• village604@adultswim.fan
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      19 days ago

      If nothing else than for the fact that Trump and friends made public statements condemning him. Can’t really have an impartial jury after that

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      18 days ago

      Absolutely, it’s obviously a desperation Hail Mary play, but not before Comey spends several thousand dollars on lawyers, after spending a whole lot to defend himself the last time.

      Perhaps there is a family strategy at play. His daughter was fired as a Federal prosecutor, after working on high profile cases like Epstein. She is now sueing the DoJ, and will probably win, so maybe she can use some of that government money to cover her Dad’s legal bills.

      He should also sue for malicious prosecution.

    • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml
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      19 days ago

      Yes, but it is intended as harassment, not “justice”.

      He still needs a lawyer, he can’t just ignore it.

  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    The president is committing war crimes and the FBI is charging the former FBI director over an insta post from a year ago, clearly suggesting impeachment.

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      18 days ago

      seems like a direct violation of his first amendment rights.

      unless he comes out and says what it means, it’s subjective art that is up to interpretation.

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        18 days ago

        true but even if you say “i think x should die” you’re still within your rights. none of “thinking” is actionable.

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      18 days ago

      So the DOJ is hoping that nobody on the jury knows that 86 means to give someone the bum’s rush, not to kill them.

      Even then, if it were a threat, which it isn’t, it’s in no way actionable.

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          18 days ago

          This time, yes. But eventually, they’re going to get a MAGA judge, and someone will go to political prison. That will set a precedent.

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      19 days ago

      There’s an old saying about grand juries that also applies to a great many judges: They would indict a ham sandwich if the DA asked them to.

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      18 days ago

      American judges don’t need to have any actual knowledge of the law, they just have to get the job.

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      18 days ago

      There are enough corrupt MAGA judges that, if they try long enough, a case will land with one.

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      18 days ago

      I’m no expert but wasn’t he just following the law? As i remember correctly some FBI field office fucked up and they found new evidence to be analysed that has been disapeared, draging the whole process. He had no other choice than to inform the public that the investigation against Hillary was reopened.

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        18 days ago

        I think it was a discretionary move, and an unusual one at that. Normally, the FBI does not comment on pending investigations of public officers at all. This is doubly the case near an election, to avoid the appearance of favoritism and impropriety.

        In 2016, rumor was that the (allegedly highly pro-Trump) Manhattan office of the FBI was going to announce that the email investigation had been reopened. It would have been for political reasons, but that seemed to have been part of the calculus.

        Comey then decided to come out and make the statement himself, making the Manhattan office’s parallel move redundant. At the time, it was thought that he (a) believed that Clinton would win, anyway, and (b) thought the move would give him credentials for future office when the Republicans were back in power.

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    19 days ago

    Wow, distraction time again, since this happened more than a year ago.

    • “I’m not a pedophile”
    • “My beautiful ballroom”
    • Convicted rapist
    • Mentioned over a thousand times in the released Epstein files. I bet none of us are
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      18 days ago

      Man I hope so, but I’m guessing they’ll have to wait until he’s out of office first for “reasons”.

  • GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    First they came for…

    Aww fuck it; they’re coming for anyone speaking ill of the orange fat fucking turd shitstain now.

    And I stand by that assessment.