Either apply the law equally to all offenders or get rid of the law. Why should Trump be given special treatment just because he's a former President? It may be politically expedient, but the fair application of the law shouldn't be politically motivated. — Michael
Or pay attention to whether you're going to secure a conviction and ask yourself what the consequences of your decisions will be. I've not created a per se rule protecting former presidents. I've just asked that politicians pay attention to the political landscape. — Hanover
At least acknowledge the irony of the left demanding law and order and siding full step with law enforcement. Cities burned in lawlessness as politicians offered tempered politically motivated responses the past few years. And today it's being argued that the right is the party of innocent until proven guilty? — Hanover
don't know what you're trying to say here. Is there evidence that some Democrat politician committed a crime and that some Democrat district attorney refused to prosecute them because they are a fellow Democrat, and that "the left" are okay with this? — Michael
assume they believe that there is a good chance of conviction, and that the consequences are that a criminal is punished for his crimes. — Michael
Clinton committed perjury. — Hanover
It just strikes me as naive and unrealistic to suggest that politicians are apolitical. — Hanover
I've just asked that politicians pay attention to the political landscape. — Hanover
He should have gone down for that. The Democrats have no moral standing here either. — Baden
The basis was politics, not justice. Maybe it was the right call, but the point is that politics is a valid consideration too — Hanover
That's what bothers me. That you don't even worry that the justice system is run by the politicians. — unenlightened
"They're coming after you." — Fooloso4
I recall reading that it was due to a technicality and that Starr messed up. — Michael
"Have you ever had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky, as that term is defined in Deposition Exhibit 1, as modified by the court?"
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"Sexual relations" was defined as follows: "A person engages in 'sexual relations' when the person knowingly engages in or causes contact with the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh or buttocks of any person with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person."
People were mainly thinking about justice for the black guy who was brutally murdered by the white cop. Public safety was the concern that prompted forbearance on the part of riot police.
Did Democrat politicians play it for all it was worth? Probably. I don't see how you'd identity that as the basis for anything. That's just what smart politicians do. — frank
There is a political reality that cannot be ignored. You can go on about how justice demands the prosecution of every prosecutable crime damn the torpedoes, and we can then end up with failed impeachments and acquittals followed by emboldened politicians who should have lost power.
The Manhattan case is a case about misuse of campaign funds and falsification of records. It's a finance regulatory case.
Prosecute the man for calling the Georgia Secretary of State and asking for fabricated votes and stop with this diversion into whether Form 1876-b (I made that form up, so don't look it up) was falsified. — Hanover
If that is conceded, then you have to ask yourself with Trump whether forebearance makes sense in terms of causing outrage among his supporters and an empowering of his position. — Hanover
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