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John Kasich To Drop Out, Leaving Trump as GOP Nominee (vox.com)
Multiple outlets are reporting that Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to suspend his run to be the GOP presidential nominee. The move, if happens, would make Donald Trump the presumptive nominee for the GOP. The report comes hours after Kasich abruptly cancelled a planned press conference (could be paywalled; alternate source) in Virginia on Wednesday morning. LA Times reports: Kasich, the Ohio governor, had pledged to continue campaigning as a Trump alternative who could deny the billionaire needed delegates. But on Wednesday, he canceled a news conference in Washington and planned an announcement for later in the day in Columbus, Ohio, to drop out. Vox has more details.
But they're not going to do anything to Hillary. Not because she's not guilty or there isn't a case to be made, but because having that on her gives them control over her. She's just a puppet for the wealthy and powerful.
Probably more because if they indicted everyone who ever mishandled classified information they'd put most of the govt and lots of private contractors in jail. They only indict when someone either:
* Tries to give classified data to someone they shouldn't
* Mishandles data so badly that someone else gets it
Clinton did neither. And this is all beside the point that most of the "classified data" was classified after it went through her server, or was classified by the State Dept so the Secretary of State can tell anyone she wants.
I'm always amazed how many people fall for the manufactured Clinton scandals from the right. "Oh, a Clinton is accused of something terrible. The last 10 turned out to be faked or overblown, but sure, I'll panic over this one too, because the right-wing is known for careful application of facts and logic!" Don't fall for these, please, or the next eight years will be terribly stressful for you.
"Suspending" the campaign is the normal way people drop out.
As I understand it, it has to do with election finance laws. The money people donated wasn't given to you personally, it was given to your campaign. So if you quit the campaign completely, you lose access to the remaining donated funds. If you "suspend" your campaign, though, you still have access to any remaining funds. While technically the donated money must be spent on campaign-related causes, in practice there's a lot of discretion people have in spending the money. For example, you can "campaign" by spending money for party ads during the general election. Or use it for your Senate reelection campaign two years from now. (The interests of "Cruz for President" [in 2020] are served by the success of "Cruz for Senate", after all.)
Fun fact: Hilary is pro-net neutrality.
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
Not being a lawyer I'm not going to go into which offenses committed by her is the 'most clearly illegal', but it does represent another consciously negligent act for which she can be charged.
Your attempts at mockery say otherwise.
Don't you ever get tired of "But... Bush!!!" ?
Except there was a whole bunch of classified info in there, which is why the FBI came asking for the thumb drive later and why so many emails released have had some level of redaction.
That's a mighty big stretch, doubly so when Trump hasn't been authorized to receive classified information.
Exactly what have I made up?
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