Yes, rooting for the Metropolitan Club here (not a country club btw) makes me the most deep state east coast liberal elite person ever but I love this for him. |
It's like saying someone who posts "F**** [insert name here]" could be prosecuted for a sexual assault threat. It's absurd. |
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For reference, North Carolina bar ethics on duties specifically pertaining to prosecutors. https://www.ncbar.gov/for-lawyers/ethics-and-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct/31-38-advocate/38-special-responsibilities-of-a-prosecutor/ "Don't prosecute when you don't have probable cause" is literally the first one. |
Unfortunately the indictment "validates" probable cause. Indictments mean nothing, but I'm mostly surprised they found MAGA majority grand jury willing to even grant that waste of government resources. Maybe the grand jury figured tying up Trump's goons in a farcical prosecution would generate more anti-GOP sentiment and deflect resources away from other cases |
No they don't. They have to prove intent to harm the President. And anyway, until the President gets a ballroom, he is not safe |
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Angle angle to consider:
Comey was a corrupt Trump operative in 2016. Maybe DOJ actually has information that Comey has influence in a part of Trump's Mafia, and was activating that wing to take action? Every accusation is a confession. |
That's why I'm suspicious of the Grand jury instructions. They improperly instructed the Grand Jury in their previous prosecution of Comey. |
| What's next, are they going to indict Jenny for writing her name on the wall? |
I'm a former AUSA and...I tend to agree. I understand that there is a very low bar for indicting, but I'm genuinely flummoxed that anyone, let alone 16 grand jurors, determined that the government had met that (low) standard. Unless there's something we don't know, like Comey was amassing a literal arsenal, I strongly suspect this grand jury may have been misled about the law, the facts, or both. I think this is especially likely given that the AUSA on the indictment appears to have essentially no prosecutorial experience, let alone high end federal prosecutorial experience. |
Haha |
Name and number, don't forget. |
You’re right. Trump isn’t a reasonable person. |
+1 Trump isn’t pissed at Comey about Hillary, he’s mad that Comey refused to pledge loyalty to him. |