Wry Catcher
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- #421
Mens rea is dismissed by oktexas as irrelevant, is that ignorance, or mendacity?
See: Actus Reus Non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea Definition
"The act itself does not constitute guilt unless done with a guilty intent."
"It is a principle of natural justice, and of our law, that actus facit reum nisi mens sit rea. The intent and the Act must both concur to constitute the crime."
It's unfortunate (likely intentional) that Comey wasn't as clear in explaining this principle of law, as he was in working to discredit HRC. The former was his job and responsibility; the latter a partisan effort to keep him from suffering the attacks on his person by neo fascists who attacked the Chief Justice for his opinion on Obamacare.