I am sure if it was some 9-5s name in that file they would have been executed by now .

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        it’s depressing to watch the smear campaign about being a russian spy take hold

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          Agreed, and furthermore, it shouldn’t matter at all. If the worst Russian Intelligence can do is use real evidence to prove a crime was committed, that’s an easily solvable problem both by not committing crimes and by prosecuting crimes committed with transparent, due process.

          It really is a very silly argument.

          “Your honor, in my defense, the guy who saw me shoot the victim, called the police, and submitted some of the damning evidence to them was a known mafia member, untrustworthy, and had committed crimes against me in the past.”

          “Okay, and what do you have to say about all of this other corroborated evidence from trustworthy sources?”

          “Well they wouldn’t have found it if he hadn’t pointed it out!”

          I don’t think he was a Russian spy, but I am also sure that it’s irrelevant.

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          It’s only believed by the same people that already that he was a traitor to the USA and should be in prison. The people that rightfully consider him a hero haven’t changed their beliefs

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    Jail is for us little ant people, as a threat to keep us working at the Line Go Up factory so our overlords can keep hunting Malaysian 9 year olds for sport

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    Rich people basically own the police. The police main purpose in capitalism is to uphold class separation not serve for what is lawful or right.

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        Correction #1: rich assholes don’t care.

        Correction #2: rich assholes already diddle their own kids.

        As for the rest of us, we are decent human beings.

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          Are we? The rest of us I mean. I think the first comment was accurate, we as a society clearly don’t care. I’ve seen it personally. I’ve seen an entire church congregation close ranks and shun the families of children molested by a pastor. Countless people have similar experiences. Churches, schools, Family patriarchs, athletes, and so many more. This is not something only done by the rich.

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    The simple answer is it’s because western liberal regimes are not democracies. A system where you have one set of laws for regular people, and another for the affluent is a plutocracy.

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    Is your liberalism no longer making sense? Lofty promises of justice for all, equality and all that turning out to be a big farce with those at the top openly doing the most horrendous crimes and just getting away with them in a way that leaves you seething and wondering ‘what about justice’?

    Try old time original Marxism (fortified with Leninism for clarity and taste) today!

    Turns out that stuff they were talking about a hundred years ago is still true today and the old brand promise still holds true!

    Not ready to check out just yet? Still nervous about Marxism? That’s alright. As economic conditions worsen, your buying power lessens, and you’re given the shaft in the work-place and an empty wallet at the grocery and/or electronics store you can always remember this fine product and revisit when you’re ready!

    When all other solutions have failed, when liberal and social democrat reform turns out to be a dud, remember there’s original strength Marxism (fortified with Leninism). We’ll be waiting for you.

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      i like mine with a dash of bolivarianism and a spoon full of indigenismo and it keeps me from doom scrolling all the time. lol

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    Fifty years ago, it would be because a trial takes time. A trial this big, with repercussions this big and a defendant list this large, will take months or even years to play out.

    Fifteen years ago, it would be because, with people this rich who have this much money to pay the best lawyers, the pre-trial work needed to get the prosecution started takes a huge amount of time to do right, because any attempt to speed it up in a way that isn’t very, very careful, with every i dotted and every t crossed, could end up in a mistrial and the person walking free.

    Five years ago, it would be because the DOJ was absolutely mortified by the fear of being “politically motivated.”

    But right now, it’s because the DOJ is explicitly no longer independent, and the guy in charge of it doesn’t want anyone listed in the files to be prosecuted because he’s in there, and if anyone gets prosecuted, he has to be.

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    Emails of random thanks and “whens the next party” isnt proof of rape

    You need more.

    Of course therr are witnesses (and victims) but they will back each other up

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      Well, yeah, that’s because all the “more” is redacted to protect the perpetrators.

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      the witnesses and victims would have been falling out of windows if they were russian; but they’re westerners so they’re hit by buses; experience random car crashes; become terminally ill; etc.

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      If it sounds like a pedophile sympathizer  walks like a pedophile sympathiser then its definitely a pedophile sympathiser. Call the cops on him now to monitor his online activity and travel movements.