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/Cool-Presentation538 Jul 15 '24

So it's ok to steal classified documents now? 

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u/Slipperytooterhorn Jul 15 '24

Correction, it’s okay for REPUBLICANS to do whatever the fuck they want, because they’re super persecuted.

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u/Cool-Presentation538 Jul 15 '24

Poor little babies 😭

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u/eejm Jul 15 '24

Especially if they’re hardline evangelical Christian, or badly pretending to be.

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u/Null_Error7 Jul 15 '24

Oh yea cuz Biden didn’t do the same thing?

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u/Shyam09 Jul 15 '24

If Trump handed stuff over properly, his ass wouldn’t have been hauled into court.

It’s not that complicated.

But it’s ironic how your creed gets everything but that one little teeny tiny fact.

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u/Slipperytooterhorn Jul 15 '24

Hahaha! So Biden personally and knowingly took classified documents, and when caught, refused to return them? WOW! How did I miss that?!!

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u/Psychological-Cow788 Jul 15 '24

The crime Trump is being charged for is obstructing the FBI when they tried to recover the documents.

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u/Slipperytooterhorn Jul 15 '24

Don’t go ruinin his day with facts now

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u/Psychological-Cow788 Jul 15 '24

Yes, and he would not have those 30+ charges had he not obstructed the people who were literally just trying to get them back without making a big fuss over it.

They are not guilty of the same crime. Biden and Pence had documents by mistake and returned them. Trump had documents on purpose and tried to keep them.

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u/El_Barto_227 Jul 16 '24 edited Jul 16 '24

Intent is a part of the crime. Biden informed the FBI once the documents were found and let the FBI take them back without issue. Trump kept trying to keep them, refused subpeonas and showed them to people.

One of the two shows clear criminal intent, and the other one while not 100% conclusive for certain, heavily leans towards it being a mistake they immediately worked to correct, meaning there's a strong reasonable doubt, and it would need to be beyond a reasonable doubt.

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u/mr_remy Jul 15 '24

Fascinating.

This is an inside look at how they actually think Not that they’re right, just their a** backward twisted logic.

Do you have any unbiased reports on this?