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Sympthsical

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11. Politics drive investigations all the time

Thu Aug 12, 2021, 02:02 PM

Aug 2021

They shouldn't, but they do. Look at the DOJ. What they do and do not bother to investigate is often made with prosecutorial discretion. Congress does the same. There was nothing illegal about investigating Clinton's e-mails. It was just an asshole thing to do. All you need is a pretext. "We think something wrong happened here, so we're going to look into it."

Of course, we know it was politically motivated.

Still legal, though.

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Is it extortion? [View all] kentuck Aug 2021 OP

the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats. elleng Aug 2021 #1

Whatever it's called, it's deplorable as is asking an election official to find Hoyt Aug 2021 #2

I doubt that meets the legal definition of extortion left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #3

Sounds like he wanted to swap the promise of a job for a public lie? kentuck Aug 2021 #4

Try googling the definition of extortion n/t left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #5

This is the definition I found: kentuck Aug 2021 #7

Can you detail what you're discussing? Sympthsical Aug 2021 #6

Just discussing the definition of "extortion" in general... kentuck Aug 2021 #8

It wasn't extortion. Political appointments are different things. Sympthsical Aug 2021 #9

Good point. kentuck Aug 2021 #10

Politics drive investigations all the time Sympthsical Aug 2021 #11