Special Counsel Jack Smith Drops Charges in Trump Election Case, Classified Documents Appeal

I'd put money down on this - This will never resurface. The purpose of the indictment was to prevent Trump from becoming President, it failed. That is not just good for Trump, but for this country. Not because Trump became President, but because it failed as a political tactic and should make people think twice trying it again. Regardless of party affiliation.

In theory no one is above the law.
Rich

SFC Casey O'Mally - That "implication" was generated and spread by the right. It is not the case.
He violated the law!

Pretty much every adult violates the law pretty much every day. Have you ever exceeded the speed limit? Failed to come to a COMPLETE stop at a stop sign?

You violated the law!

There were a few times that I screwed up with classified. I caught my screw up and recovered before anyone noticed or anything bad happened. (Details omitted to avoid incriminating myself.) I violated the law. I was not prosecuted. Technically these were felony level violations. I have screwed up ammunition accountability paperwork. Again, technically felony level violations. And those WERE caught. You know what happened? I was retrained, we re-did the paperwork, and re-filed it CORRECTLY this time. I was not prosecuted. Not even UCMJ.

When I was young, dumb and broke, I drove without insurance on a regular basis. I DO NOT ADVOCATE THIS. I violated the law. Knowingly and willingly. Intentionally. Never prosecuted.


If that is your standard - all violations of the law MUST be prosecuted, I expect to see you turning yourself in to your local constabulary with a detailed confession of every law you have ever broken, and DEMAND to be prosecuted for every single one.

But I will hazard a guess that this is not really your standard or your belief.


It is a widely accepted and understood truism in the American justice system that discretion is involved at every step of the way. Street cop, police chief, prosecutor, judge, jury. Not every violation of the law can or should be prosecuted.


With the documents case, there was a CLEAR case of prosecutorial prejudice. There was a precedent with Clinton, wherein the DOJ investigated, found CLEAR evidence of multiple felonies, but still chose not to prosecute. while the whole Trump document fiasco was going on, both Pence and Biden were revealed to also have illegally retained classified documents. No prosecution. Trump was the only one prosecuted - and also the only one with even a remotely viable (although, completely ridiculous, IMHO) defense that, as the President, he could declassify those documents, and thus he was not retaining classified. That is a clear prejudice.

Regarding the Jan 6 charges, that was ENTIRELY a fishing expedition. It was VERY MUCH a case of "Show me the person and I'll find you the crime." After SCOTUS ruled on immunity, Smith had to go back and rework everything, because almost everything he had charged was not even a crime. So he had to retool everything to MAKE IT a crime.

He broke the law by what.... Using his freedom of speech? Failing to act quickly enough once the rallygoers turned into a mob? Playing dirty politics?


I am on record, and I will say it here again. I think Trump is a horrible person. I think he should never have been President once, let alone twice. I have never voted for him and I never will. Not even for dogcatcher. I am about the farthest thing from a Trump supporter as you can get WITHOUT having TDS.

But I can still see that this was a very clear case of lawfare. It was a very clear case of trying to keep Trump out of office. That is all it ever was.


I will also note that I am on record, and I will say it here again. I believe Trump SHOULD HAVE been prosecuted for the documents case. But I also believe that, at a minimum, Biden should face the same prosecution once he is out of office. Biden's violation was, IMHO, FAR WORSE than Trump's. Just because Biden wasn't a complete asshole when he was caught doesn't mean his crime was less egregious.

OMG! Trump violated the law?! How, when, why, who was harmed? All fantasies!

MAJ Montgomery Granger - We here on RP have discussed those violations over and over again. No need to continue. Have a nice day.