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Zeus posted...

Overlooking that the originating investigation revolved around a knowingly false allegation (and thus was illegitimate), the charges you cite are inordinately broad (thus open to massive amounts of room for interpretation -- thus leading them to be used punitively) and arbitrarily applied. Compare that to actual textbook corruption which involves something concrete. And bear in mind that many Trump associates had earlier been investigated and charged with things that were political norms, such as meeting with foreign diplomats before the incoming president took office -- something that Obama's staffers did, I believe GWB's staffers did, and Clinton's staffers did, among others. The real corruption is the perversion of the justice system to pursue partisan (ie, political) agendas, yet you're unlikely to ever see convictions there.

And bear in mind that the whole campaign, Trump had complained that the FBI had been tapping his phones and spying on him, a claim that everybody laughed at... which turned out to be 100% true. He also complained that the FBI had acted unprofessionally in their pursuit of him, a claim that was also laughed off... until texts and emails emerged that revealed a very strong partisan bias among agents, some of whom were later fired (but no charges were filed against them). And, on a moderately related note, given this heavy surveillance, if there was any actual substance to the Russia investigation, the FBI would have had it yet we saw nothing.

Unless I am misinterpreting what is being said, simplifying things, he got convicted for "helping Trump", then got pardoned by Trump. That sounds like a serious conflict of interest to me.

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