Ryan McMaken
The FBI announced today that Hillary Clinton will not be indicted for any charge — not even a misdemeanor charge — related to her use of unsecured personal servers for storage of classified government materials.
In an age of aggressive government prosecution, the casual treatment of Clinton's alleged crimes by the FBI will no doubt raise the eyebrows of those who keep tabs on the rising tide of federal prosecutions against ordinary people like Aaron Swartz and white collar "criminals" like Martha Stewart or Mark Cuban for made-up crimes such as insider trading or "making false statements" to government employees.
Federal prosecutors have become so aggressive in recent decades, in fact, that it's now become nearly routine to witness government prosecutors threatening, coercing, and intimidating ordinary people who run afoul of the Justice Department. Last year, Michael N. Giuliano wrote at mises.org in "The Problem with Government Prosecutors":......Read more
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