This morning James Comey told the House Oversight Committee that mens rea is the reason Hillary Clinton should not be prosecuted. Basically that means that Hillary didn’t know she was potentially committing a crime and therefore should not be prosecuted. The Republican congressmen were not pleased. They believe she should be prosecuted and jailed.
So why are the Republican congressmen hypocrites? Because mens rea reform is something they believe in. Republican and Democrat congressmen agree that there are too many Americans in jail. The USA has more people in prison as a % of the population than any other country, by far, and many are there on account of nonviolent crimes. The politicians can’t come to agreement because the mother fucking Democrats refuse mens rea reform. The reason is because they want to be able to prosecute white collar types who have violated stupid laws and regulations they never even knew existed. The Democrat politicians view these people, businessmen in particular, as potential Republicans and want to fuck them over. Another example, the Democrats want to prosecute Global Warming skeptics. The official party platform calls for prosecuting companies like Exxon for fraud. Some Democrat politicians have called for prosecuting academics whose research questions Global Warming. Why? Again, they want to fuck over their enemies, and for this example, Global Warming, reward their friends the trial lawyers, who would take in tons of money and potentially bankrupt the energy companies, just like they did to the tobacco companies and companies that had anything to do with asbestos.
And now, Republicans are stooping to the same level, in wanting to charge Hillary Clinton with a felony for doing something she never knew was illegal.
And why are the Republican congressmen dumb asses, at least the ones who want Trump to win? Trump will probably lose the way things are now. But if Hillary withdrew because she were charged with a felony, Trump wouldn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell. Biden and Sanders both poll much higher than Hillary against him. The outcome was the best the pro-Trump Republicans could hope for. Comey damaged Hillary with his comments, but she wasn’t removed from the race, to be replaced by a stronger candidate.