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To: FredZarguna

Bravo! But as I recall he said, “There was no INTENT to commit a crime.” I knew, as soon as I heard that, the fix was in.


45 posted on 10/29/2016 3:51:43 PM PDT by Humidston (For the first time in my adult life I FEAR my government.)
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To: Humidston
Many criminal acts require the element of intent or they aren't considered crimes. In fact, the concept of mens rea is required for just about any crime you can think of. It was Comey's claim that the Espionage Act required intent, or there was no crime. That is not the wording of the law, although some liberal courts have pretended it applies even to the Espionage Act. If so, the law needs to be rewritten to explicitly forbid progtards from working the edges to let future Rosenbergs and Clintons off the hook.

Nevertheless, it's a moot point.

Trey Gowdy absolutely demolished Comey on this issue. You can never really know what's in someone else's mind, and you certainly can't prove it. The Clinton's have used that fact repeatedly throughout their criminal career to subvert the law. But there are standard tests that a prosecutor will use to establish intent. All of those tests are satisfied in the actions of Hillary and her criminal accessories. I will find a link someone sent to me not long ago on this. The interrogation is an absolute b!tch slapping of James Comey.

46 posted on 10/29/2016 5:10:45 PM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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