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Another reminder of how the email story is out of Hillary's control
Last night's news that a former Clinton IT staffer who helped set up Hillary Clinton's private server is invoking the Fifth Amendment
and refusing to testify before the House Benghazi committee is yet
another reminder how this email story is out of her control. After all,
what's in the best interests of the campaign (Team Clinton released a
statement that they wanted the former aide, Bryan Pagliano, to testify)
isn't necessarily in the best interests of everyone involved (Pagliano's
lawyer certainly thought otherwise). And when that dynamic is at play,
things are no longer in your hands. The other (and maybe more important)
reminder about how this entire story is no longer in Hillary Clinton's
control is the current FBI investigation into whether classified
information was mishandled. That FBI investigation could potentially end
tomorrow. Or it could end a year from now -- which would be politically
problematic for the Clinton campaign. Bottom line: In sheer political
terms, you have to hand it to House Republicans: They created a fishing
expedition with their Benghazi committee. And maybe this email story
doesn't turn out to be a marlin, but it's sure a nice grouper.
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