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Nah, safest place is the UK. Learn yourself something technical about the equipment and hope the Ukrainians send you there when you wave the white flag.

When you say "her parents", didn't someone already correct you that it was one of her grandparents? It doesn't really come across as you actually knowing what you're talking about, so much as just spewing ignorant hate. 🙄 <-My surprised face

Undoubtedly that's true. Because that's appropriately punishing someone for thinking the wrong thing. 😉 That's not what @The Immortal Watch Dog suggested though, and certainly no evidence has been given that your description would apply in this case.

I haven't seen a single article discussing the number of acts. There's a lot because it takes a lot to describe a complicated and widespread plot. I believe Trump has been hit with 13 actual charges. That isn't actually a huge number, and easily could have been inflated to several times that if...

That's one of 161 acts laid out, that form a comprehensive narrative. Individual acts are not necessarily themselves illegal, or even evidence of wrongdoing. For an exaggerated example, a case could lay out across several acts that a group had conspired to kill someone, and the choice of if/when...

No.

Nope, I was just an idiot in my haste. That should have been targeted at @Allanon. My apologies for misrepresenting you, and I'll fix the original post.

As Bintanath said, that's a nothing burger that makes for an emotive headline to feed the narrative of a combative and emotional election. I mean, it was anyway, but throwing logs on the fire always gets more clicks, views, copies sold, etc. than cold and dispassionate reporting and they choose...

I assume you'd use the same magic to retroactively adjust every mention of numbers from before the election?

A quick search shows 8,661,735 votes cast, vs 12.3 million active enrolled voters. Perhaps you could share the proof you're talking about?

My understanding still doesn't match yours, but for myself I don't think further discussion is likely to be productive. I do appreciate that sentiment though, and that you've argued intelligently, clearly and reasonably.

Except, those later rulings were all on cases charged under sections 1341, 1343 & 1346. Fraud in those cases is legally and clearly distinct from defraud as it's laid out in 371. The distinction is clearly laid out in the DoJ CRM...

You seem to be missing or ignoring that he's not being charged with wire fraud or mail fraud or similar, where you would be right about the tangible value aspect. That would be under 18 U.S.C. § 1343, or § 1341. (Or, as you alluded to §1346) The way things apply to § 371 is different. As I...

Actually, the tangible value thing is a commonly held misunderstanding. That applies to wire fraud, or similar fraud. Under 18 U.S.C. § 371 defraud has a more expansive meaning, that can include material loss but can also "include any conspiracy for the purpose of impairing, obstructing or...

That's true and makes sense, but it's also morally repugnant. In times of survival it can be a tough necessity to discard morals and ethics, and I wouldn't blame a Ukrainian for such views. You don't have that excuse though, and making an immoral choice purely to support a political position...

Have you never heard of fraud before? 🤨

Oh, I very much do get that's the point and how you mean it. As Cherico implies, it's even more so here. But I don't understand the relevance, sorry?

That's true and probably part of Ukraine's choice of targeting, but I'm sure there's also an element of hitting whatever they can, when they can.

Except, he wasn't the president. Having served as president in the past doesn't give you the right in perpetuity to just call dibbs on government documents, nor the right to lie to and obstruct organs of government. He lied, repeatedly, knowingly and blatantly. He pressured, coerced and...

That isn't actually being very specific now, is it? "Perpetrating fraud" how exactly? Which laws were broke, specifically, and by which particular actions? As for the drugs, I can only assume you're talking about the same vaccination trump also pushed/pushes, and that was developed under his...