Quote (bogie160 @ Sep 11 2022 06:31pm)
I agree with the bold. Kerry's offense was far greater than Flynn's, but I don't think he should go to jail for it. That's a very high bar. Never engaging in public policy again is enough.
Re: the FBI Russia-gate saga, FBI lawyers found it necessary to lie to FISA court judges. FBI brass found it necessary to lie to their own rank and file about Alfa Bank. The FBI knew well and early that the dossier was bunk, Steele's own "source" repudiated him in person to the FBI in interview. Multiple FBI agents were variously fired, reassigned, or retired (even recently!) for misconduct. It's a problem, and one that can only be rectified by some people spending a lot of time in jail.
Well, it's easy to say that Kerry violating the Logan Act should merit banishment from public life, but if we're trying to be consistent, no Trump cultist argued that for Flynn. I'm too lazy to search PaRD's archives, but my guess is if I did, I wouldn't find you arguing for it. So the argument in favor now doesn't mean much, lol.
You're trying to develop a narrative around a broad investigation based on one supposed misstep from one lawyer. As I said, the Russia investigation exists outside of the Carter Page FISA, and Carter Page was a Russophile weirdo who was investigated years before 2016 for talking to Russian spies. He has nothing to do with Trump offering Putin a Moscow tower, or Manafort covertly offering information to a Russian intelligence officer.