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Democratic Debate: Clinton Emails
The first Democratic Debate had Clinton, Sanders, and O’Malley voicing their frustrations at the over-coverage of the former Sec of State’s email controversy in the 2016 Presidential campaigns. Numerous members of Congress have previously contended that her use of personal email accounts on a non-government server to conduct official business during her tenure as US Secretary of State, and the deletion of nearly 32,000 emails before Clinton released her account to the Department of Justice, “violated State Department protocols and procedures”. Others have called the ongoing investigations on Clinton as a manipulated, partisan attack by the Republicans in Congress to weaken the potential Democratic candidate before the presidential elections next year. They note previous Speaker of House candidate Kevin McCarthy's comments on the House Special Committee on Benghazi (set up by a Republican-led House) as proof that the Republicans hope to utilize their majority in Congress to galvanize the public into "driving down [Clinton's] poll numbers".
If this controversy had happened to PRESIDENT Hillary Clinton, should she have been impeached? Who would have the jurisdiction to impeach the president? Do you think Clinton should be persecuted for her actions? And on what grounds (ie what laws did she violate)? What would Republicans be hoping to gain from this scandal?
I believe that President Hillary Clinton would have been impeached because the Benghazi scandal is similar to the Watergate Scandal during Nixon's term. Furthermore, Clinton was tried in a court of trial several years ago, and if she was President, that would have most likely led to her impeachment. The congress has the power to impeach the president. Republicans want to gain a republican president and money and respect.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe a president should be impeached for a scandal as simple as this, but I do believe in hindsight she wouldn't have done it and I doubt she would do it again if she were President. The judicial branch would have the power to impeach the president for a scandal, but lying under oath and email privacy are too different reasons for impeachment. I don't believe Clinton should be persecuted for her actions as much as she has been, but I think it's fair to say that the FBI should look into it, but nothing more as she didn't really break the law, only policy. Lastly, I think that Republicans will not let this go for the reason that it makes her look bad and they can use it to try and sway voters away from voting for her.
ReplyDeleteHillary Clinton most definitely should have been impeached for a scandal such as this one. The fact of the matter is she is breaking the law, cheating the system, and lying to the American people. She should most definitely be persecuted for her actions. In doing so she violated The Federal Records Act. The Republicans would be hoping to gain decreased popularity for Clinton with the scandal.
ReplyDeleteHillary Clinton most definitely should have been impeached for a scandal such as this one. The fact of the matter is she is breaking the law, cheating the system, and lying to the American people. She should most definitely be persecuted for her actions. In doing so she violated The Federal Records Act. The Republicans would be hoping to gain decreased popularity for Clinton with the scandal.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Hillary Clinton should have been impeached for this scandal. However, she should only be prosecuted after more concrete evidence is received and that there are no doubts regarding whether the Republican party had any role in this. If this is the case, she should be prosecuted on the grounds that she violated the Federal Records Act. The Republicans would gain a greater chance of having one of their candidates in office.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Clinton obviously should not have discussed sensitive government information over a non secure server, I don't believe her actions were grounds for impeachment. When nonsense scandals like this brought upon a president, it impedes upon there ability to effectively lead the nation. The presidents mind should only be on one thing: making the country as efficient and progressive as possible, without having to worry about testifying before congress over some old e-mails.
ReplyDeleteEven though Clinton's email "scandal" was dishonest and secretive, it is not on the grounds for impeachment. This scandal was made larger than it had to be. All the time, politicians are doing things behind the scenes, unknown to the public. It is not like she was harming the public or destroying anything. It was shady, but has had not great effect. As a result it may lose her public support, but she does not deserve impeachment or this kind of controversy. I feel that the media has over blown this, and that people should not waste their time on this, but rather look to the future.
ReplyDeleteEven though Clinton's email "scandal" was dishonest and secretive, it is not on the grounds for impeachment. This scandal was made larger than it had to be. All the time, politicians are doing things behind the scenes, unknown to the public. It is not like she was harming the public or destroying anything. It was shady, but has had not great effect. As a result it may lose her public support, but she does not deserve impeachment or this kind of controversy. I feel that the media has over blown this, and that people should not waste their time on this, but rather look to the future.
ReplyDeleteSecretary Clinton was trained in handling of classified materials, and acknowledges that she understood them. By transmitting and receiving email correspondence that contained information gleaned from foreign government sources on an unauthorized, insecure system, she violated the law. The felony Clinton committed is apparent from the federal statute that prohibits "Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information."
ReplyDeleteIf Hilary Clinton was president and this email scandal happened, I do not believe that she would or even should be impeached. Yes, it may not be the most honest way of conducting herself, but many more politicians and even presidents, I'm sure, have done much worse. The only reason why her email scandal is such a huge topic of debate is because it seems as if it is one of the o nay huge things that the Republican party has against her. Yes, she did break the law about hiding important official information, but in the long run, it does not directly effect how she would operate as a president. Overall, I believe that Republicans were hoping to make Hilary Clinton seem dishonest enough to the point that she loses a significant number of votes in the presidential election.
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