Jeb Bush sounded as confident as Jeb Bush ever does when, in Thursday night’s debate, he said that Hillary Clinton would be a problem as president because “she’s under investigation with the FBI.” He sounded a little less confident when Fox’s Brian Kilmeade pushed him for predictions on Clinton’s dire legal future:
KILMEADE: So, you believe, Governor, that the problems are that bad and your sources say the indictment could be coming?
BUSH: I don't -- I only get my news from Fox & Friends, so that's all I get. All I'm saying is that she's under investigation by the FBI. Just pause and think about that. That's not, that's a pretty uncommon thing for a presidential candidate. And each and every week it just seems like there's more information. Now there's, according to Fox again there's expanded investigation on the connection with the Clinton Foundation. This is a serious deal. So I'm, look, I want to win. I think the Republicans need to win. We need to unify. Hillary Clinton would be an unmitigated disaster for ideological purposes. But she also has this legal problem that would really undermine our country.
“I only get my news from Fox & Friends.” Pander, pander, pander. Isn’t this the same guy who’s hit Donald Trump for getting his news from the Sunday talk shows? The candidate who is all about Seriousness?
But about the substance: Past reports that Clinton herself was under investigation by the FBI have fizzled to the reality that the handling of Clinton’s email is being investigated, but the investigation does not focus on Clinton herself. Fox has been claiming it has sources (anonymous, of course) saying that the FBI is investigating Clinton herself after all and it’s going to be HUGE. Apparently that’s what Bush was talking about at the debate. Unnamed Fox News sources.
In short, Bush had a nice one-liner, but if you ask him to back up what he said about Clinton, he’s going to flail. Not before getting in a little sucking up, though.