Since blackmail is the stock and trade of hardball adversarial politics, voters must now face the possibility that Hillary Clinton’s email scandal has legs with lasting consequences
Real Risk is Blackmail, Not Just Interference with U.S. Politics
After the flap about Russia passing on internal emails and communiques from the DNC to Wikileaks who made public—on the eve of the DNC convention—documents that showed that the fix had been in on Bernie Sanders, all hell broke loose a few days later on Wednesday when Donald Trump dropped his bombshell. “Russia—if you are listening,” said Trump, “I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing [and] I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.” Naturally, the press jumped on Trump, accusing him of encouraging the Russians to not only intrude in U.S. politics but also hack into Hillary’s server.
