Quote:"To be clear, this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances, a person who gauged this activity would gauge no consequences. To the contrary, those individuals are often subject to security or administrative sanctions, but that is not what we are deciding now."

 

Can somebody with a law degree interpret this?

 

I'll give it a shot. (the word is "engaged" by the way).  To be clear, I have no law degree, and the only guy around here I know that does seems to stick to football.

 

It means that had they caught this activity before the Secretary and staff left office, there would have been administrative sanctions (possible firings and loss of credentials). 

 

There still wouldn't have been any legal charges, because in Comey's opinion, no reasonable prosecutor would attempt to try the case.

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