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In reply to the discussion: Dem Rep - Nunes acting 'Agressive", 'Unusual' [View all]calimary
(91,042 posts)34. The low-hanging fruit is often what gets the prison sentence.
Or maybe, to head that off, a plea deal - cough up the dirt and you get immunity from prosecution.
But in his case, he may have figured that he might be able to walk away from going to jail by cooperating with investigators, but when he's out among 'em and unprotected, he knows what can happen to him. Like that "special" spiked tea, perhaps? He may just assume prison would keep him safe, but you never know about that, either.
I would bet, though, that he IS weighing his options at this point. And I think the swagger we've seen lately is an attempt at a bluff to throw critics off his case. Talk tough enough, or sound sure enough, and maybe they'll just drop it?
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Like someone being threatened or blackmailed? I'm sure Trump & Co. didn't put him up to any of this.
JTFrog
Mar 2017
#1
It sounds like he has something to hide and was trying to get somewhat forceful about it. Maybe he
caroldansen
Mar 2017
#2
He's been so weird that I wonder whether he's really afraid of something.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2017
#5
He is connected to oligarchs who dont fuck around. We know this for a FACT, it is on the record
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2017
#27
This is exactly what's going on. Watch his hastily arranged press conferences again. He's TERRIFIED.
Tatiana
Mar 2017
#55
Behavior one would expect from someone who has been compromised and is being coerced. nt
Cognitive_Resonance
Mar 2017
#7
Someone needs to fund a giant billboard on a much traveled road is in his district
kimbutgar
Mar 2017
#24