Hillary Clinton is no victim

It is really rich that a woman at the center of decades of scandal and unethical dealings is claiming to be a victim as the FBI moves forward with its investigation into her use of a private email server. In an election cycle of chaos and uncertainty, there is one thing we know as a matter of fact: Hillary Clinton is no victim.

Hillary Clinton has no one to blame but herself. For the first time in our nation's history, a major party nominee is facing not one, but two FBI investigations. She is under investigation by the FBI because of the actions she took. Hillary Clinton broke government protocol to set up a private server, deleted tens of thousands of emails using BleachBit, and then lied and stonewalled investigations. There are also numerous examples of what looks like pay-to-play involving the Clinton Foundation.

Despite her original assertions of ignorance and claim that she set up a private email server for convenience, WikiLeaks emails give us a glimpse into a much more coordinated effort to get rid of information. Newly released John Podesta emails show him telling Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff, to "dump the emails." This directive to Mills came hours after the New York Times broke the news that Hillary Clinton exclusively used a private email server to conduct government business. Two days later Clinton was subpoenaed by Congress and because of information released by the FBI we know her team deleted 33,000 emails shortly after.

According to Fox News, The Clinton Foundation is now a "very high priority" for the FBI and agents are interviewing and re-interviewing multiple people in the case, which is being handled by the FBI's White Collar Crime Division. Released WikiLeaks emails and a memo by Doug Band, a former counselor to Bill Clinton, demonstrate numerous ways both Hillary Clinton and her aides sold access to her as secretary of state through the Clinton Foundation. We also know that Doug Band leveraged the Clinton Foundation to make Bill Clinton $66 million.

The actions of Hillary Clinton are not those of a victim but of someone who thinks she is above the law. But why shouldn't she think that? The Department of Justice, the State Department, and President Obamahave all been complicit in covering for her. CNN has recently reported that the FBI agents on the Clinton Foundation case are complaining that the Department of Justice is putting up "politically-driven" "roadblocks" and blocking the use of tools to expand the investigation.