@stodders said in US Politics:
@broughie said in US Politics:
@stodders Actually I believe this is wrong. The bureaucrats are overwhelmingly Democrat. Public servants are on the whole. While a change in Congress to Republican control might see more hearings it won’t amount to anything because you have to have the judicial branch behind you. And this is controlled by the Democrats. Besides if you watch any hearing the witnesses deny everything and stonewall on the production of documents.
I wasn't talking about bureaucrats. I was talking about the security institutions - FBI/CIA/NSA.
These institutions are run by bureaucrats and you just have to look back to the Russian collusion hoax to see how corrupt they are.
Like the civil service in UK, US public servants probably lean towards the Dems, agreed.
Regarding the judiciary, the lower to mid level courts are more Dem leaning, but the conservatives have a 5-4 edge in the Supreme Court, and will do so for a while.
The problem is that this kind of case is unlikely to get to the Supreme Court. It will be handled in the lower courts if if goes to prosecution. Just need to find a favorable judge and favorable jurisdiction and all credibility goes out the window. Remember the recent acquittal of Sussman in the DC circuit. One of the jurors basically said it really wasn’t a big thing so she had acquitted him. I should try to find the quote. Here is the actual quote: The Sussmann Jury Forewoman June 1, 2022 / Jack Marshall "I don't think it should have been prosecuted. There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI."
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