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Sogo

(7,303 posts)
Fri May 16, 2025, 04:37 PM May 2025

Would it be Comey's well-deserved karma to be prosecuted by Trump's DOJ?

His actions before the 2016 election are a large part of why this country has had to endure Trump.

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50 Shades Of Blue

(11,503 posts)
3. As much as I think Comey has it coming, prosecuting him on such a flimsy pretext would be a terrifying development.
Fri May 16, 2025, 04:43 PM
May 2025

I don't doubt Trump is agitating for it and I'd be more surprised if it doesn't happen than if it does.

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
5. I don't believe in karma anymore than
Fri May 16, 2025, 04:52 PM
May 2025

I believe in calvinistic predetermination. I would much, much rather have seen Comey prosecuted for stirring up the salacious email rumors right before the election. But I would have preferred to see Al Capone imprisoned for murder over tax charges. I guess when your enemies are fighting each other don't try to dictate the rules, just be satisfied they are fighting each other.

CBHagman

(17,532 posts)
6. No.
Fri May 16, 2025, 05:16 PM
May 2025

We've got much bigger issues, and actually protecting Comey from retribution is the way to go. Constitution and the rule of law, period.

Also, his entire career is not summed up in the decisions he took on the investigation of Hillary Clinton. I believe he did the wrong thing in speaking of Clinton as he did, but there were many reasons for the result in 2016, a lot of them to do with the media's decisions on coverage of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Deuxcents

(27,708 posts)
11. I agree that rule of law should prevail no matter who it is. There's no proof Comey designed the shells
Fri May 16, 2025, 06:16 PM
May 2025

But his decision to post the picture does nothing to help his lack of judgment. This is retribution and a distraction from the failed lawsuits, the tariffs, the nothing accomplished so far except failures

Midnight Writer

(25,751 posts)
7. It will not be "well-deserved" unless he is prosecuted for a crime that there is evidence he committed.
Fri May 16, 2025, 05:36 PM
May 2025

He is an ignorant ass, but nobody in this country, and I mean nobody, should be prosecuted for made-up crimes with made-up evidence.

TommyT139

(2,431 posts)
8. Odd to see such support for authoritariansim
Fri May 16, 2025, 05:41 PM
May 2025

I assumed the subject line was a quote from a magazine - alas, no.

Kid Berwyn

(25,100 posts)
9. No.
Fri May 16, 2025, 05:43 PM
May 2025

Trump and his co-conspirators have used their office for personal and political gain.

Lock them up for the traitors they are.

onenote

(46,228 posts)
10. Only if you think the rest of us would be safe from prosecution for things we say.
Fri May 16, 2025, 05:49 PM
May 2025

So, no.

Rachel M at 6 pm

(156 posts)
12. I just ordered two "8647" shirts from Amazon
Fri May 16, 2025, 06:20 PM
May 2025

There were a good variety listed, some using Roman numerals, some including "Foxtrot Delta Tango."

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