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Originally Posted by Tiny
Well argued. Basically "no one is above the law." If not for my anarcho capitalist tendencies (lol) I'd probably agree with you.
I wouldn't send Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton to jail for violating statutes related to confidential records. But I could see the poetic justice, given the "Lock her Up" chants he encouraged.
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Trump's case is significantly different than HRC's.
1. Out of 150,000 plus emails, only two paragraphs had a sentence marked with a "C" for classified.
2. The other documents that did contain classified information were not marked classified. The burden is on the sender to properly mark classified information. It's not on the recipient to figure out if a document that is not marked classified has classified material. This is what Comey based his ruling on. It was reckless for HRC to not realize she had classified material, but it was not properly marked. So, there was no intent to illegally possess classified material.
3. Even former Atty General Barr has said Trump had no business hording classified material at the MAR A lago.
4. General Petraus got into trouble for giving top secret information to his mistress so she could write a book. He did not have to go to jail.