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by acdha 752 days ago
Committing felonies to deprive voters of information which could change the outcome an election isn’t exactly a minor crime, and it’s at least as bad for a democracy to have people everyone knows are guilty skate free because of their political power. I think the idea that no man is above the law is highly important so the correct path here should be having those cases be meaningful and carefully prosecuted, as was the case here.