Senator Russ Feingold has come a long way from hiding in his house when Hillary Clinton strolls into town.
After repeatedly refusing to say if he voted for her in the Democrat primary, Senator Feingold has now gone full Clinton.
Setting aside the comical irony of a career politician embroiled in scandal vouching for the trustworthiness of another career politician embroiled in scandal, Senator Feingold’s assessment of Hillary Clinton’s honesty raises serious questions.
The people of Wisconsin deserve to know: what exactly made Senator Feingold decide to make the plunge?
Was it learning more from the FBI director about the extreme carelessness with which Hillary Clinton handled highly classified information?
Was it learning that more than half the people outside of government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state were contributors to the Clinton Foundation?
Was it learning that Hillary Clinton allegedly used BleachBit to permanently destroy 30,000 emails?
Hillary Clinton wiped more than her secret server – she wiped whatever was left of Senator Russ Feingold’s judgement.
Read more from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Russ Feingold calls Hillary Clinton ‘trustworthy’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Bill Glauber and Patrick Marley
August 29, 2016
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold called Hillary Clinton "reliable and trustworthy" Monday but reaffirmed his stance that if she’s elected president she should consider shutting down the Clinton Foundation.
"What I’m saying is, it’s a whole other thing when somebody is the president of the United States. And that the highest level of scrutiny should be applied to something like that when somebody becomes president," Feingold said after a campaign appearance.
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Last week, The Associated Press reported that "more than half the people outside government" who met with Clinton while she was secretary of state "gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation." Clinton and her supporters have said the AP analysis was flawed.
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