What if Hillary Clinton wins?

The cat is out of the bag.  The public pressure is growing to the extent that even if Hillary Clinton is elected president, it is doubtful that she will be able to serve. This is a result of the recent announcement of the FBI that Hillary’s email case is back under investigation, combined with the WikiLeaks disclosures about the Clinton Foundation’s role in “pay for play” schemes while she was Secretary of State.

Even faithful Democrats are starting to break with her when two-thirds of the American public thinks she is lying about her emails, the breaches of national security and, through the foundation, the lawless selling of American assets and secrets to foreigners. The most egregious example of the latter is the complex transactions the Clintons engaged in to sell 20 percent of the America’s uranium to Russia.

With the light of day shining on all these misdeeds, the outcry of the public will demand at least a special prosecutor, probably a grand jury, possibly an indictment recommendation by the FBI. Director James Comey has finally decided that he is in danger of sacrificing the FBI’s reputation forever if he continues to follow Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s demands that he place Mrs. Clinton above the law. Another result of all this turmoil could be the indictment of Ms. Lynch and Assistant Attorney General James Cadzill for criminal conspiracy to aid and abet the promotion of a criminal to the presidency of the United States. Of course, our current president is ultimately responsible, but he is probably untouchable.

President Obama’s role may turn out to be pivotal, however, if he were to grant her a presidential pardon before the Jan. 21 inauguration. Worded properly, a pardon might remove all legal obstacles to her taking office. It is hard to predict what the wave of public indignation that would undoubtedly greet such a brazen display of corruption might lead to. The major recourse in such a case is probably impeachment, a long and uncertain process. The only other instance in American history even remotely similar is the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. That led directly to the Civil War.

We have never had a situation remotely resembling even the current one, where a candidate for president is under investigation for what amounts to treason for willful violations of national security, consistently lying even under oath to cover up the violations, inducing both her government staff and her campaign staff to perform such acts and then to commit perjury to protect her. This is all bad enough.

But what if a President-elect Hillary Clinton is indicted for perjury, violations of national security, selling influence to foreign governments, and several other charges having to do with the conduct of the Clinton Foundation? How could such a person be sworn in under such a cloud? In the meantime the country would be torn to pieces. Perhaps the vice president-elect would have to be sworn in as president. If Republicans maintain control of both houses of Congress, impeachment proceedings might even precede judicial action. It would be chaos. A national nightmare.

But the current Congress is already controlled by Republicans. It is not too farfetched to think that some form of legal action against Mrs. Clinton would be initiated the day after she became the president-elect. It is quite reasonable to speculate that the Congress would not want a criminal to be sworn in as president. It follows then that some drastic action would be undertaken by Congress, such as filing a charge of perjury in congressional testimony in federal court by the congressional committees to which such testimony was given. Or, there might be another action.

If inaugurated, clearly, no appointments of that person would be approved by Congress, and no cooperation involving the presumption of legitimacy such as signing legislation would be forthcoming. This might be the final straw to break the camel’s back of our government. It would cease to function as intended, and the bureaucracy would rule.

Ultimately, it’s impossible to predict precisely what would happen if Mrs. Clinton wins the electoral vote next week. Whatever happens, however, it would not be good. There has been loose talk about a Republican-led revolution in the event of a Donald Trump loss. That seems far less likely than a revolt of the leftists if Mrs. Clinton were to be elected but not be able to serve because she is in jail. They are, after all, the ones who have ambushed police, burned cars, looted stores, induced riots, and other violent actions in the past. The only violence associated with the Trump movement has been caused by Democrat-hired thugs.

We do live in exciting times.