So far there are no indications that justice will be done. Whether or not Comey could have been convicted as a result of his leaking of classified information and/or other crimes should not have deterred the DOJ from charging him. He violated our laws and should be held to account regardless of whether a conviction was likely or not.
The vaunted concept of equal justice under the law is a total farce.
The DOJ is serving itself, not the American people.
That's a popular view, but it's one held out of ignorance.
The press has a vested interest in maintaining a population of ignorant consumers. It puts them in position of power. This is just as true of conservative pundits as of liberal ones.
I've "checked" the laws that Comey supposedly violated, and the only one that has a possible hook (and even this one is weak) is misleading the FISA court. It is legal to mislead a magistrate to get a warrant. I doubt the FISA application has a literal "lie" in it.
On the memos, the worst he is in for would be a misdemeanor. Leaking is a felony only if the leak is military intelligence, cryptographic methods, or identity of undercover international spies.
-- The vaunted concept of equal justice under the law is a total farce. --
It always has been, and I'm surprised that anybody doubts it is a farce. The cops kids and the judges kids, the inside crew, they always get the benefit of "discretion." Other than a few scattered examples so the public can be treated to the lie that justice is even. Justice has NEVER been even. It says it is, the same way the press says it is objective. This is self-serving BS, and anybody who ponders on that for a bit agrees.
“Whether or not Comey could have been convicted as a result of his leaking of classified information and/or other crimes should not have deterred the DOJ from charging him.”
Comey is nothing. Sure, he’s a dick, and needs to be punished, but I believe he is trying to troll and goad Barr/Trump into jumping the gun. There are much bigger fish. I want the Clintons. Election season is just around the corner. People have a short memory, thanks to the MSM. 2020 is going to be a roller coaster ride of epic proportion.
Convicting a Democrat in DC would be as hard as convicting a redneck lyncher in Jim Crow states of the past, but there was a solution to that problem. Change of venue.
Optimism is good, keeps hope alive, even if there is no hope, it is better than despair.