Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon

[tsubaki]

DOJ prosecutor Jack Smith is one of the only lawyers in America to achieve this EMBARRASSING status…​

We often picture our corrupt government elites as cunning masterminds capable of accomplishing anything and executing elaborate schemes. But the reality is quite different. They’re sometimes a bunch of clumsy fools stumbling around in the dark, driven by irrational emotions, and constantly making one mistake after another.

Mr. Smith, whom the left loves to praise as this amazing legal genius, is far from it. The reality is that Mr. Smith is a clumsy overreacher, and he holds the rather embarrassing distinction of being one of the few lawyers in America to have his conviction unanimously overturned by the entire Supreme Court. Yes, every single justice agreed.



Back in 2014, he went after Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and managed to convict him on corruption charges. However, two years later, the whole Supreme Court threw out the conviction, leaving poor Mr. Smith with egg all over his face.

McDonnell was, at the time, considered a major threat to Democrats and a top contender for the presidency. So it’s no wonder Obama unleashed Jack Smith on him.

You know it’s bad when even RBG thought he was off his rocker. Mr. Smith’s conviction was so seriously flawed, that it created an opportunity for numerous other people to pursue justice. This further proves that our elites are not highly-skilled warriors for justice. They are partisan hacks, twisting our laws and policies into pretzels so they can punish their political enemies and gain more power.

For those who would like to know more, that case was about McDonnell getting $135,000 worth of "gifts" from the CEO a pharmaceutical company - in exchange for setting up meetings, hosting parties and calling state officials in order to discuss the pharmaceutical firm's business. He was convicted of wire fraud and taking bribes under official right (ie: he got the gifts because of his role and used his role to get gifts).

The SC threw out the conviction because they held that organizing meetings, having parties and involving state officials wasn't something he did as part of his official role. There was no dispute that he obtained the gifts (indeed he paid most of it back), nor that he had done what he had after getting the gifts - just that getting the gifts in order to do the things he did wasn't corruption because he didn't do it as governor.

As SC decisions go, it is one of the more absurd ones.

 

[Rita_Poon]

bin! at jt

 

[Prevenger17]

It's falling apart...and you all fell for it.

Very mainstream source for a betweeny line reader like you Johnny, but I am going to say this is absolutely HUMONGOUS if true

 

[verreauxi]

Well it's Newsmax so arsed if I'm watching MSM like that, but I can only assume it's absolutely HUGE if true

You know that channel is very well-done satire when the guy starts proudly beaming and boasting that he read all 49 double-spaced pages (some of which were photos), claiming that others just skimmed it. BUT HE READ IT. HE JUST GOT DOWN TO BRASS TACKS AND READ ALL 49 double-spaced, wide margin pages. Huge effort.

 

[LostLegend]

Very mainstream source for a betweeny line reader like you Johnny, but I am going to say this is absolutely HUMONGOUS if true

Faux News whilst lambasting others for believing the 'MSM'

100% just a WUM now, I forsee a summoning to the NEW arena in the future for this bozo.

 

[Moomin]

It's falling apart...and you all fell for it.

Rupert Murdoch owns Fox, he is part of the Elite surely.

So it all lies.

 

[Prevenger17]

I forsee a summoning to the NEW arena in the future for this bozo.

I reckon JT can handle himself. He's got that profound cluelessness that's hard to penetrate, like a tortoise's shell.

Even when he's been made to look like an utter tit he's absolutely schooling noobz in his own mind, hard to beat a nutcase like that

 

[Moomin]

I reckon JT can handle himself. He's got that profound cluelessness that's hard to penetrate, like a tortoise's shell.

Even when he's been made to look like an utter tit he's absolutely schooling noobz in his own mind, hard to beat a nutcase like that

He makes Joey Essex seem like a Professor.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Martin Alvito]

For those who would like to know more, that case was about McDonnell getting $135,000 worth of "gifts" from the CEO a pharmaceutical company - in exchange for setting up meetings, hosting parties and calling state officials in order to discuss the pharmaceutical firm's business. He was convicted of wire fraud and taking bribes under official right (ie: he got the gifts because of his role and used his role to get gifts).

The SC threw out the conviction because they held that organizing meetings, having parties and involving state officials wasn't something he did as part of his official role. There was no dispute that he obtained the gifts (indeed he paid most of it back), nor that he had done what he had after getting the gifts - just that getting the gifts in order to do the things he did wasn't corruption because he didn't do it as governor.

As SC decisions go, it is one of the more absurd ones.

I think their hand was forced by their situation with travel, speaking fees and other forms of compensation independent of judicial tenure.

Traditionally, the dividing line for an officeholder runs the other direction. They can accept campaign contributions, but they have to be spent on campaigning. The officeholder's personal pocket cannot be lined.

The flow of funding differently in this state. An average state legislator takes $500,000 in contributions per cycle. They barely spend any on campaigning or constituent outreach, because they're allowed to spend it on meals and, crucially, entertainment if they're on 'official business'.

In other words, they can just spend the money on something the politician and donor were all buying anyway. It's essentially a legal form of money laundering for the purposes of tax avoidance. You Venmo me money for our personal party and write it off as a business expense, I spend the money on the party and kick back your preferred policy outcomes in return for the networking opportunities associated with being the party host and controlling a portion of the invite list.

 

[Johnnytotal]

Nothing is sinking in.

Stop oil freaks everywhere!

 

[Rita_Poon]

Prick!

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[jaspercabbage]

I reckon JT can handle himself. He's got that profound cluelessness that's hard to penetrate, like a tortoise's shell.

Even when he's been made to look like an utter tit he's absolutely schooling noobz in his own mind, hard to beat a nutcase like that

Those Russians are all nutcases.

 

[Toffee_Loaf]

It's falling apart...and you all fell for it.

It's going to get tasty...