The next president will confront  disruptive events that no one sees coming as well as also face some certainties, and foes that will test their resolve not long after they move into the Oval Office.

The email scandal is not going away. The House Intelligence Committee will clearly investigate all of the information that it has as it relates to classified information being put on networks. If classified information is found it will give these congressional inquiries a whole new life as well it should.

The FBI will also investigate whether the Clinton State Department gave special access and favors to Clinton Foundation donors. Congress will certainly investigate whether there was improper interference in those FBI efforts.

François Hollande | President of the French Republic 02/11/2016

The Bratislava roadmap

1. Border Controls

Edited from a paper “Britain, the EU and the Sovereignty Myth” written by Robin Niblett, Director of Chatham House

The EU is a highly lucrative market for US-owned firms with large direct investments. The enormous volume of these investments makes it difficult to separate ‘European’ from ‘American’ business interests in the EU. American companies have developed their own political links to the EU. In particular the American Chamber to the European Union (AmCham EU) is an important agent of US influence in Brussels. Most of its members are concerned with ensuring that the political- legal framework in Europe is conducive to their business interests.

Sir Michael Leigh, a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and a former European Commission Director-General recently wrote a piece on the ‘ Implications of a Trump presidency for Europe’. He says that Donald Trump’s election would have grave consequences for Europe, that a President Trump would disrupt transatlantic relations, that he distrusts allies, sees them as free-riders and questions the most basic NATO principle that an attack on one is an attack on all.

1. 21st Century Fox (Niklas LAGERGREN, Senior Vice President Government Relations)
2. 23andMe, Inc. (Kathy HIBBS, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer)
3. 3M (Maxime BUREAU, Director Government Affairs, Europe)
4. A123 Systems LLC (Jeff KESSEN, Vice President Corporate Strategy)
5. AbbVie (Ludovic LACAINE, Government Affairs Director Brussels (EU)
6. Adobe Systems Benelux BV (John JOLLIFE, Senior Manager Government Relations EMEA)

1. Could Clinton pardon herself if she becomes President? She most certainly can. The power of pardon is without limitation. A President can pardon any person, including the President. If Clinton were to issue her own pardon, she would be poisoning herself politically. It is the equivalent of admitting guilt, but evading the consequences. The public outrage would be deafening.

Author: Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior policy fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

Felony mishandling of classified information, including most closely guarded intelligence secrets; misappropriation and destruction of tens of thousands of government records are serious criminal offenses.