"TPM’s Josh Marshall published a related piece in February, after speaking to a variety of law professors and former federal prosecutors about the Clinton story. “To a person,” Josh wrote, they agreed the idea of a Clinton indictment is “very far-fetched.”
So, why does such an unlikely scenario generate so much attention? I think there are probably a couple of things going on here.
The first is that Clinton has more than a few media critics, many of whom are a little too eager to embrace the idea of a new “scandal.”
The second, as Paul Waldman argued today, is that Republicans consider the idea of a Clinton indictment “too tantalizing,” even if they know it’s not going to happen.
For the most part, the Clinton email story has been a disappointment to Republicans. They were desperately hoping that the emails would reveal some kind of ghastly malfeasance on Clinton’s part, some smoking gun that would make all Americans realize that she should never be elected president. When that turned out not to be the case, they pinned their hopes on the idea that she would just have to be charged with a crime eventually. I have no doubt that people like George Will and Karl Rove now understand that that isn’t going to happen either.But having gone this far, they need to keep up appearances, and they also know that just talking about her emails serves to convince people that something scandalous must have happened."
Waiting for a Clinton indictment? Don't hold your breath | MSNBC
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