Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   That was no loyalty pledge Date:   9/8/2015 4:37:18 PM

First of all, it's a fine line on loyalty pledges.  Signing that you won't run as a 3rd party candidate is the same in my mind as being asked to sign a loyalty pledge.  I'm not sure what the big deal is to you about Hilary asking people to sign a loyalty pledge.  It's not worth the paper it is written on and her supporters are probably fine with signing it. 

Now on the issue of the IT guy, sorry to let you know that it is a BIG DEAL for a federal employee to not report income on the form.  It's not the amount, it is the intent.  Secondly, I agree with Hodja that it is not a problem that he set of a server for Hilary. She is allowed to have a server, just like anyone else.  I doubt she told him that she intended to use it for all emails, in lieu of her official government email.  I think the problem for him if he is the one that dumped the emails or wiped her server, resulting in offical emails and classified emails being lost.  But lets look at it from another perspective.  He is a young guy and is boss is the Secretary of State, which happens to be a pretty powerful position.    He's going to do what she asks him to do.  He's not a lawyer, he probably doesn't know if any laws have been broken. I personally don't blame him for evoking the 5th.  Why should he put himself through a Congressional torture chamber where they have already decided that laws have been broken.  As I said, he knows now that he is in a hole and he has stopped digging.  I hope he has good legal counsel because no doubt they will try to crusify him.  He's only an IT guy, not the mastermind of some vast Hilary plot to keep incriminating emails out of the official record. 

MM, I know you hate Hilary, but really, sometimes your imagination overcomes your good sense.