Opinions wanted. Should President Obama issue an Executive Order retroactively authorizing Hillary's [View all]

use of a private server in her private residence for State Dept business in order to permanently remove the threat that the GOP Congress and the President-Elect continues to hold over her head? She hasn't been convicted of a federal crime so a Presidential Pardon or Presidential Commutation is not called for. Jason Chaffetz has promised to bring new hearings and charges against Hillary and it would be nice to have this situation behind her once and for all. Besides with Hillary in the clear, Chaffetz will have more time to concentrate on Trump's High Crimes and Misdemeanors.

For the record, the head of any Federal Agency can exempt an employee from compliance with an agency policy if the circumstances warrant it or if the Agency Head deems it appropriate. We know that Hillary did not request the use of a private server because the State Dept Inspector General said as much, but that doesn't mean that she couldn't have negotiated the use of a private server with President Obama who was the one who issued a policy that all employees would use a .gov email account as a condition of accepting her appointment. It doesn't mean that she could use a private server to violate FOIA laws but she has never been charged with that to my recollection. There has been speculation that is why she set it up, but as far as I know that's never been proven or even a formal charge made alleging such.