Let us ASSuME this is true. Let us assume democrat, Tony Podesta, close friend and big fundraiser for the Clintons, is being granted immunity for crimes committed, in exchange for testifying against republican, Paul Manafort. The alleged crimes are “nearly identical.”
What say you democrats? Do you have issues with this? Why or why not?
You know you guys might look a little less cultish and capable of independent thinking if so many of you did not start similar threads on the same subject.
I’ve seen no similar thread. It may be here but I’ve not seen it - and I looked. Feel free to ask mods to merge with other thread and/or provide a link here.
It’s really hard to speculate on then. It could be immunity for misdemeanors. We don’t know. It could be immunity for filing an incorrect bank loan application which can be probationary. But if he gets immunity I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be for near identical crimes. If that were the case Mueller would probably get a plea deal then testimony. Like Gates and Papadopoulos.
No, calling it a “witch-hunt” implies that President Trump is innocent against the allegations leveled at him and the entire premise of the “investigation” was to overturn an duly elected presidential election AND confirms the existence of and abuse by the “deep state.”
The Mueller investigation has not leveled any allegations against Trump so I disagree with your characterization. It cannot be a witch hunt against a person it has not accused as being a “witch” so to speak.
The entire premise of the investigation - Candidate Trump colluded with Russia… This entire fiasco has cast a shadow over his entire presidency and has lead to calls for impeachment from before he was even sworn into office.
Have you read the Mueller directive? It specifically lays out crimes potentially committed by specific individuals for which he is to investigate. One of those being Paul Manafort. Which he did, determined crimes were committed, and is now doing what any good Prosecutor does, playing his hand to secure a conviction.
Only in the ranks of the conspiracy theorists is this out of the ordinary. So to your question of whether this hypothetical you posit would support the claims of a witch hunt, the answer is emphatically no. But I do expect the right wing media complex to lie to everyone and attempt to gaslight them all into believing it is just that. Through absence of context, conjecture posed as fact, and over the top hyperbole.
The question remains … IF what is alleged in the OP proves to be true do you personally find it problematic? What would that mean to you - if anything?