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In reply to the discussion: Nadler: I don't understand why Mueller didn't charge Donald Trump Jr.,Others in Trump Tower meeting [View all]Cicada
(4,533 posts)Nadlers theory:arranging receipt of stolen information is a crime. Hes wrong. Newspapers arrange receipt of stolen information every day. The Supreme Court has made it clear that the law against getting stolen property does not apply to information useful to the public to make public decisions. If it is legal for Clinton to arrange getting info Steele obtained contrary to the secrecy laws of Russia, contrary to Turkish laws about mail privacy then it is also legal for Don Jr to get info Russia got illegally. Nadlers view of the law would jail almost every reporter in the US. We have a right to know about the creepy things Trump does. So too we have a right to know the creepy things Hillary does or Podesta does. Trump is a big time criminal. He deserves jail. But getting dirt on Hillary, assuming you do not encourage illegality in getting it, is protected because we have a right to know the truth about our public figures. Our right to know is essential to our democracy. Even when a creep like Don Jr is bringing us the information. Do you really want to block the public from learning about political candidates? Nadlers theory would do that. This time Don Jr gets punished. Next time with Nadlers law Cory Booker getting a leak from a bank employee with proof Trump gets illegal mob money will be jailed. No.