2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Clinton Wants To Be President, She Needs To Explain How She Could Make Such A RECKLESS Decision [View all]karynnj
(59,534 posts)What I see as a big problem is that this was done intentionally to thwart any oversight from Congress and the media. I value transparency allowing people - via the media - to get good information on things they have a legitimate right to know. Not to mention, basic checks and balances a critical part of the design of our government relies on Congress getting information they need.
Even if you ignore all the security risk concerns and the fact that it is pretty outrageous that the tip of the SD ran on a private server, there is a huge problem with the fact that she left the SD without leaving email for which there already were inquiries. Remember that as HRC accused the committees of dragging out their hearings - they said they were waiting for her email which they repeatedly asked the State Department for.
What is clear is HRC designed the system to stonewall anyone if they wanted anything and she hoped that the SD would be in a position of having to either fight the presumptive Democratic nominee for President or join the stonewall.