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In reply to the discussion: Some words from Post re: Hunter Biden's alleged crimes . . . [View all]Jacson6
(1,348 posts)41. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague.
In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to "white collar criminals," state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance.
In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to "white collar criminals," state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance.
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Just Hunter just this time is what they want. They just tried to make a big cut to IRS enforcement.
brewens
Dec 2023
#1
I believe the addition of IRS workers is to go after these billion and maga millionaires
Maraya1969
Dec 2023
#4
Hunter did not ask for immunity from "any and all crimes that could be committed."
SunSeeker
Dec 2023
#15
Hunter wanted immunity from crimes discovered in the course of Weiss' investigation.
SunSeeker
Dec 2023
#46
Yup, Weiss got scared by the Republican blowback when the Trumper judge on the case ripped the plea deal.
SunSeeker
Dec 2023
#33
That is not true. Hunter was not asking for immunity from crimes he committed in the future.
SunSeeker
Dec 2023
#47
Fecking Paul Manafort owed the IRS over 3 MILLION dollars, but got a pardon from trumpty dumpty.
Ziggysmom
Dec 2023
#11
Hunter Biden is facing a Witch Trial. First his laptop, now taxes. Recall Billy Beer.
bucolic_frolic
Dec 2023
#18
Trump overstated property value to get loans, understated propety value for taxes.
SunSeeker
Dec 2023
#36
OFFS, former9thward, we're talking about commercial properties, which are assessed differently.
SunSeeker
Dec 2023
#59
No, former9thward, fraud is not just the victim's problem. Please stop repeating Trump's talking points here.
SunSeeker
Dec 2023
#61
It really is stunning to see the defense of corporations like Deutsch Bank.
former9thward
Dec 2023
#62
Well at least you have backed off the claim they don't have the resources to do due diligence.
former9thward
Dec 2023
#64
So you won't answer why you're deflecting blame from Trump, you just offer more false statements.
SunSeeker
Dec 2023
#65
He was charged with buying a gun illegally. Isn't that their wet dream, no rules for buying guns.
OverBurn
Dec 2023
#28
How did you come up with that reply? I'm Pointing out the irony of the Repukes going after him for it.
OverBurn
Dec 2023
#55
You know who cheated the fuck out of their taxes? Trump. And fucking nothing.
bullimiami
Dec 2023
#54
I've got an idea. Appoint Weiss as special prosecutor to investigate Trump and kids taxes.
bullimiami
Dec 2023
#57