If a Republican President used the FBI as his secret police what would happen?

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If a Republican President used the FBI as his secret police to spy on the Democrats do you think that the Democrats would have just let it go?

Do you think that CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, New York Times, Washington Post ......would be defending him?
 
It boils down to the media. Almost nobody in the media was interested in allegations that Obama used the IRS to intimidate and punish political enemies and there were only yawns when Obama managed to use a political trick to prevent the IRS boss from testifying. Obama got away with 3rd world tactics because republicans were afraid of the media and the media became a propaganda arm of the democrat party and still is.
 
If a Republican President used the FBI as his secret police to spy on the Democrats do you think that the Democrats would have just let it go?

Do you think that CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, New York Times, Washington Post ......would be defending him?

Wonder no more........lol

Richard Nixon also fired the person investigating his presidential
The difference is the FBI was investigating a crime when Nixon was president, the Watergate break in, and following leads that persons that led to the WH, but the only crime in the present case was the hacking of the DNC server, which the FBI was never allowed to examine and there was never any evidence of any involvement of the Trump campaign, the Trump transition team or the Trump administration. A better comparison for the Comey-Mueller-Clinton-Obana witch hunt is the quote from Stalin's secret police chief, "Show me the man and I'll show you the crime."
 
but the only crime in the present case was

Please confer with Flynn's, Papadapolus', Gates' and Manafort's lawyers that they pled guilty or are up for trial for NOTHING since you assert that NO crime was committed by the folks hired by Trump...

Those lawyers will be really grateful for your help.....
 
but the only crime in the present case was

Please confer with Flynn's, Papadapolus', Gates' and Manafort's lawyers that they pled guilty or are up for trial for NOTHING since you assert that NO crime was committed by the folks hired by Trump...

Those lawyers will be really grateful for your help.....
But there was no evidence that a crime had been committed by anyone connected to Trump until the investigation began. The Justice Department is only supposed to investigate crimes, not go on a fishing expedition to find crimes and certainly not to go on a witch hunt for poltical purposes. Both you are Beria seem to agree, "Show me the man and I'll show you the crime."
 
But there was no evidence that a crime had been committed by anyone connected to Trump until the investigation began. The Justice Department is only supposed to investigate crimes, not go on a fishing expedition to find crimes and certainly not to go on a witch hunt for poltical purposes.

See, you have it all ass-backwards.......

You have an investigation to confirm IF a crime has been committed.

You DO NOT need an investigation IF the crime is already proven and obvious.

Surely your parents must have covered this sometime in your life.
 
But there was no evidence that a crime had been committed by anyone connected to Trump until the investigation began. The Justice Department is only supposed to investigate crimes, not go on a fishing expedition to find crimes and certainly not to go on a witch hunt for poltical purposes.

See, you have it all ass-backwards.......

You have an investigation to confirm IF a crime has been committed.

You DO NOT need an investigation IF the crime is already proven and obvious.

Surely your parents must have covered this sometime in your life.
No, you have an investigation if there is reason to suspect a crime has been committed; otherwise the FBI would be able to investigate everything about everyone. There was never any reason to suspect a crime had been committed by anyone in connection to the campaign or the transition government. This has been an abuse of power one might expect to see in Russia, or China or Turkey, etc., but not in a western liberal democracy.
 
If a Republican President used the FBI as his secret police to spy on the Democrats do you think that the Democrats would have just let it go?

Do you think that CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, New York Times, Washington Post ......would be defending him?
NPR covered the memo for 45 seconds, wete the roles reversed it would have been non-stop Constitutional Crisis kill the traitors coverage

If you'll recall JakeStarkey was calling for a firing squad for anyone failing to live and adore President Hillary
 
Screams of constitutional crisis, watergate comparisons, and calls for a special prosecutor.
 

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