05-11-2020, 10:26 AM
(05-11-2020, 09:58 AM)GMDino Wrote: I assume you still listen to APL and LRC...it was fun to listen to Ken White explain this.
Indeed. Ken's take it usually a very good one.
(05-11-2020, 10:02 AM)Benton Wrote: He was under duress because he lied about lying about lying about the thing he lied about when he lied and said he didn't know anyone from Russia.
Seriously, though, the duress argument is insane. If thats the standard being set (you might do more time or we might investigate your co-conspirators) , every plea deal is made under duress.
That's my thing. It's an asinine argument. In addition, he has confirmed he lied and knew it was illegal more than once during this whole process. Even if the FBI was expecting him to lie, which they absolutely were, that's not entrapment, it's not illegal for them to do so, and it is a very common tactic.
I'm not a fan of the tactic, but there is nothing legally wrong with it. My biggest issue in all of this is that all of a sudden we have people complaining about something that happens ALL THE TIME now that it is some partisan loyalist for the person they like and have ignored them doing this for decades to other criminals they don't care about. I have an issue with political influence corrupting the criminal justice system in this way. It's some banana republic level bullshit.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
