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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRisch: Because Trump said "I HOPE" re: Flynn, do you know of anyone charged for saying I HOPE?
He didn't ORDER you to let it go, did he?
NO.
He said I HOPE, correct?
YES
Do you know of anyone who has ever Been charged for saying I HOPE?
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Risch: Because Trump said "I HOPE" re: Flynn, do you know of anyone charged for saying I HOPE? (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Jun 2017
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flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)1. Risch needs to study linguistic pragmatics.
TheBlackAdder
(28,168 posts)5. THIS!
C_U_L8R
(44,992 posts)2. 'Nice job you got there.
I hope nothing bad should befall it.'
very much like a mob boss.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)3. Much less than "I hope" , Nixon went down for "uh huh"
samnsara
(17,606 posts)7. exactly!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)6. Reminds me of the Gotti trials
Reminds me of the Gotti trial where his lawyers argued that when he was telling his soldiers he wanted someone "wacked" or taken "care of" it didn't mean he wanted them killed.
And that clown Risch is a prosecutor.
MedusaX
(1,129 posts)8. Has he ever heard of someone being fired because they did not do what someone hoped they would do?
Perhaps someone should introduce him to former FBI Director Comey...
Hoping is one thing
Verbally expressing that hope
directly to the only person who you
expect to act in accordance with
your clearly expressed hope...
Is quite another..
This
Is where plain old 'hope'
Officially becomes
an expressed effort to influence