Posted on 07/05/2016 10:12:45 AM PDT by dynachrome
Yes, like justice Roberts. Only Comey had much less wiggle room for interpretation.
His lawyers will be getting a requital since he had no intent:
Nishimura’s actions came to light in early 2012, when he admitted to Naval personnel that he had handled classified materials inappropriately. Nishimura later admitted that, , he destroyed a large quantity of classified materials he had maintained in his home. Despite that, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Nishimura’s home in May 2012, agents recovered numerous classified materials in digital and hard copy forms.
The investigation did not reveal evidence that Nishimura intended to distribute classified information to unauthorized personnel.
Or get Comey to “look at the evidence”.
This is based on 18 USC 1924(a). Comey based his decision on 18 USC 793(f).
A clumsy parallel may be useful. If 793(f) is murder, 1924(a) is manslaughter. When the facts don't add up to murder, that does not mean the person did not commit manslaughter. Comey never applied the facts in the Clinton case, to 18 USC 1924(a).
Nonstarter. The fact that cops and perscutors let the royalty skate does not result in an equal protection violation.
Good explaination thanks.
It’s clear the vaunted and “well respected” Comey didn’t do his job. Then again, neither has the DOJ in this (or any case in recent memory).
Just watch how much debate is on application of 793(f). I bet 100% of the press and cable coverage assumes that is the only potentially applicable violation. All the focus will be on "intent to give secrets" and "gross negligence." The 793(f) violations. "Murder" in the clumsy parallel. And the assumption will be, if she did not commit murder, she did not commit a violation.
NONE of the debate that will be shown to the general public will disclose the existence of 18 USC 1924(a), the "manslaughter" version of handling classified information.
Not guilty. The United States has no laws anymore.
You can get away with murder.
That's why Trump needs to talk about this case, bring it to the forefront, to demonstrate the absolute hypocrisy wrt Clinton's case. It's outrageous, a case literally duplicated by a nobody, and the book gets thrown at him. Yet Clinton gets a walk. Out-RAGEOUS!
I hope somebody brings it up, and in a simple way. What's happening right now is overanalysis of 793(f), and by the time anybody gets around the the "simple mishandling" offense, the public is going to be worn out on the issue, ready to move on.
I have seen this pattern so many times, and it works every single time. It's a gussied up strawman.
This guy needs to contest this verdict up one side and down the other. Like Mayor Rudy Guiliani said, after today the U.S. government should not be able to prosecute ANYONE IN REGARDS TO CLASSIFIED MATERIAL. I sure agree with him.
BUMP!!
Comey ignores obvious precedent to help Hillary weasel out of indictment!!
The way he gets to the point of ignoring the precedent, is by ignoring the existence of that particular statute.
In effect, he goes from "not murder" to "no offense" by bypassing the question, "is it manslaughter?" In classified material statute terms, he goes from "no 793(f) precedent" to "no offense," without asking "is there a 1924(a) offense?"
he knows it too. This is no rookie mistake, it is deliberate deception on the public. Status quo for our government.
Does this mean that if I hit someone with my car and injure and/or kill them, because I didn’t have an intention to injure and/or kill them, it’s okay and I get off free???? LORD take your bride home. Just when I think it’s can’t get any worse, it does.
That’s right Under Hitllery Law.
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