Over the coming months, we will surely hear a lot of criticism about Hillary Clinton's handling of email and Benghazi as Secretary of State. But let's keep in mind one thing: Within the span of a week, two Republican-led inquiries into Clinton's conduct by major institutions from separate branches of government have now concluded she engaged in no criminal misconduct or intentional wrongdoing of any kind.
In the case of Clinton's emails, FBI director James Comey—a Republican—found that the handling of classified information was sometimes sloppy but, in terms of criminal charges, added, "our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case." In the words of Comey:
In looking back at our investigations into the mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information, or vast quantities of information, exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct or indications of loyalty to the United States or efforts to obstruct justice. We do not see those things here.
Further, the House Republicans' eighth inquiry into Benghazi yielded nothing to indict Clinton's actions at the State Department other than an 800-page report released last week questioning her judgment, reported CNN.
House Republicans capped a partisan, two-year investigation of the Benghazi terror attacks Tuesday with a report that faults the Obama administration for security lapses that led to the deaths of four Americans but contains no revelations likely to further damage Hillary Clinton.
In response to Comey's Tuesday announcement Donald Trump sent out a predictable tweet stating that "the system is rigged." And it really is, but only in the sense that Clinton has endured more institutional vetting than any other candidate for president in recent memory.