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Analogies are imperfect, but I think a little more detail would make it the analogy fair. Let me restate your example of running over someone: Let's say you a
by FPGAhacker 4y ago
Analogies are imperfect, but I think a little more detail would make it the analogy fair.
Let me restate your example of running over someone:
Let's say you and I both run over someone. I did it last year, and you did it 6 years ago. You say nothing for 6 years, I say nothing for 1 year. I get caught, and provide no cooperation whatsoever. You watch me get caught and excoriated in the press and decide you need to fess up and cooperate. 6 years after the fact.
- Sai_ 4y agoMinor correction requested - "I ran over someone six years ago NOT knowing I had run over someone. Then I saw you getting beat up by the law so I checked my dash cam footage and realized that, oh sh!t, that lawman could come for me next so I turned myself in." That's a truer representation of what actually happened.
- bayesian_horse 4y agoTrump actively engaged in attempts to deceive authorities and the courts with regards to very current and highly secret documents. The Biden team discovered some very old files nobody ever knew were missing and turned them over immediately.
- mrguyorama 4y agoAnother point: The reality is that what Biden did, find some old documents and give them back, happens all the time and we need to build better systems to prevent that from happening. In the relevant law, intent is important and Biden apparently convinced the relevant people that he did not intend to keep these documents. Trump meanwhile, clearly intended to take these documents, clearly lied to the feds about having these documents, gave some of them back when the feds said they knew he had them, lied about having more, and other stonewalling tactics. The feds TRIED to keep this hush hush for like a full year. If Trump would have given everything back at the first question, we might never have even heard of it.