EricHiggin said:
-This one is questionable and nobody really cares. Where's the outrage and Biden case? It's ok to take confidential doc's just as long as you don't get caught, and if you do, then as long as you give them back without a fuss then no harm done? Will Biden ever get charged later on? Trump case was thrown out wasn't it? |
A major point in US criminal law is intention.
Evidence of intent makes a huge difference, depending on the crime.
We have different levels of murder, depending on whether it was accidental, or whether it was something that was intentionally planned out. Many states even have differentiation between a "first degree murder", where it's planned, and "second degree murder", where it's heat of the moment.
Many crimes require intent. Accidentally starting a fire because you thought your cigarette was out, is treated differently from intentionally starting a fire to destroy a building.
"Making a fuss", lying about it, is a massive sign of intent. These differences you're trying to handwave away, are literally what US criminal law is built on.
It was thrown out on questionable grounds.
EricHiggin said:
-This one doesn't count I believe. Trump was charged with something as to the Capitol Hill event that went through the legal system? This was dealt with by the politicians through Government was it not? Unless I'm missing something, they didn't charge Trump with anything legally. |
No, he was charged.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656604/united-states-v-trump/
And no, that's not how it works. Politicians making a move to impeach someone doesn't override criminal law.
EricHiggin said:
-This one is borderline but since President's have certain immunity it likely won't matter. That's not only a Trump thing at that point it's a Presidential thing. How many Presidents have done something while in office potentially worth being charged over? We all know why they never get charged later on. |
Presidents should not have immunity. They didn't have immunity when these events happened.
Every president who has done something criminal in office should be charged for it.
But also, where's the evidence that *other* presidents have done something like that? Just throwing out a hypothetical that other presidents could have done something else that could be charged for, isn't a defense.
EricHiggin said:
-This one is questionable and nobody really cares. People, especially rich elites, pay other people off to shut their mouths all the time, and nobody, even the elites, seem to care unless they can use it to their advantage at some point. It's also a sex related thing and Bill Clinton already normalized that kind of behavior. One candidate may have used money to hide something potentially damaging, while another may have used the intelligence agencies to hide something potentially damaging. |
Plenty of people do care.
Clinton did not pay someone off. There are a lot more regulations about how money is used.