Charges? No, not political.
They ****ed up on the plea agreement, which was political. Now they're trying to bend over backwards to make it appear non-political, even though the trial is in Delaware.
Personally, I think Hunter should plead guilty, pay a fine, and move on to the next trial, which is more serious. But I understand he's pleaded not guilty
Not sure which "more serious" crime you're referring to? I haven't really followed this case very closely, because I don't really care. It was just an attempt to tarnish Biden from the start, and hasn't really worked out very well...
I do think the idea that a drug user is not allowed to own a firearm presents an ethical dilemma for the NRA. Just last year a man in OK who was originally sentenced to 4 yrs under the same law, had his sentenced overturned on appeal. The judge ruled it was unconstitutional (based on SCOTUS precedent) which is of course the same position as the NRA.
So now the NRA find themselves confronted by the spectre of a person (who they likely consider a sworn enemy) being sentenced under the same law that they worked so hard to get overturned... Ironic, huh?
I don't know if Biden would pardon Hunter or not. But he likely won't have to, thanks to the current gun loving SCOTUS and all of the NRA efforts to get the law declaring firearms possession by drug users unconstitutional...
One man convicted of the same count was sentenced to nearly four years. But such cases have proven legally shaky.
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Wrong. The jurors were known. If you're ok doxing SC justices, you should be fine with any jury being doxed.
Both should be protected from threats, but it appears only the jurors have that protection.
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If we've learned nothing else from the Alito story it's that SCOTUS has 24 hr security details assigned and posted to their homes. So I'm not sure what you're whing about?
Btw, how come the murder of a retired Federal judge BEFORE the SCOTUS doxing that's got you all hot and bothered, didn't elicit the same gnashing of teeth from you and the right wing media you get your talking points from?
Guessing this wasn't a headline,or even covered by Fox. Even though it happened a week before Kavanugh was merely threatened... A little consistency please..
A man was arrested near Kavananaugh's home with zip ties and a gun on June 8 2022, and it made front page news in mainstream as well as wingnut media. IIRC the man had left wing ties and had previously voted for Bernie, but don't quote me on that...
The right wing on this board went apoleptic . There was a thread slamming Schumer for being at fault, due to the fact that Schumer had warned Kvanaugh and Gorsuch that they would "reap the whirlwind" in a speech on the SCOTUS steps following the vote on the LA restrict abortion law. That was on March 4, 2020 when Schumer was minority leader. Schumer apologized for his verbage the next day...
Nevertheless, when the guy was arrested near Kavanaugh's house on June 8, 2022 nearly 2 years later, the MAGA talking point was it was Schumer's fault. But a week prior to that arrest on May 27 2022, a man broke into the house of a retired Co Judge in WI and after tieing the Judge with zip ties proceeded to summarily execute him with a shot to the head. Not a word on this board, likely as I said before because it didn't make right wing media...
But this was not just some isolated targeted attack. The killer Douglas Uhde was a pro-gun, anti Government Trump supporter with miltia connections. He also was carrying a hit list that included WI Gov Tony Evers, Minroity leader McConnell, and MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer, all people known for being thorns in Trump's side. Coincidentally enough this was the summer prior to the 2022 midterms and both Evers and Whitmer were facing MAGA challengers in heated campaigns...
Am I blaming Trump? No, but if you're going to blame Schumer for what he said 2 years earlier and claim it inspired the threat to Kavanaugh, consistency would demand that Trump was granted equal responsibility for the targeting of his enemies by someone inspired by Trump's current (at the time) rhetoric. Trump was particularly vitrolic in attacking Whitmer and effusivlt praising her MAGA opponent Tudor Dixon.
The McConnell connection could be the fact that a friend told investigators that Uhde had been living at his parent's home in KY...But most MAGA supporters view Mitch as anti-Trump traitor anyway...
time will tell.
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