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    1592 years ago

    Mike Johnson said “I personally have real reservations about doing this [expulsion], I’m concerned about a precedent that may be set for that.” Yes, let’s NOT set a precedent of holding politicians accountable for lies, fraud, and theft!

    It should be pretty easy to find the list of everyone else who voted not to expel, so we know who is pro-corruption.

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        62 years ago

        He literally was just convicted in a trial by his peers. His explosion is exactly the basis for common law including many of the points of the magna carta.

        • rigatti
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          32 years ago

          Explosion? This whole event was way cooler than I initially thought.

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        222 years ago

        Congress did an internal investigation and determined he likely broke the law. There you go.

        This is just like any other workplace.

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          162 years ago

          The bar for losing your job as a congress person or any public servant for corruption should be way lower than the bar for being sent to prison.

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        He said this well after the Ethics Committee released its findings. Santos was effectively shown to be guilty.

        In the previous attempts at expulsion, a lot of people voted against simply because the report wasn’t out yet. It would have set a dangerous precedent to vote to expel someone without proof of wrongdoing.

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      162 years ago

      I mean, yeah…They’re all criminals. Would be pretty stupid of them to want this to be normal. Because of all the crime, ya know?