For a while now we’ve heard about how many people have been convicted of crimes with connections to the Trump administration. So, while I agree that those who commit crimes should be prosecuted, it appears that there may be more to the story.
1. We’ve heard that the underlying “evidence” that led to a FISA warrant wasn’t as accurate and truthful as most people would prefer before issuing a warrant to surveil someone. The applicable legal doctrine is “Fruit of a poison tree”.
2. We’re hearing that a juror on the Stone jury was explicitly biased, and potentially lied about it on the jury questionnaire. Obviously if they lied and hid the bias, that’s on them. If they were honest and acknowledged the bias, then the judge failed miserably.
In any case, it would be a shame if monomaniacal zeal to damage Trump, results in people who might have actually committed crimes going free. It would also be a shame if the legal process was perverted in an attempt to bring about political harm.
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And that's not to mention convictions for "process crimes". But for the Trump-haters, they count every bit as much as murder in the tally if alleged administration corruption. There's not a straw so thin and tenuous they grasp.
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