Josh Earnest may have gotten himself in a whole heap of trouble with comments on Hillary email scandal

The oleaginous White House press secretary, Josh Earnest, was trying to dampen down any concern over the news that 22 emails on Hillary Clinton’s server were so sensitive that nothing at all could be released.  But instead, he opened a can of worms that will make things worse and could even lead to a subpoena (and no doubt a claim of executive privilege.  Boy, I am starting to get a severe case of Watergate déjà vu.). First, the question and statement, via the Weekly Standard: A [Fox News] reporter [Kevin Corke] asked, "Can you say with certainty and confidence that Secretary Clinton will not be indicted because of this email scandal?" "That will be a decision made by the Department of Justice and prosecutors over there," said Earnest. "What I know that some officials over there have said is that she is not a target of the investigation. So that does not seem to be the direction that it's trending. But I'm...(Read Full Post)