• bluGill@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The DOJ should go after all criminals. That someone is a criminal doesn’t mean their opponent isn’t as well. If you allow crimes because “someone is on the other side committed a crime” you just agreed to corruption.

    If the law should exist is an open question we can debate, but that is a somewhat different subject.

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      1 year ago

      Cool, the government could go after the tens of thousands of people per year who commit the same crime. But the government actually prosecutes about 10 people per year for this.

      An almost identical crime was found to be unconstitutional in another appeals circuit. So yeah… This looks to be purely political.

      Now, the tax shit. They actually have a bit of a case there, but that one is unlikely to result in jail time for the president’s son.

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      I would only agree with you if I didn’t think that tons of laws are bullshit. Isn’t literally everyone technically a criminal by now? There needs to be some room for discretion.