Given the drip-drip of mounting evidence that Hillary Clinton has violated one or more national security laws, and her declining ratings in the polls, one may wonder why she is still running for president.  One answer may be that she needs to run for president in order to stay out of jail.

Remember that the independent counsel law was allowed to expire under Bill Clinton's presidency, because his Democratic administration didn't want it used to uncover his further wrongdoings while in office.  The Justice Department can push prosecutions, but the Justice Department is controlled by the president.  If Hillary is president, she can easily quash any investigation.

The last major player is the district attorney for the District of Columbia.  And guess who appoints him: the president.

Only by being elected president can Hillary quash all the avenues of prosecution against her.  Even if the Republicans keep the Congress, she can rely on their tame instincts not to investigate her.  That's why it's desperately important to her that she get elected president, or at the very least nominated for president.

If Hillary is elected president, it is easy to see how she can quash investigations.  But she can also gain the power to do so merely by being nominated.  If she is nominated, and by October it becomes clear that she will lose the election, she can cut a deal with the Democratic Party to allow her candidacy to be replaced with someone like Elizabeth Warren in return for a pardon or a guarantee of non-prosecution.  Does this sound far-fetched?  It shouldn't, because that's exactly the deal Richard Nixon made with Gerald Ford.

It's even remotely possible that Obama himself is orchestrating this drip-drip of leaks to make this possible.  We keep hearing new stories of "x emails found to have classified information."  Where are these leaks coming from?  Republicans?  They don't know anything.  Only the Justice Department does, and that is controlled by Obama.

The leaks must be coming from one of Obama's people.  We know Obama doesn't love Hillary.  Is it out of the realm of possibility that he is orchestrating things so incriminating evidence comes out after she is nominated, so she will be forced to drop out and be replaced by another candidate?  (Never mind the legality of it – Democrats are always allowed to ignore election deadlines when it suits them.)

What do you think?  Do you think Hillary is facing a choice between the White House and jail?  What do you think her address will be a year and a half from now?

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