton very specifically defied him,” explained O’Donnell.
However, he predicted that the private e-mail controversy “could be” an issue for Hillary should she decide to run for president in 2016 but that it is “unlikely.”
H/T Mediaite
