(September 23, 2022 at 3:42 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(September 23, 2022 at 2:33 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Try to understand this: Trump’s possession of those documents is illegal whether or not they were declassified. What Manning did was illegal because those documents were classified. Stop bringing up who was able to declassify and who wasn’t. It’s immaterial as regards Trump.
Manning stole and arranged to have classified material published to expose illegal actions of your government. Illegal? Absolutely, and you’re correct to say so. Trump stole and hoarded government documents for some as yet unknown purpose. Also illegal and you’re again correct to say so.
But stop saying ‘they both did the same thing’. That’s simply wrong.
Boru
They compromised classified documents.
Same offense for both.
Then why do you keep harping that Trump had the ability to declassify?
And it’s really not the same offense. Just like stealing medicine because you have a sick child at home is not the same as stealing medicine because you’re cooking meth.
Like it or not, motive DOES matter.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson