Why Hillary Clinton Will Not be Charged for Lying to Congress -
Even Though She Did
As you’ll see, and quite unfortunately for those wishing to see Clinton prosecuted, the law places a high burden on prosecutors to charge someone with perjury and/or lying to Congress. Additionally, prior history shows that the Department of Justice very rarely prosecutes individuals for lying to Congress. Therefore, even though Clinton probably lied to Congress, it is unlikely that she will be charged for perjury.
But here’s the reality: Prosecutors rarely go after individuals for lying to Congress. A Quinnipiac law review article mentioned earlier found only six people have been successfully convicted of lying to Congress between the 1940s and the mid-2000s.
As the law review article also suggests, prosecutors and some lawmakers have come to accept that witnesses will lie when testifying before Congress. This acceptance leads to a lack of prosecutions, despite what appears to clear violations of the relevant statutes. And we have all recently seen how past reluctance to apply a specific statue can be used as justification for not charging Hillary Clinton with a crime.
Now this is not some sort of partisan political website, and they were not obviously making any comments on anything that would happen in the year 2020. Law and Crime is just a well respected legal website that writes about the law. But it's clear that they felt the people could basically lie to Congress without fearing legal repercussions.
That is until the Mueller probe got under way and the formidable Roger "Al Capone" Stone decided to do it.
Back then, Clinton lied to Congress, Clapper lied to Congress, Hillary aids lied to Congress, everyone lied to Congress. But the same people arguing that Stone should go to jail for close to a decade were arguing back then that lying to Congress was not a real crime. For good reason, it wasn't ever treated as much.
Now everyone acts like lying to Congress is a real felony, not something that was prosecuted on average once every ten years. The fact that Roger Stone (who had nothing to do with the Russian Collusion hoax) has had his entire life pretty much ruined by this, is just part of the manner in which the liberal anti-Trump deep state "swamp" still holding on like a barnacle in the DOJ are behaving.
I have no problem with these prosecutors resigning, and never working again for the DOJ. They should be disbarred for all I care. Because charging a first time non-violent offender for a crime that has been basically ignored, and then calling for 9 years in prison is basically unjustifiable under any explanation.
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Barr Says Trump Tweets Complicate His Job
Attorney General William Barr pushed back hard Thursday against President Trump’s criticism of the Justice Department, telling ABC News, “I’m not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody.”
Barr added that the president’s highly critical tweets aimed at the department “make it impossible for me to do my job.”
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Matthew Miller: “Don’t be fooled by this one, people. Barr is telling the president that his impulsiveness is making it politically harder for him to deliver the results he wants.”
Asha Rangappa: “It definitely makes it harder to 'crime' for the President when the President keeps making it obvious that you are 'criming' for him."
They both agree one thing
Nine years is cruel and usual for the crime Stone committed.
Can't wait for Barr to testify before Congress
I have a strong feeling Nadler will regret what Barr has to say,
As will Obama.
And Obamas as big a piece of shit as the "pastor"
And it is surfacing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnC-2UUm3LM
*** WINNING ***
having the lying POS "pastor" calling himself JAMES'S FUCKING DADDY
he can only wish
ROFLMFAO !!!
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Angeria King
@Angeria7777
Sanders builds double-digit national lead: poll
well the "pastor" has been pushing mini-mike
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Mike Bloomberg Is Hiring So Many Operatives, Local and State Campaigns Are Starving for help
Ryan Grim
February 13 2020, 6:41 a.m.
Jennifer Leeper was on her last night of maternity leave with her second boy when Donald Trump was declared winner of the 2016 presidential election. When she recovered from shock, like millions of women across the nation, she decided she had to stop sitting on the political sidelines. She ran for a seat on the local Board of Education in Fairfield, Connecticut, and won. In 2018, Leeper threw herself into the 2018 midterms, helping a Democratic state Senate campaign.
Last November, a Connecticut state House seat opened up when the Republican incumbent announced her run for a new office. It was the kind of suburban district Democrats had been flipping across the country, and Leeper decided to take a shot at the special election, set for January 14, 2020.
She had the backing of the area’s former congressman and current senator, Chris Murphy, and a team of volunteers out knocking doors. Her campaign manager had just run a successful reelection campaign for the mayor of Bridgeport. He posted on Facebook in mid-November that Leeper’s race had real meaning for him, explaining that his family had lived in the district since 1962. “Nowhere is more ‘home’ to me than my story and this district. It’s personal,” he wrote. “And that’s why I believe in Jennifer Leeper and her vision for this place that we both love so much.”
With just three weeks until the election, however, he was back with a new status update. “I’m taking my talents to Madison, Wisconsin,” he posted on December 26. He had taken a job with billionaire Mike Bloomberg’s newly launched presidential campaign, which was offering lucrative salaries, as a deputy organizing director, it would later emerge.
Without a captain in the final weeks, Leeper’s campaign flagged. On Election Day, Leeper lost to her challenger by just 79 votes, and Republicans held on to the seat.
Bloomberg entered the presidential race in November, and has since spent more than $300 million of his own money in his effort to secure the Democratic nomination. Much of the focus on Bloomberg’s historic spending spree has been on the TV ads he’s running in at least 29 states, helping boost him into the top tier in polls and driving up the price of air time for other candidates. Beyond pushing out his competitors, though, Bloomberg’s spending is having a shockingly disruptive effect on Democratic politics throughout the country: He is hiring armies of staffers and canvassers in nearly every state in the country at eye-popping salaries, poaching talent from other campaigns and progressive organizations that are now struggling to fill jobs. In just three months, the Bloomberg campaign has hired thousands of people to staff more than 125 offices around the country, the New York Times reported Thursday.
https://theintercept.com/2020/02/13/bloomberg-spending-local-state-campaigns/
Thanks mini-mike, and keep starving the dem operatives on the undercards
"*** WINNING ***
having the lying POS "pastor" calling himself JAMES'S FUCKING DADDY"
Jane is prancing.
Houston traitor of a mayor endorses Bloomberg
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner endorsed Michael Bloomberg for president, the Texas Tribune reports.
The traitorous backing of the mayor of the fourth-largest city in America is Bloomberg’s most high-profile Texas endorsement yet. It also means another black elected official is kissing Bloomberg's "stop and frisk" ass.
I'm sure POS "pastor" James Boswell of normal illinois approves, but you can see how perverse he is by going to his website www.TheDeadSeaGospel.com.
BTW, I own him.
Mother Jones reports.
mini-mike
"I have filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to change my status as a voter and register as unaffiliated with any political party. Although my plans for the future haven’t changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead "
Hey fucking POS "pastor" no one in their right mind will ever go to your website
They get enough of your waterboy antics and juvenile behavior here.
All day without relief.
I even know exactly what you are going to believe tomorrow.
Whatever they post over at political_lire
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Breaking news;
Attorney General William Barr was rushed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Thursday afternoon after the remote-control implant in his brain briefly failed, the White House has confirmed.
White House aides first noticed signs of the implant’s malfunction during an interview Barr gave to ABC News, after which the Attorney General was immediately strapped to a gurney and transported to Walter Reed.
A team of surgeons was able to identify the problem with Barr’s implant after an examination revealed a “low-power issue,” a Walter Reed spokesperson said.
After the surgeons replaced the tiny battery in Barr’s implant, the Attorney General appeared to be recovering well and was able to speak to reporters at his bedside.
“Donald Trump is our greatest President,” he said, staring into the middle distance.
KansasDemocrat said...
Mother Jones reports.
mini-mike
"I have filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to change my status as a voter and register as unaffiliated with any political party. Although my plans for the future haven’t changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead "
excellent !!! looks like mini-mike is thinking about an independent run.. That will completely destroy the dems chances.
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Blogger Roger Amick said...
Breaking news;
alky, you're the only person i've ever encountered who thinks andy borowitz is funny.
you should at least give the guy credit for the shit you steal from him and try to pass off as your own.
Here's a story from today that slurpers think is a hoax.......BWAAAAAAAAA
January 2020 was the hottest January on record. Photo courtesy of NOAA/Twitter
January 2020 was the hottest January on record. Photo courtesy of NOAA/Twitter
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Last month was the hottest January in all 141 years of climate records, according to scientists at the National Centers for Environmental Information.
In a Thursday press release, the NOAA said January 2020 also marked the 44th consecutive January and the 421st consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th-century average.
On top of that, the scientists said the four warmest Januaries have occurred since 2016 with the 10 warmest occurring in the last 20 years.
RELATED NOAA: dolphins shot, stabbed off Florida's coast
Globally, land and ocean surface temperatures were at a record 2.05 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, surpassing the previous January record set in 2016 by 0.04 of a degree F.
By hemisphere, the world's northern half established a record January with a 2.70 degrees F above average while the southern half produced its second-warmest January with 1.40 degrees F above average, falling short of its 2016 record.
Meanwhile, Scandinavia, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the central and western Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and Central and South America all experienced record-warm temperatures in January, the NOAA said.
RELATED January 2020 hottest on record, EU climate monitoring system says
The national environment center added that arctic sea ice coverage was also observed to be 5.3 percent below the average of 2018-2010, tying the eighth least amount of ice coverage recorded in the past 42 years
Alky , even your sense of humor if bankrupt.
Dopie sucks Greita's cunt.
"LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The most frequent question from the audience to Democratic presidential candidates at a forum of Latino voters Thursday evening was: How will you counter President Donald Trump’s message on the economy?"
ie sucks Greita'
AND YOU FUCK GOATS!!!!!!!!! GEEZUS ARE YOU STUPID!!!!!
Back then, Clinton lied to Congress,
Back then Lil Schitty.....was she charged or tried for what you claim you dumb fuck???????? Did you ever read the link I posted on who got jail for lying to congress????? How come you ignored those examples in your POS screed????
Dopie, your plan to safe mother Earth?
I do my part by growing my own nuts, veggies, cattle, goats, sheep, turkeys and chickens.
oh and yes hear with renewable wood energy..
Trump Now Admits He Sent Giuliani to Ukraine
“Emboldened after his impeachment acquittal, President Trump now openly admits to sending his attorney Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to find damaging information about his political opponents, even though he strongly denied it during the impeachment inquiry,” CNN reports.
“The reversal came Thursday in a podcast interview Trump did with journalist Geraldo Rivera.”
In other words, Trump now admits he lied? I just can't believe that! That's GOT to be fake news! Must be put out by that lying POS "pastor" and waterboy james boswell normal illinois www.TheDeadSeaGospel.com
I do my part by growing my own nuts,
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! You sure do you fraudulent asshole My plan to save earth, eliminate all assholes like you!!!!!!!!
I am sure glad that the goat fucker hear's with wood!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!
So you do nothing , of course you don't.
Is the fucking idiot "pastor" as dumb as he constantly shows?
Unlike how political_lire and CNN characterize it Giuliani was NOT sent to dig up dirt on a political opponent but to look at election interference and corruption. You see Hillary paid people to interfere in our 2016 election and a whole bunch of corruption was going on.
What a tool the worthless "pastor" is.
And I was right AGAIN !!! political_lire tells the puppet "pastor" how to think. Every fucking day.
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Emboldened after his impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump now openly admits to sending his attorney Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to find damaging information about his political opponents, even though he strongly denied it during the impeachment inquiry.
The reversal came Thursday in a podcast interview Trump did with journalist Geraldo Rivera, who asked, "Was it strange to send Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine, your personal lawyer? Are you sorry you did that?" Trump responded, "No, not at all," and praised Giuliani's role as a "crime fighter."
"Here's my choice: I deal with the Comeys of the world, or I deal with Rudy," Trump said, referring to former FBI Director James Comey. Trump explained that he has "a very bad taste" of the US intelligence community, because of the Russia investigation, so he turned to Giuliani.
"So when you tell me, why did I use Rudy, and one of the things about Rudy, number one, he was the best prosecutor, you know, one of the best prosecutors, and the best mayor," Trump said. "But also, other presidents had them. FDR had a lawyer who was practically, you know, was totally involved with government. Eisenhower had a lawyer. They all had lawyers."
Trump had previously denied that he sent Giuliani to Ukraine. Asked in November if he directed Giuliani to "do anything" in Ukraine, Trump said, "No, I didn't direct him," but went on to call Giuliani a "great corruption fighter."
Giuliani says he's exposing legitimate corruption in Ukraine, even though his claims about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden have been widely debunked.
In the new interview, Trump defended the decision to "use" Giuliani, even though US diplomats previously testified that Giuliani had undermined long-standing US policy toward Ukraine.
Giuliani was a central player in the scandal that got Trump impeached, though the President was acquitted by the Senate last week. Multiple witnesses described how Giuliani met with former Ukrainian officials in search of dirt against Joe and Hunter Biden. Other key players described how Giuliani and his allies pressured Ukraine to announce investigations into the Bidens.
My goodness! Now I am so confused. Did that POS pastor post that last? It's not from political lire, and why would Trump have admitted what he admitted? Or did he? Or didn't he?
If he did admit it, is it just because he has become so arrogant that he thinks he can do anything? If that is true, then are those people right who think he must be deposed? I'm beginning to think less kindly of him for admitting that he lied like that. I thought he would stick to what he said earlier. Oh my! I'm beginning to wonder what I should think.
This is making it awfully hard for me to ROFLMFAO!!!
The fucking POS "pastor" is now relying on FAKE NEWS CNN or some other "source" he is too scared to attribute.
WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT HE IS. And Trump never said he sent Giuliani to dig up dirt on a political opponent. Something Hillary by the way actually paid Ukrainians to do
That is someone's "interpretation" and spin.
And only a FUCKING IDIOT would buy that.
like the "pastor"
And no the Bidens corruption has not been debunked.
ROFLMFAO !!!
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No, not just debunked.
WIDELY debunked.
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