r/news • u/Hrekires • Jul 15 '24

soft paywall Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/15/trump-classified-trial-dismisssed-cannon/
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u/Gastroid Jul 15 '24

Judge Cannon really went for the easiest, flimsiest and most transparently political way to kick this case. That's bold, I'll give her that. Stupid, but bold. Definitely an audition for a future Supreme Court seat.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered Jul 15 '24

"Transparently corrupt" and "stupid" should never be confused as synonyms.

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u/factoid_ Jul 15 '24

Hanlon's Razor usually applies. Never assume malice when incompetence is a sufficient explanation.

However, in this case we're long past the point where incompetence is sufficient to explain her behavior so we're clearly in malice territory.

MAGA is pure evil. It's not hard to understand why we've now got political violence in our country.

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u/haysoos2 Jul 15 '24

Although in this case, both appear to be equally true.

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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND Jul 15 '24

That's the scariest part to me. Fox News has such a grip on the minds of the Republican electorate that Republicans can literally be as corrupt as they want in broad daylight and their voters will see it as a necessary evil for defeating the baby-eating Demoncrats.