@[email protected] to Political [email protected] • 2 years agoOh no! Anyway...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up11.14K
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish53•edit-22 years agoMainly tax fraud and lying on a firearm application saying he wasn’t on drugs when he was.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•2 years agoI thought these things earned you the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink28•2 years agoYou can go to prison for buying a gun while being a drug user? Seriously?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•2 years agoNo, a judge dismissed it, because it’s stupid.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish40•2 years agoThe crime is lying on the form. If he’d checked yes on being a drug user, they would have just denied the application.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoIt was dismissed as frivolous. Plus it’s an amendment violation. Same reasons we keep letting reds get away with gun crimes tbh.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•2 years agoIn reality, no they don’t normally proscute lying on the form, but Republicans demanded a prosecution. Normally his punishment would be probation, but the judge is considering something harsher.
Mainly tax fraud and lying on a firearm application saying he wasn’t on drugs when he was.
I thought these things earned you the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
You can go to prison for buying a gun while being a drug user? Seriously?
No, a judge dismissed it, because it’s stupid.
The crime is lying on the form. If he’d checked yes on being a drug user, they would have just denied the application.
It was dismissed as frivolous. Plus it’s an amendment violation.
Same reasons we keep letting reds get away with gun crimes tbh.
In reality, no they don’t normally proscute lying on the form, but Republicans demanded a prosecution. Normally his punishment would be probation, but the judge is considering something harsher.