OK...so no legal requirement at that time that she use a governmental email address...glad that's settled
You are absolutely right Doug, Mrs. Clinton is allowed to have a non governmental email address. She also "did not have sexual relations with that woman ... Ms Lewinski"
But if you re-read my post, she violated a statute by destroying her emails that carries a fine, a three year prison term and shall "forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States". She also violated the Federal Records Act of 1950.
Under the Act, each federal agency is required to make and preserve records that
(1) document the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency and
(2) provide the information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of the government and of persons directly affected by the agency’s activities.
The Act defines a federal record without respect to format. Records include all books, papers, maps, photographs, machine-readable materials, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form. In other words, emails.
According to her attorney, Mrs. Clinton decided to permanently delete all emails from her server. It appears she made the decision after October 28, 2014, when the Department of State for the first time asked the Secretary to return her public records to the Department.
This would be another violation of the statute.
Her destruction of the records was without the statutory authorization of the National Archives and Record Administration. In doing so she thwarted not only Freedom of Information Act inquires that predate her departure from office and her destruction defies a congressional subpoena. This is also in violation of the statutes.
Richard Nixon article of impeachment #4: "...interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and Congressional Committees".
Richard Nixon article of impeachment # 8: "...making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States and personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct". Benghazi anyone???
Now the best part. Who was a young attorney involved in the Nixon impeachment inquiry was one wait for it... Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Her supervisor, Jerry Zeifman said he supervised Mrs. Clinton as she worked on the team working on the Watergate impeachment inquiry, and that during the investigation Hillary Clinton had “…engaged in a variety of self-serving, unethical practices in violation of House rules” and he "could not — recommend her for any further positions.” I wonder if that includes POTUS.
Given the current and rather selective nature of the prosecutions by Mr. Holder's Justice Department, it is unlikely that anything will come of the email scandal. He'll also get the bottom of the IRS scandal and Fast and Furious Mexican gunrunning about the time OJ finds the real killer.
If Harry Reid can give gifts to his daughter out of campaign funds with impunity it's unlikely the next president Clinton will have much to worry about. Unless, like Senator Menendez, she chooses to cross swords with Valerie Jarrett and Mr. Obama.
"What difference at this point does it make?".