BY VIRGINIA KRUTA
Independent Journal
This morning, FBI Director James Comey made an announcement concerning Hillary Clinton and whether or not, after a lengthy investigation, he would recommend that the Department of Justice prosecute the former Secretary of State.
But despite finding that 110 emails contained classified information, 8 contained top secret information, and nearly 2,000 additional were emails classified later, Comey’s final assessment was to recommend against an indictment:
“Our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.”
But as some noted on social media, FBI Director James Comey isdefinitely not U.S. Attorney James Comey – who opted to prosecute Martha Stewart in 2003:
Martha Stewart went to jail for far less… #Comey #ClintonEmails
— Sitric (@Earendil82) July 5, 2016
Bet Martha Stewart is pretty pissed right now. #Comey
— laurie allee (retired account) (@laurieallee) July 5, 2016
http://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/750359629801152512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
At the time, Comey explained his reasoning for prosecuting the domestic diva:
“If it was Jane Doe she would have been prosecuted. [T]here were 2,000 cases by the Justice Department that year for providing false statements during an investigation.
I thought of my hesitation about the case due to someone being rich and famous, and how it shouldn’t be that way. I decided we had to do it.”
Today, some people feel that the fact that Hillary is a Clinton absolutely factored into the “other” Comey’s decision to not ask for an indictment:
http://twitter.com/patmurphy41/status/750403551373979648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
If Hillary was a Republican she would be in shackles and chains right now.
— 🐾𝓚𝓲𝓽𝓽❤️𝓚𝓪𝓽🇺🇸𝙍𝙇𝙉𝟐𝟒𝟕🅰️🐘🏈 (@jkittkat) July 5, 2016
Because she's Hillary Clinton she got a pass. Period. #RiggedSystem
— Lisa (@Rockprincess818) July 5, 2016
http://twitter.com/Sense_of_common/status/750383462528397312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Clinton is continuing her campaign for the presidency, with current President Barack Obama at her side.
Martha Stewart spent 5 months in prison…after being jailed forlying to investigators.