# Why isn't Hillary clinton in jail? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 20, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125 "2015-04-20T16:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/121 "2015-04-21T00:56:36Z")
Reinses? Is it proved she ever insed in the first place?? Shenanigans!! ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/122 "2015-04-21T01:30:05Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I’m comfortable assuming President Obama understands how the justice system works. I am quite sure that his command of spelling, grammar, and the “use” of quotes is superior to the OP. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/123 "2015-04-21T01:33:52Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I have to think she’s a shoe-in for at least her daughter’s and her husband’s vote. And she’ll likely vote for herself. That’s three pretty solid votes. > > Plus, me (if she gets the nomination). So, there’s four at least. Good point. He might as well start work on those more radical actions against the government now. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/124 "2015-04-21T02:00:37Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I am quite sure that his command of spelling, grammar, and the “use” of quotes is superior to the OP. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/125 "2015-04-21T02:01:07Z")
> [@Robert163](#): > > 1- I never said she broke the law. I’m not a lawyer and I don’t know the statutes. Plenty of things are dishonest and immoral without breaking the law. The question was not whether or not you think she had broken the law. The question was, if she had broken the law, as the OP seems to think, why is she not being prosecuted for it? Duly noted that you seem to have an aversion to answering that, really quite simple question, for whatever reason. > [@](#): > > 2- Withholding questionable documents from review is dishonest. Only a biased partisan would say that it is not. Withholding personal E-mail from a fishing expedition where there is no statuary requirement to make said E-mails public seems perfectly reasonable to me. Also, how do you know any of them are questionable if you don’t already know the content? Lastly, only a person who disagrees with you would…disagree with you. > [@](#): > > 3- I doubt there is anything left to see since all you want to do is blindly defend Hillary. Let me be very clear: I have nothing in particular that I feel I need to defend Mrs. Clinton from, certainly not the litany of disingenuous bullshit you’ve spouted here. Likewise, I don’t want or need to hear what an awful person Mrs. Clinton is; I can look that up for myself. What I do want to hear is who’s better, and why. Up your game, in other words. Any mook can find irrelevant crap to moan about in the history of a career politician, and if the politician doesn’t have a long history, well, they can bitch about that too. Floor’s yours; I’m done here. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/126 "2015-04-21T02:16:09Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > The question was not whether or not you think she had broken the law. The question was, if she had broken the law, as the OP seems to think, why is she not being prosecuted for it? Duly noted that you seem to have an aversion to answering that, really quite simple question, for whatever reason. I’m not avoiding the question. As to the point why is she not being prosecuted if it was indeed illegal, well, it must of not been technically illegal then. But as I’ve said, I’m more concerned with what is honest than what is legal. > [@](#): > > Withholding personal E-mail from a fishing expedition where there is no statuary requirement to make said E-mails public seems perfectly reasonable to me. Also, how do you know any of them are questionable if you don’t already know the content? Lastly, only a person who disagrees with you would…disagree with you. A judge can order a search warrant for a criminals mail, email, residence, etc, right? And the contents are not made public but they are read by someone, right? Clinton has engaged in very questionable behavior. I don’t trust her. I don’t trust any politician. > [@](#): > > Let me be very clear: I have nothing in particular that I feel I need to defend Mrs. Clinton from, certainly not the litany of disingenuous bullshit you’ve spouted here. Likewise, I don’t want or need to hear what an awful person Mrs. Clinton is; I can look that up for myself. What I do want to hear is who’s better, and why. Up your game, in other words. Any mook can find irrelevant crap to moan about in the history of a career politician, and if the politician doesn’t have a long history, well, they can bitch about that too. > > Floor’s yours; I’m done here. Litany of disingenuous bullshit??? I’m hardly the first person to call HRC dishonest. She has done much to earn that reputation. Who is better? Not many. Elizabeth Warren comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/127 "2015-04-21T02:26:56Z")
Did Hillary delete emails that prove she got a blow job? Cause that would be something the GOP would feel considers a massive amount of resources and impeachment. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/128 "2015-04-21T02:31:13Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Did Hillary delete emails that prove she got a blow job? Cause that would be something the GOP would feel considers a massive amount of resources and impeachment. **Got** a blow job? But that would mean…oh. Now I get why everyone wants to see those E-mails. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/129 "2015-04-21T03:10:56Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > **Got** a blow job? But that would mean…oh. > > Now I get why everyone wants to see those E-mails. [FOX NEWS]Up next, is Hillary’s campaign turning desperate for the transgender vote?[/FOX NEWS] ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/130 "2015-04-21T03:24:59Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > You’re right. > > What law did Clinton break again? Existing While Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/131 "2015-04-21T03:43:29Z")
> [@Robert163](#): > > Wow, you’re REALLY on the Hillary bad wagon, aren’t you? Actually, it looks more like it’s YOU on the “Hillary – BAD” wagon… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/132 "2015-04-21T04:06:45Z")
If the OP is not a sock, I’ll eat my socks. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/133 "2015-04-21T04:31:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Actually, it looks more like it’s YOU on the “Hillary – BAD” wagon… 😛 lol 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/134 "2015-04-21T04:46:05Z")
This is a great thread. Top notch. I’ve learned a lot about the modern conservative mentality. Conservatives tend to think they’re clever when they take Obama as a username. Several have done so in the past: I’m surprised the full name wasn’t taken until now. Interesting, entering George into the search box generates no George Bushes, although this board took a skeptical view of the guy for his 8 year reign. > [@Barack\_Obama](#): > > If she even gets a single vote I will have lost a great deal of faith in our society and may consider more radical actions towards this Government. Conservatives also can’t stop themselves from making veiled threats of violence against democracies. I didn’t know that. That’s good intel, especially for LE. And let’s face it, they’re basically head cases, driven almost entirely by cognitive dissonance and projection. It’s been pointed out repeatedly that Colin Powell had a private email account without a murmmur of protest from the left. To this they respond with, “That’s just what you read on Gizmodo!!” Snort. Sorry guys, but we’re not as fucked in the head as you are. Conservatives are the ones that can’t process facts and responses: they are the ones that flee to their bizarre and factually challenged information sources because… well they can’t handle factual correction can they? I can image putting restrictions on public officials. But in the real world, most find private email addys to be useful. And most understand that just turning them over to hostile parties isn’t such a great idea. The weird thing, is that pointless wars, Guantanomo Bay and treating the bill of rights like toilet paper don’t exercise conservatives at all. But like most creeps, when you take away their ability to go through other people’s private email, they get all defensive. Why? Why does the scorpion sting? _It’s their nature._ ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/135 "2015-04-21T05:05:53Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > The election isn’t for another year and a half. You guys seriously need to pace yourselves. I really, really like presidential election campaigns. I find them endlessly fascinating, and I have for well over a decade. I don’t think I need pacing. I might need therapy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/136 "2015-04-21T05:17:03Z")
Hillary Clinton could eat a baby on live TV and this board would come to her defense. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/137 "2015-04-21T05:23:28Z")
Next time she starts a pointless war, tortures prisoners, and deregulates her way to the the worst financial crisis since World War II, I won’t defend her. GWBush administration says, “[Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape.](http://economicsofcontempt.blogspot.com/2008/03/cutting-through-red-tape-with-chainsaw.html)” Hey Waymore you pathetic clown: do you have a problem with Colin Powell having a private email account? Because if it’s as indefensible as you seem to think you should. Weird that you can’t address that, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/138 "2015-04-21T05:27:00Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Next time she starts a pointless war, tortures prisoners, and deregulates her way to the the worst financial crisis since World War II, I won’t defend her. > GWBush administration says, “[Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape.](http://economicsofcontempt.blogspot.com/2008/03/cutting-through-red-tape-with-chainsaw.html)” wow… what a photo ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/139 "2015-04-21T05:33:06Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Next time she starts a pointless war, tortures prisoners, and deregulates her way to the the worst financial crisis since World War II, I won’t defend her. > GWBush administration says, “[Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape. Cutting red tape.](http://economicsofcontempt.blogspot.com/2008/03/cutting-through-red-tape-with-chainsaw.html)” > > Hey Waymore you pathetic clown: do you have a problem with Colin Powell having a private email account? Because if it’s as indefensible as you seem to think you should. Weird that you can’t address that, isn’t it? I’ve no great love for Powell. If he or any Republican did the same, they’re equally guilty. But that wasn’t the point of my post. The point was if a prominent Republican had done the exact same thing, folks like you would be calling for her head. You’re embarrassingly overwrought response is proof positive. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/140 "2015-04-21T05:38:31Z")
> [@Waymore](#): > > I’ve no great love for Powell. If he or any Republican did the same, they’re equally guilty. > > But that wasn’t the point of my post. The point was if a prominent Republican had done the exact same thing, folks like you would be calling for her head. You’re embarrassingly overwrought response is proof positive. Again, Powell had a private email addy and nobody cared. Nobody called for him to release the info, because the center left - well they aren’t creeps, are they? Like I said, this is a great thread. Modern conservatives are certain that liberals are as fucked in the head as they are: _though the evidence is otherwise_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125.md?page=8)