Posted on 03/29/2019 6:44:31 AM PDT by rktman
She never did recuse herself...she just lied about it. There is a formal procedure that has to be followed and she didn’t. She is utterly unqualified for the job and is just a political hack figurehead.
“This is a president who drew a moral equivalency between people who are trying to perpetuate bigotry and those who are trying to fight bigotry.”
And just when was that...you little puke.
ok, I get your concerns, and to a point agree.
But here is the deal. It doesn’t matter that you and I believe that when someone makes a false charge that they should have the book thrown at them and should be subject to the same penalty the person they falsely accused would have been subject to. (which is how I think it should work).
What matters is that making a false charge almost never results in charges and even less often a serious penalty.
This is important to know, because it directly affects whether the “deal” was fair and normal or not.
If making a false charge and being convicted often resulte in a large amount of jail time... then YES this guy got off and this should be investigated.
BUT.. if on the other hand, this guy would most likely have gotten a slap on the wrist even if convicted.. then what happened what completely normal for a negotiated deal.
Accused agrees to receive the slap on the wrist he would of gotten if convicted, but saves the state the time and effort of taking him to trial and in return is rewarded with not having the offense on his criminal record.
In the end, everyone sort of wins, Punishment is given, money and time for everyone involved is saved and the offender gets to go on with their life with a criminal record following them for the rest of their life.
meant to say without a criminal record
Paying up would be an admission of guilt, and that ain’t happening.
Rahm is a typical elitist liberal, when their bs gets challenged.
They try to shift the blame to our President.
That is failing with Americans, who are still alive with functioning CNS systems.
Were I Smollett, I would respond, “Well, the State’s Attorney dropped the charges. I’m not responsible for the Chicago PD wasting its resources on this investigation that the State’s Attorney didn’t think was worth prosecuting. Now, that I think about it, the City of Chicago should pay my legal expenses, which were incurred responding to these frivolous charges.”
Mind you, I think that he is guilty and should be tried, but I cannot find the logic in trying to bill him after the prosecutor has dropped the charges.
I just hope he’s not beating himself up again over the whole fiasco. :)
Declaring Chicago a “Trump free zone” sounds pretty devisive and hateful to me. What about the people in Chicago that like Trump?
Jussie is paying $10,000 not only to walk, but to get the charges expunged from the record and the evidence sealed. Ten large for 16 felonies - that works out to $625 a pop. Not bad if you can get it.
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