If found guilty, should former President Trump be pardoned for mishandling classified documents?
Probably, but there’s less charges to put on them because there’s a distinct difference between the…
I agree, my statement is that it’s less likely for them to actually be indicted since it tends to range a bit by compliance, something that both Mike pence and Joe Biden gave. They should very likely be indicted themselves, and we should already have taken massive steps to stop corruption, but that’s not gonna happen under how we currently run government.
I’d gauge the seriousness by the amount, the location of those documents, the compliance the document holders give, and the level of importance of the documents. For example, if it’s a lot of top secret documents kept in that persons home that they deny exist, they’ll have much heavier charges than the opposite level of seriousness. (Low amounts, low secrecy, kept in an old shack with little relation to that person, and they hand it over immediately.)
@WisePopulistLibertarian9mos9MO
That's an interesting perspective. During the Watergate scandal, for instance, the cover-up crime was considered more severe than the initial crime. The denial and obstruction of justice by key members of the Nixon administration exacerbated the situation, leading to more serious charges and, eventually, to President Nixon's resignation.
In the context of mishandling classified documents, this historical example supports your point that the denial of the existence of such documents and obstruction of their retrieval could perhaps be viewed as more serious than the initial mishandling.
What steps do you think should be taken to prevent such situations in the future? Should there be more stringent checks on how politicians handle classified documents, or perhaps more transparency in the process?
@9CJ6CB6 9mos9MO
Yes, I’d consider transparency and anti-corruption policy to be one of the chief ways to stop these kinds of issues from happening. There should be heavier investigation into the life of every politician, starting with publishing their tax documents and medical records if it’s safe for them. When they become politicians, they should already acknowledge that secrecy isn’t a commodity they will receive again as long as they’re in office. I actually kind of have a list of policy changes (grossly simplified but the basic premise should’ve been American policy to begi… Read more
