Disgusting. It should be FAR easier to convict politicians of graft and corruption than non-politicians. And the penalties should be greater.
If the Supreme Court continues on this course and sets McDonnell free, it also lets Hillary Clinton off the hook for her many crimes. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this is their real motivation. Why should the Supreme Court care about McDonnell? They don't. But Hillary Clinton? Oh, they care.
(If you can't tell, I no longer believe that they are an independent group. The Supremes are bought and paid for, just as is the Presidency and most of Congress.)
Bankers own our country. No . . . bankers own our WORLD. And Hillary Clinton is their designated front person.
April 27, 2016
McDonnell trial: Supreme Court justices express skepticism of former Virginia governor’s conviction
By Robert Barnes and Laura Vozzella
The Washington Post
Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed highly skeptical of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell’s 2014 corruption conviction for actions he took on behalf of a businessman who provided his family with more than $175,000 in benefits.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. suggested that the law used to convict McDonnell might be unconstitutionally vague. Justice Stephen G. Breyer said he worried about prosecutors having too much power in deciding when politicians cross the line from political favors to criminal acts, even if it “will leave some corrupt behavior unprosecuted.”
Washington lawyer Noel Francisco, who represented McDonnell as the former governor sat next to his wife, Maureen, in the second row, said none of McDonnell’s favors for businessman Jonnie Williams Sr. were the kinds of “official acts” that trigger laws forbidding bribery.
Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben, representing the government, pushed back, saying McDonnell used his official position to help Williams in return for “loans and luxury” items and that overturning the governor’s conviction “would send a terrible message to citizens.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/gifts-and-politics-supreme-court-to-hear-sides-in-former-virginia-governors-case/2016/04/27/1483fb88-0bf5-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html
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