{"id":8603,"date":"2015-03-16T15:16:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T15:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8603"},"modified":"2015-03-16T15:16:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T15:16:42","slug":"here-we-go-congress-to-probe-email-tempest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8603","title":{"rendered":"Here we go: Congress to probe email tempest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>It was a matter of time &#8212; and it took no time at all &#8212; before Congress would decide to conduct hearings into Hillary Clinton&#8217;s use of personal email accounts while she served as secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how I believe the\u00a0inquiries break down: What will they learn? What do they hope to learn?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"d379ckAAGt\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/235769-boehner-reportedly-set-to-announce-clinton-email-probe\/\">Boehner reportedly set to announce Clinton email probe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Boehner reportedly set to announce Clinton email probe&#8221; &#8212; The Hill\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/235769-boehner-reportedly-set-to-announce-clinton-email-probe\/embed\/#?secret=aq0h71XPM6#?secret=d379ckAAGt\" data-secret=\"d379ckAAGt\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At issue is Clinton&#8217;s use of a private account rather than using a State Department email account to communicate with, oh, this or that foreign minister or\u00a0U.S. government\u00a0staffers relating to official government activity.<\/p>\n<p>The hearings might enable members of Congress to learn what she said and when she said it, and to whom. The public also might learn whether Clinton divulged national security secrets while using the private account &#8212; which is the one thing she said categorically the other day she <em>didn&#8217;t<\/em> do.<\/p>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said &#8212; by golly &#8212; he doesn&#8217;t <em>want<\/em> to subpoena Clinton. Sure thing, Mr. Chairman. \u201cI\u2019d rather not have to subpoena her, but if she\u2019s fully cooperative there wouldn\u2019t be a need,\u201d Chaffetz told The Wall Street Journal. \u201cAre we prepared to do so if necessary? I suppose so. We\u2019re going to get to the bottom of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, what does the Republican-led Congress hope to learn? Only God knows. I&#8217;m guessing the leadership hopes to learn something &#8212; <em>anything<\/em> &#8212; that is going to damage Clinton&#8217;s chances of getting elected president of the United States next year.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how it goes in the world of politics. Something goes amiss and Congress jumps all over it.<\/p>\n<p>If the hearings commence, and I am quite certain they will, be sure to tune in to all the <em>speeches<\/em> lawmakers will make prior to asking whatever questions they intend to ask. This is a\u00a0bipartisan tendency. Indeed, as Republicans pontificate over their outrage at what they suspect happened, you&#8217;ll hear Democrats blather on about how they are utterly certain this is all a witch hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for it. The fun is just beginning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a matter of time &#8212; and it took no time at all &#8212; before Congress would decide to conduct hearings into Hillary Clinton&#8217;s use of personal email accounts while she served as secretary of state. Here&#8217;s how I believe the\u00a0inquiries break down: What will they learn? What do they hope to learn? 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