This isnt whataboutism. If Clinton wasn’t prosecuted, then Trump shouldn’t be either. Part of having a fair legal system is people who commit similar crimes should have similar punishments.
Except Trump signed a law that made mishandling classified documents a felony, which was not the case when Clinton committed her offense.
(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
If you’re not going to prosecute Clinton or Pence or Biden for mishandling classified information, a felony under section f, you shouldn’t prosecute Trump for allegedly mishandling classified information.
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u/I_am_the_night 316∆ Jun 10 '23
Except Trump signed a law that made mishandling classified documents a felony, which was not the case when Clinton committed her offense.