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[Katori]

That last statement is odd, sounds like he said "if it was some regular person, prosecution could very well happen".

No, what he said is "administrative sanctions would be brought down upon them". Not a Hilary supporter btw.

 

[mreddie]

Not quite.

Yeah, Trump got his ammo for debates and the like and Clinton is just gonna get "Y U CARELESS ABOUT COMPOOTERS?"

 

[The God]

reddit about to be in shambles

 

[Merrymint]

Sean hannity rage will be glorious tonight...

on a serious note i hope they change this so it doesn't happen again. For that matter fix govts net security because they get hacked all the time anyway.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Would an announcement really require a live air statement? Seems a bit excessive then.

Apparently so. This was just the recommendation.

 

[br3wnor]

Well, that's a relief. Looking forward to the Fox News coverage, but very relieved that there's no recommendation of prosecution, that was a scary 15 minutes.

 

[metalslimer]

Sounds like the whole state dept is just old people who are careless with emails.

Yep its basically what we knew before. Hilary and the state department were stupid handling the emails but there was never any proof of intentional misconduct. The issue has been fixed going forward for the state department since Kerry took over.

I don't see how this hurts her any more than what we already knew since the previous report said basically the same thing

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

They had to be fair and balanced, there was no reason to expect an indictment.

 

[nicoga3000]

I'm confused how he can say no charges should be brought about based on what he said for the entire thing?

I mean, intention or not, it was still a mistake no?

If i accidentally get in a car crash, and it wasn't an intention, I still face consequences.

I sort of agree with this. She was careless and (according to the guy) should have known better. She also had a lot of classified or Top Secret data. But they find no issue with what's going on.

Weird.

 

[Black_Red]

No charges, but what she did was incredibly stupid and I'm sure this is food for Trump.

 

[CharminUltra]

FBI not feeling the Bern.

 

[Jenov]

He said the entire US Government is sloppy in their classification policy and use, and Hillary was no exception to this. They found a handful of emails that could be top secret, but found no intentional or willful abuse of the system, nor any illegal activity like trading of government secrets.

 

[Hubbl3]

Breaking News: A look inside the Clinton campaign office

 

[TheOohChild]

That guy should start a true crime podcast

 

[Smellycat]

No indictment

Wow this is a huge moment

But Trump is going to use this carelessness into oblivion

 

[Hari Seldon]

Clean but she is caught being a scumbag liar yet again. The worst election ever.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

I'm confused how he can say no charges should be brought about based on what he said for the entire thing?

I mean, intention or not, it was still a mistake no?

If i accidentally get in a car crash, and it wasn't an intention, I still face consequences.

Do you want him to take the entire state department down? Including many ex Secretary of States? It was a culture at the state department not just Hillary coming in with her secret email severs.

 

[BFIB]

I wonder how many politicians would be caught doing the same? Older people and network security measures do not mix well.

 

[jon bones]

lmao wooooo

next stop: the white house

 

[BumRush]

I'm happy of the outcome but I did enjoy the speech.

 

[EatinOlives]

Trump definitely got his talking point ammo - extreme negligence, no reasonable person, etc.

This, although I doubt it's unlikely that he'll get significant new supporters out of this.

People convinced she's corrupt will continue to think so, and those who don't think this is significant will not be swayed. I doubt much will change in the political debate.

 

[The Elite]

Reading this thread without watching the statement was hilarious.

You all thought it was over for a good while there. Sounds like this was cut like a WWE promo and you all got swerved.

 

[IronRinn]

Right after the statement ended, CBS anchor talks about how people may have hacked her email but nothing about how there was no direct evidence of it. Good to see there are no charges, but the GOP has gotta be loving this anyway.

 

[HUELEN10]

All those classified AT the time emails? Absolutely disgusting. Evidence of being extremely careless confirmed. 7 top secret email chains at the time, my god...

Not even supported by full-time security staff for god's sake! Jesus wept.

I think the FBI director was excellent in his statement, and I appreciated how detailed he was, specially bring to light the sheer amount of gross negligence. I absolutely admire how the FBI handle is, and kept it open for the justice department, stating outright that this does not mean there shouldn't be consequences for something of this nature.

 

[Lightning Count]

I am not American but I breathed a huge sigh of relief.

No doubt Donald Trump is going ham on twitter already.

 

[TheFuzz]

No one here should be thinking its a huge victory. When the FBI Director says you're sloppy and careless with secure national Intel and you're opposing candidate has been saying it, it's more ammo for Trump.

She's still in the race and ahead, but this is definitely not a big help. Especially with the sound bites Trump will have.

 

[Wiz]

HAHA Good man on suicide watch

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Crooked Hillary => Careless Hillary

Sorry, just trying to figure out Trump's next move.

 

[Kolx]

So there is no chance at all the Department of Justice is going to issue any indictment after the FBI recommendation?

 

[Steel]

Lots of usable soundbites there. Unfortunately this isn't gonna be put to rest.

 

[Blader]

That was unusually tense. Comey really knows how to wind people up!

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

I've been watching this while I was taking a shit

Edit: beaten.

 

[metalslimer]

He said the entire US Government is sloppy in their classification policy and use, and Hillary was no exception to this. They found a handful of emails that could be top secret, but found no intentional or willful abuse of the system, nor any illegal activity like trading of government secrets.

No they said the State Dept was being sloppy.

 

[PumpkinSpice]

Sounds like the whole state dept is just old people who are careless with emails.

Yeah pretty much.

It's also worth noting that the entire reason she went the home server route is that she wanted to use a blackberry like Obama instead of this monstrosity:

And that was the only thing on offer because during the Bush admin everything in or near the White House was still being run like it's the 1980s.

 

[Par Score]

How can anyone think this will damage Clinton?

The Republicans and Trump have been banging this drum for months, if not years. Any effect it might have had is already priced in.

 

[Desi]

New York Times sent the relief text. No charges but "extremely careless". Go Home guys

 

[NESpowerhouse]

 

[Flambe]

There's been so much crap thrown at Hillary I'm not sure this really sours her image anymore than anything else already has.

Perhaps, but having FBI sound bytes on an attack ad is a bit of a step above the regular trump gibberish.

 

[Plasticine]

The only orange Hillary will ever wear.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

The end of the Reuters live stream kind of summed up my feelings, but the outcome isn't a surprise at all.

 

[Sanjuro]

That was unusually tense. Comey really knows how to wind people up!

Comey 2016

 

[Squalor]

Glad they don't recommend indictment.

Hillary is still a fucking idiot.

 

[Mighty Chin]

I had the feeling he was talking about emails that discussed classified information in some way. Not actual classified information. Like with attachments.

 

[DOWN]

My heart goes out to me for how long I couldn't breathe as I tried to follow GAF posts to figure out what the statement was ultimately getting st

 

[j-wood]

I sort of agree with this. She was careless and (according to the guy) should have known better. She also had a lot of classified or Top Secret data. But they find no issue with what's going on.

Weird.

Yeah, it's one thing if none of the e-mails had classified data. But alot of them did. Including top secret stuff.

So yeah, I don't understand their recommendation. I'm not a trump supporter, but I also just am not a fan of Hillary. This was a pretty careless mistake or shortcut without thinking of consequences. That's not a mindset we need in a President.

 

[jack_package_200]

The salt from TYT, reddit, and HA Goodman will give me life.

 

[MajorMane]

I appreciate the honesty and thoroughness with this tough topic from the Director. Very good press conference.

He said the entire US Government is sloppy in their classification policy and use, and Hillary was no exception to this. They found a handful of emails that could be top secret, but found no intentional or willful abuse of the system, nor any illegal activity like trading of government secrets.

Thought he was just referencing the State Department compared to other agencies/departments there?

 

[BitStyle]

HAHA Good man on suicide watch

Oh, I forgot about the Good man. I wonder what he'll write about now that the indictment dream is over.

 

[Jenov]

No one here should be thinking its a huge victory. When the FBI Director says you're sloppy and careless with secure national Intel and you're opposing candidate has been saying it, it's more ammo for Trump.

She's still in the race and ahead, but this is definitely not a big help. Especially with the sound bites Trump will have.

He said EVERYONE in the State Department was sloppy, it was not just a special case of Hillary alone.

Edit: sorry State Department

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Reading this thread without watching the statement was hilarious.

You all thought it was over for a good while there. Sounds like this was cut like a WWE promo and you all got swerved.

My nuts still haven't dropped. It was tense there for a minute.