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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 154 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I'm not misremembering this, am I? He was like full-on outed as a pedo and then nothing happened?

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 139 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yes, he was involved in trafficking underage girls across state lines

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 95 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea and he got off because his buddy flipped on him and they successfully used the argument "you can't believe anything that guy says he's a convicted pedophile."

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

I love calvinball doggirl-gloom

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 61 points 1 day ago

oh even better agony-shivering

[–] MoreLikeHazBeen@hexbear.net 41 points 1 day ago

That's gonna be legal now

[–] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago

visible-disgust

~~that said burgerstan gets exactly the kind of representation it deserves... not what it needs (rather the opposite) but what it deserves, not justifying it but Trump's bringing all the true blue-blooded Real Americans™ into office, bald eagles and the founding fathers cry~~

[–] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 74 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Bill Clinton not only still walks the earth but was actively involved in Harris's campaign

[–] Barx@hexbear.net 6 points 19 hours ago

He even did a late October "Palestinians deserve this" speech in Michigan

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At least it appears the universe is trying to impose karmatic justice on the Clinton's and Kamala.

These assholes are failing upward faster than anybody I've ever seen.

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

Caesar. [To the Soothsayer] The ides of March are come.

Soothsayer. Ay, Caesar; but not gone.

[–] LigOleTiberal@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

what do you mean nothing happened?

pedos took over the government and made him Attorney General so they can all get away with being pedos.

thats what happened to him for being a pedo.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 51 points 1 day ago

afaik nothing happened he got away with it all.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If memory serves there was never anything concrete enough to bring charges, but a lot of smoke

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 63 points 1 day ago

His buddy Greenberg pled guilty to underage sex crime trafficking and is currently in prison

[–] cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They were going to bring charges but the primary witness was the victim, who is or was a sex worker. Since the defense would just say, "You can't trust a prostitute over a US representative.", they decided not to proceed.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 53 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Since the defense would just say, "You can't trust a prostitute over a US representative."

amerikkka

[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 1 day ago

Perhaps I missed some details, but I believe the argument was a bit different (but also probably included what you said). They wanted to use the other convicted pedophile, his buddy, but they feared a jury wouldn't trust a convicted pedophile. I think these were both effectively speculation though since the feds never formally acknowledged much of it. We saw the evidence and we knew they were pursuing charges... and then it went poof with little reason why

[–] Bonifratz@lemm.ee 23 points 1 day ago

Where's Q when you need him?