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DemocratSinceBirth

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6. Reminds me of the Gotti trials

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 11:05 AM

Jun 2017

Reminds me of the Gotti trial where his lawyers argued that when he was telling his soldiers he wanted someone "wacked" or taken "care of" it didn't mean he wanted them killed.

And that clown Risch is a prosecutor.

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Risch: Because Trump said "I HOPE" re: Flynn, do you know of anyone charged for saying I HOPE? [View all] Miles Archer Jun 2017 OP

Risch needs to study linguistic pragmatics. flor-de-jasmim Jun 2017 #1

THIS! TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #5

'Nice job you got there. C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #2

Yep NewJeffCT Jun 2017 #4

Much less than "I hope" , Nixon went down for "uh huh" Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #3

exactly! samnsara Jun 2017 #7

Reminds me of the Gotti trials DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #6

Has he ever heard of someone being fired because they did not do what someone hoped they would do? MedusaX Jun 2017 #8