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Silent3

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13. Yes, this pisses me off to no end.

Sat Jun 4, 2022, 03:24 PM

Jun 2022

It's not that I think motive and intent shouldn't matter. Those factors should always figure into our judicial system, for everyone equally.

In all but the most extreme circumstance (like a person breaking a law because they saw it as the only way to save someone's life, for example), motive and intent should be used to determine the degree punishment that is appropriate -- how big a fine, how long a jail sentence.

Very seldom should motive and intent have any bearing on whether or not you're considered guilty at all.

But the powerful and the privileged have certainly rigged things well so that you practically have to be a fucking mind reader to get win a verdict against them for all kinds of shit they should be thrown behind bars for.

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Barb McQuade explains why DoJ may have let Meadows & Scavino skate [View all] CousinIT Jun 2022 OP

Only the fringe will be prosecuted. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #1

Sad but true moniss Jun 2022 #20

I am hoping they passed on the contempt charges because there are felony charges in the wings. Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #2

I know McQuade is a former US Attorney, but experts at DU say contempt is a simple open & shut case Fiendish Thingy Jun 2022 #3

I agree. Look to the long run. badhair77 Jun 2022 #7

Those points don't actually disprove contempt being an open-and-shut case Silent3 Jun 2022 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #23

Also, it may have been done to encourage others to talk... kentuck Jun 2022 #4

Well worth the read for everybody who has an opinion on what Garland is doing. Bev54 Jun 2022 #5

Willfullness, Intention Blah Blah Blah Me. Jun 2022 #6

Go ahead and post an example of a federal contempt prosecution/conviction that subverted due process Fiendish Thingy Jun 2022 #11

Yes, this pisses me off to no end. Silent3 Jun 2022 #13

Instead of speculating why don't we let the DOJ explain the reasoning. Like the J6 committee... Hugin Jun 2022 #8

THis Takket Jun 2022 #9

Not true. The J6 committee has no access or entitlement to Info on DOJ investigations. Fiendish Thingy Jun 2022 #12

Congress does have the power of oversight on the executive branch. Hugin Jun 2022 #21

DOJ does not have to share information about ongoing investigations Fiendish Thingy Jun 2022 #29

yeah but the Jan 6 committee is taking the lead on this investigation. Takket Jun 2022 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #28

Did some of you naysayers even READ what McQuade said? Novara Jun 2022 #10

+1 chowder66 Jun 2022 #24

I hope she's right in that 12th tweet. highplainsdem Jun 2022 #15

Peter proceeded pleasingly to me. czarjak Jun 2022 #16

Re: #1, Quote: Trailrider1951 Jun 2022 #17

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Thank you, CousinIT! We're in a canceled subscription phase, Hortensis Jun 2022 #19

I remember moniss Jun 2022 #22

All reports have Meadows at the intersection of insurrection attempts. kairos12 Jun 2022 #26

Garland Mueller jcgoldie Jun 2022 #27