The Clinton Scandals

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Depressingly familiar, this istuff. Something new is discovered. Right-wing media blow it up out of all proportions, but a closer look discovers there is nothing there, but you won't hear that from these media..

State Department lawyers announced that 30 emails the FBI recovered from Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s private server regarding the September 2012 Benghazi attacks contained only one “all-new” email, which was a personal message to Clinton. The announcement contrasts right-wing media hype that scandalized the emails as a “Benghazi bombshell” and fodder for conspiracy theorists, and implied that they might reveal new information to negatively implicate Clinton in the Benghazi attacks.

HotAir’s Ed Morrissey: Announcement Could Fuel “Potential Perjury And Obstruction Charges” Against Clinton. HotAir editor Ed Morrissey wrote that the announcement was “another unpleasant surprise from the e-mail scandal” and that it could “add fuel to the fire over potential perjury and obstruction charges relating to Hillary’s Congressional testimony, assuming anything in them contradict her representations there.” Morrissey added that Clinton “managed to shoot herself in the foot politically by creating the opportunity for them to be found in this manner rather than turning them over from the beginning.” From the August 30 blog (emphasis original):

Fox News’ Fox & Friends Hosts: The Discovery Is A “Benghazi Bombshell.” Fox co-host Brian Kilmeade said the announcement was “unbelievable,” while co-host Ainsley Earhardt claimed the findings showed that Clinton’s claim "that she released all of her emails” was “false.” An on-screen graphic called it a “Benghazi Bombshell.” From the August 31 edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends:

Politico: Only One Of The Emails Was New, And It Was A Personal Letter Praising Clinton. Politico reported on September 7 that government lawyers “said a closer review of the records the FBI located revealed only one of the messages was entirely absent from those produced by previous State Department searches,” which was a “flattering note sent by a veteran U.S. diplomat following [Clinton’s] testimony on Benghazi before a Senate panel in January 2013.” As Politico noted, the set of “30 Benghazi-related messages” turned out “to contain little fodder for critics.” From the September 7 article:

Right-Wing Media’s Supposed “Benghazi Bombshell” Of 30 New Clinton Emails Falls Flat