Hillary Could Face A 10-Year Prison Stint If Her Server Was Hacked
Hillary Clinton and her supporters have steadfastly maintained that her private email server posed no threat to U.S. security. But that’s not true, as the recent inspector general’s report and comments from a former counterintelligence official show.
The FBI hasn’t released the findings of its own investigation yet, so we don’t yet know how extensive the hacking and penetration of Hillary’s server by foreign intelligence was.
Under the Espionage Act it is a felony for a federal official to “knowingly remove classified material without the authority to do so and with the intention of keeping that material at an unauthorized location.” That alone can lead to a one-year prison sentence. If the classified material is then made available to an “unauthorized person,” it can lead to 10 years in prison — 15 years if the information identifies a U.S. covert agent.
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http://www.investors.com/politics/e...0-year-prison-stint-if-her-server-was-hacked/ (June 3, 2016)