If Hillary Clinton thought the flipping of the calendar would help her leave behind a bad month, she was mistaken. August started no better for her than July ended.

First, the latest release of State Department emails from her private account raised serious ethics questions about a close aide.

Second, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan said that Clinton and two aides have to confirm that they have turned over all government records that have been requested under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch.
They also have to describe, "under penalty of perjury," the extent to which those aides used "Clinton's email server to conduct official government business."

Both of these events happened on Friday, while it was still July. But Clinton's troubles spilled over into August. That wasn't lost on Los Angeles Times columnist Doyle McManus, who is typically servile to Democrats' ideas. "This," he wrote Sunday, "isn't a glorious summer for Hillary Rodham Clinton."

It's gotten so bad for Clinton that the Democrats are not only considering that they might have to resort to letting Vice President Joe Biden ride in as a savior, some are reportedly urging Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz to run. Worse yet for her, our IBD/TIPP Poll found that "69% of those following the Hillary Clinton email scandal want the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor to determine whether she mishandled classified information on the private email account she used while secretary of state."

Clinton's bad weekend was led off by Friday's release of another batch of State Department emails from her private server. Sifting through the 2,000 pages turned up emails about a possible criminal investigation into Clinton aide Huma Abedin. The Washington Post reported Friday that she "was overpaid by nearly $10,000 because of violations of rules governing vacation and sick leave during her tenure as an official in the department."

According to the emails, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, asked if a probe were possible to determine if "Abedin had violated conflict-of-interest laws related to her special employment situation" in which she worked at the State Department, the Clinton Foundation and a private firm with close ties to the Clintons at the same time.

Later in the day, Sullivan issued his orders.
In just one long afternoon, the Clinton appearance of corruption was raised to new heights. This is a candidate who cannot be trusted, cannot be believed — and should not be elected.


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