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[–]binaryblob 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

If Trump committed treason, what's wrong with that?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

And yet he didn't.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

If you store classified documents regarding the nuclear weapons of a country (the national security interests literally cannot be higher) in an insecure location, I think he did, regardless of if a lawyer could argue otherwise (or whether it doesn't meet the bar for treason). He damaged the interests of the US. End of story. If someone else placed those documents there, then he should have filed charges with the police, but that didn't happen.

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It's not uncommon for any senior members of government or presidents to be in possession of documents of that nature after their term, it is also normal to include ex-presidents on classified matters in the name of national security. After Biden entered office, there were immediate calls to remove this right for Trump precisely so the Democrats could pull this type of stunt. When Biden, Clinton or Bush are found with the same documents, nobody cares.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

When Biden, Clinton or Bush are found with the same documents, nobody cares.

Any private location should not have these documents. It's government property and documents of this magnitude should be stored in some secret bunker on government property in the Rocky Mountains only accessible via a helicopter.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Indeed they should be kept somewhere safe. They rarely do, obviously. But you can't hang one man for doing what every other official has done since the dawn of the country. Else Hilary would have been held accountable for her insecure private email server she was using in which she had 10k or more emails mysteriously deleted just before the FBI turned up. Either stop it happening at all or punish nobody, can't have your cake and eat it when a political opponent turns up which is less favourable.

[–]binaryblob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh, I'd be in favor of hanging all of them. I doubt anything of value would be lost and it would provide a good incentive for the next idiot to think before they do something stupid.

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