 "Shame Shame Shame James!!!" (youtube song clip for James Comey) (Just ignore all lyrics after the first line) |
Posted on 07/05/2016 1:30:55 PM PDT by richardb72
Hillary Clinton likely dodged criminal charges Tuesday for a simple reason: the bar for bringing criminal charges against a politician, particularly a high public official, is so much higher than they are for anyone else. Prosecutions against such high public officials only go forward when there is “definitive” evidence. Evidence that prosecutors know will lead to a certain conviction.
Why do I say that? Because earlier in my career I was chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission. I worked frequently with prosecutors. The reputational loss public officials face from criminal charges can be so great that prosecutors feel that they need to be sure of a conviction before going forward. For someone running for president, such as Hillary, that loss of reputation would be tremendous. -- It isn’t as if she will be able to pick right back up where she is now in the 2020 presidential race.
So much of debate during this election has been over a different standard applying to the Clintons. FBI Director James Comey’s decision Tuesday didn’t treat Hillary differently from other high public officials, but he clearly treated her differently from other Americans.
But politicians aren’t unique. CEOs of major companies or public figures in other areas also face loss of careers simply by being charged. Possibly, prosecutors are simply more sensitive to politicians because they work for them. Politicians also have a lot of political connections. . . .
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The FBI has no trouble going after judges and congressmen.
Democratic presidential nominees are another story.
Hell; she buried them (or at least had her hired ni**ers bury them).
Seems to me that the former Republican governor of Virginia, the former Republican Majority Leader of the House (from Texas) and the former Republican Senator from Alaska might each disagree. Each was prosecuted and convicted, but then exonerated on appeal.
What is the difference? Republican vs Clinton Democrat.
He was a smart guy we lost the Republic some years ago. Now we are close to not losing Democracy but becoming a Banana Republic with a mix of highest votes going to who can hand most benefit’s and are the most corrupt.
Agreed. Lott tried to stay non-partisan and consequently failed to sell his argument.
This isn't his usual area of commentary, either.
So there are two tiers of justice - one for the elites and one for the little people....
Yep.
Maybe he’s been hanging around shilling pundits for too long.
8 Years Clinton: SNAFU.
8 Years Bush: SUSFU.
8 Years Obama: FUBAR.
Let’s go farther back: Richard Nixon.
Hey, that reminds me of... Soviet Russia.
Bulltaco. If this had been Sarah Palin or Ted Cruz, the Obama FBI would have nailed their asses to a wall.
Eggs Ackley! The people continuously voting democrats into office (too many of the voters and elected claiming to be catholics) are the aborters of the Republic.
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"Shame Shame Shame James!!!" (youtube song clip for James Comey) (Just ignore all lyrics after the first line) |
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Recalling that line from "Braveheart", Comey chose to 'die many years from now in his bed.' I hope he's haunted by the fact that he had a chance -- just one chance -- to do the right thing... and he failed.
In Comey’s hostage rescue plea, I mean press conference, he made one reference to how widely known Hillary’s email arrangements were. What are the chances that Obama sent or received some of the classified info to Hillary? McConnell? Reid? Maybe Comey himself found he had sent or received something illegal to her.
This is something we should remember, and why we should passionately hate them.
It's one thing to be opposed by someone you know to be your enemy... it's quite another to be secretly attacked and betrayed by someone claiming to be a friend.
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