was thatguy
living in a cage of fear
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Fair enough, sounds like you and I see the facts differently, or even ”alternative facts” for that matter.
If you put all the emotion aside, your two quotes above is exactly what this case boils down to. Is a former President allowed to take classified documents relating to America’s security apparatus, methods and sources, and share them with whomever he chooses for whatever reason he wants to, as the former President has done. If one is convinced he does and there is no argument about it whatsoever, this certainly looks like a hit job. But if one does not see that as the law, such as myself and the government in this case, one can see the indictment as rational and expected.
I do find the human nature interesting in that you do not distinguish classified documents being found and promptly returned (Pence, Biden and others) versus classified documents being intentionally taken, then hidden, moved around to avoid discovery and other acts. If a former President really does have the authority to do as he pleases with high value US intelligence and believes so, why move it around and even have an attorney swear under oath that there are no more documents when Trump had knowledge that there were, an act that met the high bar of the crime-fraud exception to attorney client privilege. That doesn’t sound like negotiating, it sounds like trying to cover up possession. And why do that if one is allowed and has the authority to possess? I don’t get the behavior as being consistent with the belief that one has the authority?
As outlined above I think the circumstances are different between the actions of the former President versus Pence, Biden, HRC and others and it would appear so does the government. But if one sees the circumstances and behavior as identical as you do, then clearly it looks like a hit job to one with those views.
It will be interesting how it plays out but I wouldn’t bet against the government.
I really hope we’re seeing the onset to an aneurysm…but I’ll settle for a major stroke.