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NightWatcher

(39,376 posts) Mon May 15, 2017, 06:28 PM May 2017

IF HE TOLD THE RUSSIANS ANYTHING CLASSIFIED/CODE WORDED, HE GOES TO PRISON!!! Updated [View all]

Last edited Mon May 15, 2017, 07:27 PM - Edit history (1)

Self deleting but I still don't think he properly declassified the info and instead leaked it to a party that should not have had it.

The way he concealed the reveal is where I have my issue.

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IF HE TOLD THE RUSSIANS ANYTHING CLASSIFIED/CODE WORDED, HE GOES TO PRISON!!! Updated [View all] NightWatcher May 2017 OP

What's the IC's next move now? The Blue Flower May 2017 #1

The IC is going to take him out of office one way or another. NightWatcher May 2017 #3

No it isn't Phoenix61 May 2017 #2

In Theory Yes... In Reality? busterbrown May 2017 #4

It wasn't a criminal act, so no prison. Ilsa May 2017 #5

uh huh, sure. NightWatcher May 2017 #6

Unfortunately there will be no prison. "The Prez can classify or declassify anything at any time, napi21 May 2017 #7

Did he formally declassify or secretly share still classified information? NightWatcher May 2017 #9

He doesn't have to formally do anything. Voltaire2 May 2017 #10

Wrong. A President can be sent to prison after removal from office via impeachment. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #13

i I was talking about thus classified information incident when I said no prison. Of course he can napi21 May 2017 #14

It isn't immunity - there is no presidential immunity. Voltaire2 May 2017 #15

Either that, or this is a distraction from his serious problems. L. Coyote May 2017 #8

4 words come to mind: Chipper Chat May 2017 #11

I am wondering Demtexan May 2017 #12