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Remember When Bill Clinton was Arrested?
I know there are some younger readers here at Ricochet (though we really need to recruit more) who have no recollection of President Bill Clinton’s arrest.
It all began in 1994 when Paula Jones filed a suit against Clinton for sexual harassment. The President’s lawyers attempted to delay the suit until after his presidency ended but in 1997 the Supreme Court ruled the case could proceed against the President. Part of the strategy of the Jones’ legal team was to show a pattern of sexual misconduct on the part of the Governor/President. Her team uncovered evidence that Clinton had sexual relations with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. When Clinton learned Lewinsky was on the list of witnesses, he encouraged Lewinsky to file a false affidavit to misdirect the investigation, use cover stories, conceal gifts he had given her, and tried to find her work to influence her testimony.
Clinton himself committed perjury in his testimony in the case.
Obviously, this nation needs a consistent standard of justice; people in power shouldn’t be treated better than an ordinary Joe.
So, on that fateful day, law enforcement officers entered the White House, marched up to the Oval Office, put handcuffs on the Chief Executive, and perp-walked him across the White House lawn.
There were arguments made at the time that this wasn’t the wisest course of action.
I remember a big talking point was that this was all about sex. After all, we all know that men, especially powerful men, cheat, and they just do what they have to do to cover that up and not destroy their lives and families. So, they will lie and conceal, and, oh, I don’t know, pay hush money to keep such things quiet. The real problem is our puritanical society.
Others were concerned at the time that since Republicans at the time controlled Congress, there might be a danger of the arrest appearing to be just a political power move. There was a concern that people would think this wasn’t about the law or justice, but this was an act of raw political power-grabbing.
Anyhoo, do you remember when they arrested Bill Clinton? Neither do I.
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Ah, but we didn’t have an upstanding, conscientious, non-partisan and dedicated Justice Department in those days. Now we have Merrick Garland!
Come and get me, Coppers!
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3906498-get-ready-for-manhattan-das-made-for-tv-trump-prosecution-high-on-ratings-but-short-on-the-law/
And when they go after Trump, never Trump lawyers will cheer.
Because to lawyers, the law is only to be used as a weapon.
Aw C’mon Eustace! As our oh so great Supreme Leader would say.
We all know that Trump must be guilty as hell for whatever they have dredged up to indictment him with or otherwise our pure as the driven snow Justice Dept would not have indicted him at all. They have become the epitome of “equal Justice under the law”, under the great Merrick Garland. Why just look at J6 prosecutions! Justice at it’s best!
And then just look at the fair, balanced, utterly transparent and completely above board investigations of Bill and Hilary, Hunter Biden and Joe himself. These investigations have rightfully gone nowhere for a lack of substantive evidence as I am sure our legal eagles here at Ricochet can explain. Sure there have allegations of millions being paid off as bribes with the CCP and the Ukrainians and other such things like the suborning of perjury but these allegations are mere trifles compared with the horrific crimes I am sure Trump is going to be charged with.
The silence is instructive.
Clinton agreed to a plea agreement where he surrendered his law license.
He wasn’t arrested
Try again.
Also by that time, what did he really need a law license for?
And he actually committed perjury. He committed a felony that was easy to demonstrate it was a felony.
And that doesn’t even get to Juanita Broderick.
Better put some ice on that.
Hillary managed to take the funding monies which got the Steele Dossier produced and use those money amounts as a tax deduction.
She had to fess up to this last year, and then she paid a fine.
I imagine the fine she paid was not that stiff a penalty, as otherwise some IRS agents might have suicided.
In Fort Marcy Park.
He’s still at large, last I heard.
This is actually a full blown Constitutional because I am sure they will dredge up something on DeSantis as well as soon as they are done with Trump.
The silence was better than the rush to defend B.J. Clinton. Sad.
Bill Clinton was a literal pig. A slob. The ironic thing about him was that his Boomer and Gen X supporters became the same people who clutch their pearls and faint over every word out of Trump’s mouth.
I distinctly remember Clinton defenders saying “you gotta get with the times” and “he’s a new kind of president.” These same people are the Victorian prudes of today.