The Mueller Report thread

[Bengalzona]

(05-08-2020, 11:09 PM)Benton Wrote: Eh, I still don't understand that line of thinking.

Duress of what? Jail? Nearly every plea deal would then be made under duress.

He cut a deal,admitting to a crime. Their verbage may change a bit, but in every court I've been in, a defendant is asked about a plea whenever it's entered, and it includes some language about not entering it under duress. So the guy, at some point, stood up in court, said he wasn't under duress.

This is a pretty solid example of why there should be even more separation of powers. Here's a guy who did illegal actions for the executive branch, got caught, and now gets off with a crime because of it. It's not like he killed anyone, but it's still people accepting illegal acts because of partisanship.

Exactly. If he had an ounce of shame, he would commit hari-kari with that kind of snowflake defense:

"So, what kind of duress were you under?"

"(sniff, sniff) They kept me in a room and asked me questions? (sniff, sniff)"

"And what else? Did they waterboard you? Did they flay you? Did they electrocute your genitalia?"

"(sniff) No! They just asked me questions!!! And I didn't know if I should get a lawyer or anything!!! I just don't know anything about all this!!! They were really mean!"

"Those bastard!!! How insidious!!!"