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.
That’s a popular view, but it’s one held out of ignorance.
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Have you ever signed any oaths in connection with handling classified information? If so, did you read them carefully? These documents are very CLEAR about the penalties for not adhering to your responsibilities to protect the information against disclosures.
Any one else who had done what Comey did with respect to mishandling/leaking classified documents would have been charged forthwith. Look at the young submariner who took a couple of pics on his boat a couple of years ago. That’s what happens to “the little people”.
With respect to equal justice, it is undeniable that this has never been 100% true. And that’s OK because nothing on this earth is perfect. That said, the point you’re missing here is that INJUSTICE is now being flaunted in an egregious way by the political elites in this country. It’s being taken to another level that is in-your-face. They no longer care about any pretense of following the laws. In that respect, we are in another place now.