No justice served

The Spokesman-Review’s July 10 editorial, “Facts matter,” is relevant to FBI Director Comey’s recent statement exonerating Hillary Clinton from charges of mishandling classified information because there was no evidence of “intentional misconduct” on her part.

However, the most basic fact is the law that applies to this case: Title 18, US Code, Section 793(f). “Intent” is not mentioned. The only two criteria are “gross negligence” or “having knowledge” of “illegal removal.” The key word is “or.” So either is applicable separately. Comey’s own statement asserted, “There is evidence that they (Clinton and colleagues) were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.” In fact, “extremely careless” is a definition of “gross negligence.”

A well-known former federal prosecutor, Andrew C. McCarthy, discussed Comey’s decision in the National Review article, “FBI Rewrites Federal Law to Let Hillary Off the Hook.” So Comey’s opinion (not a fact) “that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case” is highly dubious.

However, Comey did prove that the Obama Administration is completely corrupt, and Hillary is the Queen of Hearts.

This was not a miscarriage of justice, though. A miscarriage is accidental. This was deliberate. This was an abortion of justice.

Bob Strong

Spokane