Lindsay Graham just suggested there is nothing wrong with being a fence.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

He suggested it's wrong to steal something but not wrong for someone to receive the stolen property from the thief and use it.

[Me.]

1. Fruit Of The Poisoned Tree?

or an accomplice after the fact?

[Achilleaze]

2. KGOP republicans are pro-crime (as long as you are a compliant repube)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Yoo hoo, Lindsey, there's a federal crime called "receiving stolen property,"

18 U.S.C. § 2315, which is defined as knowingly receiving, concealing, or disposing of stolen property with a value of at least $5,000 and that has crossed state lines. Isn't Lindsey a lawyer? Maybe he slept through his criminal law class?

[ProfessorGAC]

5. I Think He Slept Through A Lot Of Classes

Typical of the "i know everything and my mind is made up" style of governance his ilk so enjoy.

[onenote]

4. Not exactly

A fence is someone who receives stolen goods with the intent of reselling them not using them. The person who receives and uses stolen property generally isn't subject to prosecution unless it can be shown that the person receiving the stolen property knew or should have known it was stolen. Should have known standards have an inherently subjective element, although I would think that, in this instance, even if there is no direct proof that Kavanaugh knew the emails were stolen, the case is pretty convincing that he should have known or intentionally turned a blind eye to the issue of whether the emails were stolen.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. You stated it more eloquently than me.

Kavanaugh's answers were unconvincing and bordered on ludicrous. He said he didn't believe the material was stolen because everybody on the committee were friends.

[Zoonart]

6. Trying to whitewash Russian interference in the election.

We didn't ask for the stolen information, but once we had it, we OWNED it; so why not use it?

[chelsea0011]

8. Silly me as I guess I missed the point being that Kavanaugh was lying now about

not knowing it was stolen emails he was receiving back then.

[Doodley]

9. Better to be a gate than a fence. Just saying...

[Bob Loblaw]

10. Sorry Lindsey

A thief can pass no better title.

[Coventina]

11. Your local constabulary would disagree, Lindsay....