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Home Front: Politix
Will anyone behind Russiagate be prosecuted?
2019-09-03
h/t Instapundit
[NewNeo] I have to say right upfront that I doubt it.

It just seems to go that way. The state agencies are reluctant to charge their own bureaucrats, no matter what the violation, and the higher up the person is the less likely that person is to be prosecuted, no matter how shocking and blatant the violation. Lois Lerner and Hillary Clinton, cases in point.

And yes, it seems to be mostly Democrats who skate. The two-tiered system of justice described by Andrew C. McCarthy here is very real.

However, some people feel that Comey and company will ultimately be indicted (for example, see this). I hope they are right, because if it is possible to get away with what they tried to do, then we are far far far down the road to banana republicdom.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#10  SR-71. Well, I feel the same way many days. Some days I think the Left and Deep State just need a can of whup ass put on them to put a stop to all their b.s. Other days my patient side comes through.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-09-03 23:01  

#9  JQC, It is time to get on with it.
Posted by: SR-71   2019-09-03 19:09  

#8  SR-71, that doesn't seem to be working. Let's see what happens in the 2020 voting.

On September 5, 2018, during Day 2 of the Senate confirmation hearing for SCOTUS nominee Judge Kavanaugh, Graham (R-SC) asked Kavanaugh a series of questions that seem to make a case for American citizens being subject to military tribunals. At the time Kavanaugh responded in the affirmative that this was possible.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-09-03 13:01  

#7  How many still think that we will vote our way out of this situation?
Posted by: SR-71   2019-09-03 12:07  

#6  I will only be happy if the halftime show at the SuperBowl is AL Gore announcing gerbil warming is a scam and then using his fifth of Jim Beam rye and single round in a Colt Python to "do the right thing."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-09-03 11:08  

#5  Not unless there is a war. Then expect a massive purge and hangings when they are caught.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-09-03 10:58  

#4  If they push a 'civil' war, expect alot of payback on the front end as well. The left has driven every speck of mercy and compassion out.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-09-03 09:15  

#3  Depends. If the Left provokes the civil war they are running to, I suspect a lot of 'pay back' in the process or at the end. See - post WWII war crimes tribunals.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-09-03 08:09  

#2  Will anyone behind Russiagate be prosecuted, beheaded?

Only Donald Trump or members of his family, if they can get something to stick to them. Communist revolutionaries generally stop at nothing.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-09-03 07:45  

#1  No. Can I have my penny now? At least the Tooth Fairy left a quarter when I was little...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-09-03 06:04  

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