[The Urban Sombrero]

⬆⬆ As far as the email server and the Clinton Foundation: the Clintons have a tendency to play fast and loose with the rules, then use deflection and deception to extricate themselves, or at least buy time and count on the "news cycle amnesia" of the general public. Whether or not this rises above the normal strategies of career politicians, that same public will decide I guess.

"Pay to play" is a serious charge. However, I have said many times that the monied elite, and I mean the real elite of the elite, have the ability to get phone calls through and face-to-face time with policy makers. If a jumpsuit were assembled with the patches of all donors and sponsors, and our politicians were required to wear that jumpsuit, we might get a more impactful visual on who the Puppet Masters really are. If it is proven that a big donation to the Clinton Foundation by "Entity X" directly led to a policy formed or changed that directly benefited "Entity X," I still contend that is not particularly unusual in the "cut a deal" world of politics. However, Secretary of State is pretty high up on the totem pole to be directly involved in pay to play machinations directly benefiting a Foundation in which one is so intimately involved.