Quote (IceMage @ Sep 11 2022 03:16pm)
If the Logan Act was an old, irrelevant statute when Flynn violated it, things shouldn't change when Kerry violates it.
The Russia investigation started when Trump wasn't president, and it didn't start because of the Carter Page FISA. Carter Page wasn't even a significant part of what the investigation became. But yes, Trump tried to obstruct the Russia investigation, and he was unsuccessful.
So, sure, maybe it would be more accurate to call Trump a wannabe tyrant. That was usually the case. But even when he was unsuccessful overall, whether he was pressuring Ukraine to smear Biden, or trying to overturn the election, that's not actually a legitimate defense of his behavior. And there were seriously negative consequences for the country even in his failures.
Let's consider the mostly nonsensical narrative of "Obama and the deep state went after Trump to try to end his presidency". They weren't successful, right? Trump remained president after the Russia investigation ended. But you still consider this (mostly fictional) attempt to end Trump's presidency as bad.
Biden smeared himself when he actually engaged in quid pro quo with Ukraine and admitted it on film. Donald Trump made a phone call like, “hey what is this all about?” This happened way before anybody even thought about Biden for president. There was no political gain here for Donald trump, although it became extremely obvious there was as soon as the world went insane and tried ending his presidency because of it.
Obama did obtain a visa warrant to spy on a rival political campaign. This was literally watergate but much more technologically advanced, and nobody gave a shit because trump hated Mexicans or something.
It seems as if you are just fine with Joe Biden doing exactly what they could never prove trump did, and getting away with it. Not only getting away with it but the entire corporate machine says “Russian misinformation” and moves on immediately. That is so fucking corrupt.
It also seems you are just fine with a repeat of watergate, and again nobody gives a shit because the corporate press simply says Donald is X Y Z and therefore something that was absolutely unspeakable just a few decades ago is now just how the game is played.