The Clinton Rules never die

The National Review, to its credit. has tried to explain to its readers why the indictment of Trump is sound and serious. But even so they can’t resist reminding us of the standards of “evidence” that have long been used against the Clintons:

When conservatives go 'why can't we quit trump?' this is why. NRO here just going 'yeah, Clinton is the same!'

Even when trying to dump Trump, they can't get away from the lie that got them here, which will confer to the people they want to persuade that this is a betrayal. pic.twitter.com/5Pn6RpCpsX— The Silver Symposium (@SymposiumSilver) June 11, 2023

Clinton did exactly what Trump did, and the only reason she wasn’t prosecuted after a lengthy investigation was that she fiendishly did not leave any evidence that she committed a crime. CHECKMATE LIBS!

Since it’s not just Republicans who are confused on this point, it’s worth recapitulating:

• There was nothing illegal (as opposed to contrary to State Department guidelines) about Clinton using a private email account or private server.
• The fact that it was theoretically possible to use a private server to conceal or destroy classified documents does not, in fact, constitute evidence in itself that the server was used in that way.
• Clinton’s story — that she used a private email, like Colin Powell did, because she didn’t want to carry two phones — is backed up by more evidence than any of the lock-her-up conspiracy theories.
• Despite constant implications that the private server presented a security risk, it was one of the few Clinton-related servers whose integrity was not breached during the 2016 campaign.

To state the obvious, Trump didn’t fail to prosecute Clinton out of some kind of bipartisan comity. He didn’t prosecute her because there’s no evidence she did anything illegal, a point that her critics often concede within their conspiracy theories.