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That's what she argued, but I don't think that if Trump officials claim the same, the media narrative and judicial system attitude will be "oh, okay, never mind
by xyzzyz 6y ago
That's what she argued, but I don't think that if Trump officials claim the same, the media narrative and judicial system attitude will be "oh, okay, never mind then".
That politicians on both sides engage in all kinds of wrong doing is certainly not news to me. The interesting part here is rather the difference in what each side gets when they are caught on the exact same thing.
- shadowgovt 6y agoIt's true. When one person has a career of public service and the other has a career of real-estate grift, the court of public opinion weighs their actions differently when concrete evidence is lacking.
- xyzzyz 6y agoOf course, the other half of the "court of public opinion" believes that one person has history of successful business dealing, and the other has a career of government office grift. Alas, that's not the point: the point is that such character evidence is inadmissible in the court of law.