cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41968573
On Wednesday, nine Democrats voted with Republicans to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress, while three Democrats voted to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt.
If the full House votes in favour, the Department of Justice would decide whether to prosecute the charges, which is a misdemeanour offence punishable by a fine up to $100,000 (£74,500) and imprisonment up to a year.
In a statement, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer urged the full House to hold the Clintons in contempt, saying his committee had sent a “clear message” that “no one is above the law, and justice must be applied equally—regardless of position, pedigree, or prestige”.
The Clintons had contended the subpoenas - a legal orders to provide testimony - were “nothing more than a ploy to attempt to embarrass political rivals, as President Trump has directed”.
The GOP have such a hard on for the Clintons.
Bill is legitimately a criminal. In a just world the Democrats would be going after him just as hard, and the Republicans would be going after trump. Tribalism gonna tribal I guess.
He’s not a 34 time felon currently in charge of the white house using his position to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
This isn’t tomato, tomaato. Bill has no power here. Trump does. And he’s using it to go after someone that hasn’t held office in decades.
It’s a sad gesture of justice at best, or completely fucking deranged at worst.
We don’t have to choose one or the other. We should be trying everyone who was on that island.
No offense, but seeing as Trump is literally the only one preventing the release of the Epstein Files, now illegally against the will of Congress, yes you do have to choose one over the other if you actually want justice.
Instead, our tax dollars are going towards arresting Bill Clinton. If you want to try everyone on the Island, that literally MUST start with the person illegally stopping that from happening. Or it will literally never happen. Just like Trumps Tax returns, Wall, and Health Plan.
yes you do have to choose one over the other if you actually want justice.
No, you don’t. Trying Clinton won’t prevent trump from being tried. If Bill Clinton never existed Trump would still be interfering in the release of the files to protect himself. If you’re suggesting that trying no one at all serves justice better than trying Clinton I vehemently disagree.
If you’re suggesting that trying no one at all serves justice better than trying Clinton, I vehemently disagree.
I’m quite frankly stating this serves Trump far more than it serves justice.
It’s a very clear attempt to further avoid justice by blaming Clinton in place of Trumps crimes. Resulting in Clinton being literally the only one punished as a fall guy narrative for Trump. Making an entire side of the scale of Justice permanantly held down by an orange fist.
If you want to get on a pedastal about Justice, maybe start at the top instead of at the bottom. Where you’re claiming what’s clearly injustice, and would never happen in a world where this was being handled by adults, is actually kinda fair if you just squint and don’t look at the “in” part of “injustice.”
Choosing to find righteousness in Clinton’s arrest over rage is the banal acceptance of authoritarianism in place of anything resembling a just society.
So you’re saying we should let a child rapist walk so trump doesn’t get what he wants. That’s certainly an opinion I guess.
Personally I’d like to see Clinton blamed for Clinton’s crimes and Trump blamed for Trump’s crimes.
