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JPPaverage

(576 posts)
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:17 PM Dec 2016

Does Hillary have any legal recourse?

Can she sue comey and the FBI for obviously in part costing her the election? I mean nothing is really guaranteed in life but it seems like comey's actions were to deliberately cost her the election, especially considering that he sat on the Russian hacking thing.
It's obvious that the repukes won't do anything about it, so Hillary may have to do it herself.

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Does Hillary have any legal recourse? (Original Post) JPPaverage Dec 2016 OP
More like We the People. elleng Dec 2016 #1
Definitely should happen...but today is a lot different than yesterday.. pbmus Dec 2016 #2
No. It's over. Time to move on for her, and from her. nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #3
She should sue the Republican Party for 30 years of lying about her katmondoo Dec 2016 #4
I've been saying that since Day One meow2u3 Dec 2016 #12
I hope Obama fires Comey over this, and cites it as the specific reason. Ilsa Dec 2016 #5
No. She would never due even if she could. hrmjustin Dec 2016 #6
No, time to move on both Hillary and the Democratic public. n/t taught_me_patience Dec 2016 #7
It's over jfern Dec 2016 #8
Suing people is not going to help anyone. WilliamH1474 Dec 2016 #9
She *should have* supported the recounts instead of letting them drop because of her absence. JudyM Dec 2016 #10
What would that have accomplished? NobodyHere Dec 2016 #13
If she'd fought for real recounts it could have made a difference in the outcome, or, at the very JudyM Dec 2016 #14
She did support the Stein recount and the Hamilton electors implicitly HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #15
I meant active support. She was basically absent, and didn't take up the baton when Stein was JudyM Dec 2016 #17
I imagine that she has well qualified lawyers jberryhill Dec 2016 #11
It's over and done ... Drumron Dec 2016 #16
Please delete your post BlueInPhilly Dec 2016 #18
And your reason for asking Drumron Dec 2016 #19
The "extrwme left" are the ones being yelled at for just acknowledging that dionysus Dec 2016 #20

meow2u3

(24,917 posts)
12. I've been saying that since Day One
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 08:06 PM
Dec 2016

She has grounds to sue--and win--because the pukes didn't care if the shit they said about her was true or not. Besides, they knew they were lying and didn't give a rat's patootie as long as her good public name was tarnished.

Ilsa

(62,225 posts)
5. I hope Obama fires Comey over this, and cites it as the specific reason.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:47 PM
Dec 2016

And I hope he is charged with violating the Hatch Act. Let him drown in legal fees until his teeth fall out.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
6. No. She would never due even if she could.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 06:48 PM
Dec 2016

This is one of those moments where you think of revenge is a dish best served cold.

 

WilliamH1474

(29 posts)
9. Suing people is not going to help anyone.
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 07:02 PM
Dec 2016

In fact I think it will make us look petty, and like sore losers.

Best to just move on

JudyM

(29,517 posts)
14. If she'd fought for real recounts it could have made a difference in the outcome, or, at the very
Tue Dec 20, 2016, 10:24 PM
Dec 2016

least, would have made a record of the republicon-rigged equipment problems, e.g., in Detroit... instead of being on page 10 or whatever, and we will have the same problems in 2018 with no improvement.

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
15. She did support the Stein recount and the Hamilton electors implicitly
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 06:17 AM
Dec 2016

They were in her name and she did not disavow. In the world of campaigns, that is most certainly a degree of support.

JudyM

(29,517 posts)
17. I meant active support. She was basically absent, and didn't take up the baton when Stein was
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 10:34 AM
Dec 2016

booted out for insufficient "cause" -- which Hillary had, but chose not to stand up and press forward.

 

Drumron

(21 posts)
16. It's over and done ...
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 09:18 AM
Dec 2016

She has no recourse, were just wishing and grasping at any notion.... well it's done and over with, move on from this point and move on away from her and anything CLINTON.... bad juju, anything with that name is tainted and will hurt the party far worse than help it.... was a bad bad bad terrible stupid moronic idea to have her run to begin with.... wtf was the party thinking.... the Democratic Party would have done better if it ran Bernie, we all know this... Clinton was a mistake just like it was a mistake for beating the dead horse with recounts and trying the electoral college route..... the repubs will not forget it, mark my words, this may have bitten the Democratic Party in the ass, ,,, it may even cost the 2020 elections....... in the words of my grandfather....." Be sure brain is engaged, before opening mouth" .. the party also a whole has really gone too far and made itself look bad, riots, protests, whining, recounts, bitching and moaning..... makes us look like a bunch of children, we should have been more grown up about it, but no the extreme left won't shut the hell up and just regroup and learn from this.... I'm looking at this whole thing from a realistic angle... if you give a pile of shit to a monkey, he'll pick it up and throw it right at you and make a bigger mess...... don't give him the pile of shit, he doesn't have any ammo to use...... duh!!!!!

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