Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 07:09 pm
Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that Hillary Clinton will face no charges for her use of a private email server.
Attorney General Lynch said in a statement, “Late this afternoon, I met with FBI Director James Comey and career prosecutors and agents who conducted the investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email system during her time as Secretary of State. I received and accepted their unanimous recommendation that the thorough, year-long investigation be closed and that no charges be brought against any individuals within the scope of the investigation.”
The Republican howls of the words conspiracy, Bill Clinton, and airport will again echo through the land, but the reality is that what is being witnessed are the final gasps of the Hillary Clinton email scandal.
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As has become the tradition when facts and reality cross paths with Republicans, the nation has already entered the conspiracy theory stage of Republican denial. For the remainder of the presidential campaign, Republicans, with Donald Trump front and center, are going to push the email conspiracy from now until Election Day.
The conspiracy won’t resonate anywhere outside of conservative media and Republican circles, but should the GOP get crushed with Trump at the top of the ticket; they already have a built in excuse for their defeat.
In many conservative minds, they will not have lost the election because they nominated a man who is both uniquely unqualified and despised by most of the general electorate. Instead, they will blame their defeat on a conspiracy that allowed Hillary Clinton to avoid criminal charges over her use of a private email server.
Republicans don’t do reality, so the fact that an independent investigation determined that Clinton shouldn’t be charged with a crime means nothing to reality-denying GOP.
The strongest characteristic of the modern Republican Party is that they never let facts interfere with their fantasies.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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