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EPR-radar
09/25/2025
08:21 PM
#52
thronedfire2 posted...
wasn't he one of Trump's "only the best people" from the first administration?
Comey was just that, until he wasn't corrupt enough for Trump.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984
EPR-radar
09/25/2025
08:23 PM
#53
ImAMarvel posted...
What a complete joke we had 4 years and Garland just sat around and did nothing. They kept Aileen Cannon on the documents case too even though there was a clear conflict of interest.
As I recall, there wasn't even a motion to try to get that case before a different judge.

One is left with the question of what would have been different if the plan of record had been to deliberately allow all the Federal cases against Trump to go tits up.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984
LightSnake
09/25/2025
08:25 PM
#54
EPR-radar posted...
As I recall, there wasn't even a motion to try to get that case before a different judge.

One is left with the question of what would have been different if the plan of record had been to deliberately allow all the Federal cases against Trump to go tits up.

You can't make a motion to DQ a judge because they're making rulings you dislike.
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EPR-radar
09/25/2025
08:28 PM
#55
LightSnake posted...
You can't make a motion to DQ a judge because they're making rulings you dislike.
Please. The case for Cannon's bias was overwhelming even before she dismissed the case. After she dismissed the case, it was rock solid.

And even if the case agains the biased judge was doomed to fail because the system stupidly assumes all judges are incapable of being corrupt in this way, the attempt still needed to be made.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984
EPR-radar
09/25/2025
08:29 PM
#56
FFS, the documents case as a whole was a slam dunk against Trump, and it got pissed away without any real fight by the prosecutors whose job is literally to do that fight.
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LightSnake
09/25/2025
08:29 PM
#57
EPR-radar posted...
Please. The case for Cannon's bias was overwhelming even before she dismissed the case. After she dismissed the case, it was rock solid.

And even if the case agains the biased judge was doomed to fail because the system stupidly assumes all judges are incapable of being corrupt in this way, the attempt still needed to be made.

You can't make that motion for dismissing a case, either. There are remedies for that you can take. A motion to recuse is not one of them.

Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."- RIP, Leonard Cohen
EPR-radar
09/25/2025
08:30 PM
#58
LightSnake posted...
You can't make that motion for dismissing a case, either. There are remedies for that you can take. A motion to recuse is not one of them.
Were any remedies even attempted for that obviously corrupt dismissal of the case?
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984
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EPR-radar
09/25/2025
08:35 PM
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shockthemonkey posted...
There was a lot of chatter about how they were setting up enough evidence to change judges but they only get one chance at it so they didnt want to pull the trigger too quickly. But the DOJ were never acting like a second Trump term was an actual possibility.
All that chatter was completely meaningless. What did these prosecutors actually do about that corrupt hack Cannon fucking up the documents case (by far the easiest case against Trump).
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984
LightSnake
09/25/2025
08:37 PM
#61
EPR-radar posted...
Were any remedies even attempted for that obviously corrupt dismissal of the case?

They appealed it on August 26, 2024.

Look, as an attorney? I'm saying that sometimes there are reasons lawyers in the DOJ, or working for people sometimes do or don't do something. I am dealing with a case as we speak where someone pulled some HORRIBLY shady shit tht is probably going to end very, very badly. My legal remedies for this are very minimal atm and I have to suck it up.

A judge can be blatantly biased one way and still do things in such a manner that limits your options. If Cannon was making comments on the bench how much she loved Trump, you'd have a basis. As it is, her rulings may be based in bad faith bullshit, but there are damn good reasons the law mostly prohibits recusing a judge just because you dislike their rulings. If you don't like how they rule and think it's against the law, your remedy is "appeal it."

"They;re OBVIOUSLY corrupt!" Okay. Prove it. I'm in front of judges who are very obviously biased at times. I can't just file a motion saying, in a nutshell, "this is devastating to my case" because those judges don't say anything to establish bias and it'd be my license on the line if i filed something going "I just know!"
Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."- RIP, Leonard Cohen
Sir_Will
09/25/2025
08:37 PM
#62
A_Good_Boy posted...
Someone at random? No
Comey in particular? Yeah, fuck him.
It won't stop at him.

I hate Comey for what he did, but this is a very dark path. And not even he should have this done to him.
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havean776
09/25/2025
08:38 PM
#63
I don't support this.

But I do laugh at it.
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Sonixs
09/25/2025
08:38 PM
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Ahem. Don't mind me while I post this random news article from m2016.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/james-comey-clinton-emails/505790/
UltimateWing
09/25/2025
08:40 PM
#66
Comeys son-in-law, Troy A. Edwards Jr., has resigned from the US Attorneys Office.

https://bsky.app/profile/adamparkhomenko.bsky.social/post/3lzp73fmmdk2y
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EPR-radar
09/25/2025
08:42 PM
#67
LightSnake posted...
They appealed it on August 26, 2024.

Thanks. I suppose the election result mooted the appeal, based on the stupid idea that a sitting president is above the law.

And thanks for the other points as well -- sure judges shouldn't be getting booted from cases frivolously.

However, I do think there's a basic structural problem with how due process applies in practice in the US legal system, where the worst defendants in the world get off easy if they are rich/connected enough while people with less resources are often stuck with the "choice" between accepting a viciously unfair plea bargain or having a good chance of having their lives ruined in a trial.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984
LightSnake
09/25/2025
08:44 PM
#68
EPR-radar posted...


Thanks. I suppose the election result mooted the appeal, based on the stupid idea that a sitting president is above the law.

And thanks for the other points as well -- sure judges shouldn't be getting booted from cases frivolously.

However, I do think there's a basic structural problem with how due process applies in practice in the US legal system, where the worst defendants in the world get off easy if they are rich/connected enough

As someone who has been on the PD side of things?

Believe me, I know how bad the system can get

Unfortunately, the appeal was dropped as a result of Trump winning in early 2025.
Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."- RIP, Leonard Cohen
Sayoria
09/25/2025
08:45 PM
#69
hivebent4life posted...
If only the Democrats had moved this quickly on Trump

Merrick Garland was JUST ABOUT to do something. Probably. Maybe. Okay, maybe not.
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2001mark
09/25/2025
08:47 PM
#70
But her emails lols
Charged151
09/25/2025
08:47 PM
#71
So two things.
1. I don't pity Comey for this happening to him. His last second intervention in 2016 probably gave Trump the Presidency, and that is unforgivable.
2. Hopefully these charges get thrown out almost immediately with anyone playing along with this with a law degree facing disbarment. The rule of law and rights are for everyone, even for utter fools like Comey. By protecting them for him, we protect them for all. What is happening is clearly politically motivated.
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DragulaRULEZ
09/25/2025
08:48 PM
#72
I really want to defend him but I need more information. Could they send it to Anthony Weiner's laptop?
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Charged151
09/25/2025
08:49 PM
#73
Sayoria posted...
Merrick Garland was JUST ABOUT to do something. Probably. Maybe. Okay, maybe not.
Dems thought it was some kind of moral win to have the guy who was denied a Supreme Court seat getting to run the Justice Department. They forgot that he was always meant to be a compromise, lukewarm candidate that could squeak by in a Republican Senate.
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Sir_Will
09/25/2025
08:55 PM
#74
Sayoria posted...
Merrick Garland was JUST ABOUT to do something. Probably. Maybe. Okay, maybe not.
He was so bloody useless.
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doshindude
09/25/2025
08:57 PM
#75
JoCrazy posted...
So, youre cool with the government doing this to someone just because you dont like him?

No one should be getting charged criticizing Trump, which this is

doesnt change the fact the at Comey is basically the reason trump got elected.
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LightSnake
09/25/2025
08:59 PM
#76
doshindude posted...
doesnt change the fact the at Comey is basically the reason trump got elected.

He fucked up and he sucks for it.

He's not being prosecuted for that fuck up
Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."- RIP, Leonard Cohen
A_Good_Boy
09/25/2025
08:59 PM
#77
Charged151 posted...
Dems thought it was some kind of moral win to have the guy who was denied a Supreme Court seat getting to run the Justice Department. They forgot that he was always meant to be a compromise, lukewarm candidate that could squeak by in a Republican Senate.
Maybe if they get back into any sort of position of power they'll have learned the lesson that's been beat over their head for the last 8 years and stop trying to make compromises with Republicans.
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WingsOfGood
09/25/2025
11:09 PM
#79
Comey responded

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AFyvlt-LmU0
Vegy
09/26/2025
06:17 AM
#80
WingsOfGood posted...
Comey responded

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AFyvlt-LmU0

Good luck to him
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tremain07
09/26/2025
06:19 AM
#81
I hope people remember that conviction isn't the point of all this it's to starve these people of all their money so they end up homeless or worse, Letisha James, Chukkin, Erogan and so many others are going to get the exact same treatment even the people Biden pardoned will be subjected to this because pardons don't mean shit when nobody is willing to honor them and this administration spits on that daily
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Cory898
09/26/2025
06:31 AM
#82
hivebent4life posted...
If only the Democrats had moved this quickly on Trump
Theyre going after something that happened in 2020. Comey has been on Trumps enemies list for 8 years. Your point that the opportunity to prosecute Trump was squandered is valid, but this is hardly an example of swifter action.
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Solar_Crimson
09/26/2025
06:33 AM
#83
Westernwolf4 posted...
Dont these fucking fools realize that dictators, even wannabe ones, dont stick with just hurting the opposition for long?
This will be America's first time dealing with a dictator first-hand, so no, they don't.
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El_Dustino
09/26/2025
07:41 AM
#84
A_Good_Boy posted...
Maybe if they get back into any sort of position of power they'll have learned the lesson that's been beat over their head for the last 8 years and stop trying to make compromises with Republicans.
Why would they learn that lesson when establishment dems and republicans serve the same masters?
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Westernwolf4
09/26/2025
07:57 AM
#85
Solar_Crimson posted...
This will be America's first time dealing with a dictator first-hand, so no, they don't.

You are absolutely right. One of the big problems we have here is that people are too comfortable. They think that Democracy is this thing that will be here forever no matter what, even though it is crashing down all around us right now.

Folks in this country could stand to crack open a history book, or a book of any kind, or a newspaper, or a YouTube video even about history or world events every once in a while.

An opinion does not turn into a fact simply because the person holding it feels strongly about it.
Westernwolf4
09/26/2025
08:06 AM
#86
WingsOfGood posted...
Comey responded

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AFyvlt-LmU0

As I have written, it is a huge threat to Democracy that Comey is being indicted.

But also: Fuck this guy.

He is always going around acting like some patriotic paragon of righteousness. His at best ridiculous and at worst malicious actions are a big reason why we are in this mess in the first place.

This indictment cannot stand in a free society, but it doesnt change the fact that Comey is scum. And a windbag on top of it.
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BlackScythe0
09/29/2025
09:59 PM
#88
So apparently the prosecutor signed two indictments and gave them to the judge. One which appears to show no indictments were reached and one that shows the two that were given. Only the best people.
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