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29. While most of us learned very early on the old saw that "ignorance of the law is not an excuse",

Sat Apr 20, 2019, 10:26 AM

Apr 2019

this mob family was raised differently. With the aid of shyster lawyers, tRump taught his kids that stupidity is and can be an excuse. And that's how they roll. Stupid is a safe play as demonstrated by dad for decades.

WTF is wrong with this picture?! .....

Mueller punted (actually, he undermined any legal argument that ignorance is not an excuse in his report's analysis of this crime by saying they could not prove Jr's intent or the value of what he expected to receive beyond reasonable doubt -- pretty weak imo) and Barr the fixer is making sure a jury never gets to make the decision whether "ignorance" is in fact a reasonable and acceptable "excuse" for stupid behavior -- like lying to Congress about the meeting and dad making up a story about the purpose of the meeting -- in this particular case.

WTF America?!

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What Mueller Said About Don Junior Is Embarrassing [View all] babylonsister Apr 2019 OP

Bless his soul! samnsara Apr 2019 #1

In the south, we say, Bless his heart. Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #2

Molly Ivins was a master of putdowns like that. Lonestarblue Apr 2019 #13

You mentioned two national treasures gone too soon. Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #14

Juanita Jean True Blue American Apr 2019 #33

We miss her voice. She would have had a great time skewering this hapless traitors. Pepsidog Apr 2019 #32

Bless his pointy little head struggle4progress Apr 2019 #48

Disappointed with Mueller here infinite_wisdom Apr 2019 #3

++++++++++++++++++++++++!!! 2naSalit Apr 2019 #4

+1000 uponit7771 Apr 2019 #5

Spot On DeeDeeNY Apr 2019 #6

+1 Kurt V. Apr 2019 #9

You are correct but... Takket Apr 2019 #10

Correct - except when the mens rea the crime requires knowledge of the illegality Ms. Toad Apr 2019 #12

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2019 #18

Don Jr. lying about and trying to cover up the meeting showed he knew it was illegal. SunSeeker Apr 2019 #23

I was responding to an incorrect legal interpretation Ms. Toad Apr 2019 #45

I couldn't agree more. Don Jr. knew what he did was illegal. That's why he lied about it. SunSeeker Apr 2019 #21

Damn straight!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #28

But a corrupt criminal intent is one of the elements that must be proven pnwmom Apr 2019 #44

I like your Bill 'Low' Barr label. empedocles Apr 2019 #7

I'd go one more: Bill Lowest Barr. Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #15

Bill Barrf! True Blue American Apr 2019 #34

I don't get how it's not illegal. Yes he is dumb, but he knew WTF he was doing. The bigger issue UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #8

Let's face it CDerekGo Apr 2019 #16

It made me think the article from last week, pre report that suggested exactly that. I think it may dewsgirl Apr 2019 #11

Basically the only thing Mueller mercuryblues Apr 2019 #17

Ignorance Of The Law Is No Excuse DallasNE Apr 2019 #19

Politics is forever frustrated by the fact that there are two sets of rules for the two parties. rainin Apr 2019 #20

I don't accept this reasoning, campaign veteran Manafort and Kushner are lawyers wishstar Apr 2019 #22

Exactly. If Mueller had questions about Don Jr.'s mens rea, why didn't he interview him? SunSeeker Apr 2019 #24

Either That DallasNE Apr 2019 #35

I got a different impression. Mrs. Ted Nancy Apr 2019 #25

When I Heard That DallasNE Apr 2019 #38

Did I miss something? OneBro Apr 2019 #26

Prosecutors need to have enough evidence to prove a crime lunatica Apr 2019 #39

Apparently we disagree. OneBro Apr 2019 #47

the trumpian efforts to get 'dirt' on hillary and the clinton foundation were predicated on STUPID certainot Apr 2019 #27

While most of us learned very early on the old saw that "ignorance of the law is not an excuse", KPN Apr 2019 #29

At Wikileaks behest, he also tweeted a link to search through the stolen emails. cureautismnow Apr 2019 #30

Come on, he's dumb as a brick, but he's not that dumb. smirkymonkey Apr 2019 #31

In my perfect world, Junior will step up and tell us he knew exactly what he was doing Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #36

#TooStupidToIndict 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 A great hastag if you need a laugh. sarcasmo Apr 2019 #37

It's not funny to African Americans who are never given this benefit of the doubt. SunSeeker Apr 2019 #42

I'm on that part in the Mueller report right now. Neoma Apr 2019 #40

The thing that pisses me off about this is . . . peggysue2 Apr 2019 #41

Exactly. They had a great segment on AMJoy about that this morning. nt SunSeeker Apr 2019 #43

I missed it, SunSeeker. peggysue2 Apr 2019 #46