SCOTUS tosses "Bridgegate" convictions
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Boils down to “wrongdoings” such as “deception, corruption, abuse of power” are not considered “fraud” when doing so do not involve someone getting money or property.
Wonder what other criminal statues might be used to prosecute such “wrongdoings”.
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@Loki said in SCOTUS tosses "Bridgegate" convictions:
Bridgegate and Flynn on the same day. So much for the sanctimony. Sunlight the best disinfectant and all that.
Was bridgegate wrong? Probably from what I've read.
But the question is, was it illegal?
Remember, just because something's wrong ethically, doesn't make it illegal.
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@George-K said in SCOTUS tosses "Bridgegate" convictions:
@Loki said in SCOTUS tosses "Bridgegate" convictions:
Bridgegate and Flynn on the same day. So much for the sanctimony. Sunlight the best disinfectant and all that.
Was bridgegate wrong? Probably from what I've read.
But the question is, was it illegal?
Remember, just because something's wrong ethically, doesn't make it illegal.
Remember it was allegedly Christie behind it. How far we’ve come from that sanctimony.
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It is a real shame that the law is so specific that it be monetary gains.
At the very least we can take solace in the fact that at least Kelly was crushed financially. Not sure about the resources of the other two but insofar as they have any they’ll lose them in civil actions, I would expect.
So some sort of justice will be done.
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@jon-nyc said in SCOTUS tosses "Bridgegate" convictions:
It is a real shame that the law is so specific that it be monetary gains.
At the very least we can take solace in the fact that at least Kelly was crushed financially. Not sure about the resources of the other two but insofar as they have any they’ll lose them in civil actions, I would expect.
So some sort of justice will be done.
Trust me when I say I am all for rewriting the law. Somehow I doubt it will ever pass and you likely won’t like who is against it,
