Still trying to spin lint into gold. What part of no charges do you people not understand? Get over it and move.
Let's say a VP of operations at a public Fortune 500 company is found to have maintained close friendships with sales executives of several vendors. On business trips they went to concerts, high-profile sporting events, cruises, and so forth. He then signed lucrative, no-bid contracts with his friends' firms. Some shareholders raised a stink and called the FBI in to investigate. While the FBI said there was excessive impropriety, there was no evidence of criminal bribery, and no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges. Is this someone you would want to nominate as your CEO?
Your novel is pretty crappy. No charges equals end of story. You might consider yourself a prosecutor on the internet, but you have no authority in real life.
I'm a member of the court of public opinion. And right now the integrity of Clinton and the Democratic Party is on trial. Not being indicted criminally doesn't exonerate her of gross recklessness and dishonesty, and it doesn't exonerate the Democratic Party of culpability in endorsing these qualities as befitting the office of President of the United States.
Sure, nominate someone else. I'll just vote for Johnson as I originally intended to do if Sanders won.
I'm no Democrat, so please don't cry "loyalty" at me.