charged, but the republicans are still keeping him around and will only ask that he resign in the event of a conviction. which he can just... refuse to do. i think they backed him in the election precisely because they knew he was a serial fabricator and fraudster, but wanted to use him as a test case to see just how far you can go with it and still face zero consequences.
the only reason this hard-on bearer is being charged is because he fucked with rich people's money. if he had just kept to fucking over the poor and middle class I guaren-fucking-tee nothing would have happened.
For what exactly? I am of the opinion that if you openly Break the law you should be held to account and charged, no matter what your political affiliation. But for
Fucks sake, have some god damn evidence if you’re going to make accusations.
For what exactly? I am of the opinion that if you openly Break the law you should be held to account and charged, no matter what your political affiliation. But for
Fucks sake, have some god damn evidence if you’re going to make accusations.
yeah i mean most of what it comes down to is santos is a nobody with no important patrons, so he can get hung out to dry to prove 'the system works!', while all the guys with actual juice can carry on with business as usual. simple as.
the burisma stuff was a known quantity at least as far back as 2014-2015, long before it was picked up for purely partisan bickering reasons. payoffs and no-show jobs for children and spouses of important people is just how business is done. see also e.g., the entire conservative wing of the supreme court, jared kushner, chuck schumer's kids, etc
I have no doubt about the corruptness of the overall system, the bribes by entire classes cloaked as donations or lobbies for causes, the privileges for political families that ensure they stay rich and powerful. But I think that within that overall system, these characters tend to follow the laws of that system, especially so since they are so well acquainted with those laws because they set them up.