• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    it’s not hush money. there’s literally nothing illegal about paying to kill a story. this case was about election interference, and the media’s inability to report that is such a key tell.

    trump didn’t pay to hush people up, he paid so they wouldn’t wreck his campaign. that’s where the crimes come from. that and tax evasion.

    Now, all that said: I spent nearly a decade in the army. The way he handled sensitive and secret info during his term, and then taking it home after - this shit cannot stand. How can we expect an 18 year old to take their responsibilities seriously while letting this shit slide?

    it’s fucking bonkers. if anyone else tried this they’d be waiting for their trial in federal prison, they’d never see the light of day etc.

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        She got lucky because the Secretary of State was specifically carved out of the data management rules. That loophole has since been closed.

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          Well considering she worked at the State Dept. I’m sure there were some exceptions proffered.

          My argument is the email server was in line with government TS SOP and not, yah know a bathroom at a golf resort.

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            It wasn’t standard operating procedure, she rejected all the stuff the it staff wanted to set up for her. If it had been any other employee of the state department at the time it would have been criminal, and it would be illegal for the SoS today. She also obstructed the investigation.

            And it cost her, and the country. It’s probably right she didn’t face charges, but it was still a serious and irresponsible fuckup.

            There are levels to these things, and the mar-a-lago shit is obviously exponentially worse.

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          Or hunters nudes!

          His big, rippling nudes, that we are just obsessed with, and keep posting, and making big posters of to hold in congress, and mounted above our beds for those long, cold, lonely nights…

          /s