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stopbush

(24,395 posts) Sat May 25, 2019, 04:25 PM May 2019

One may as well have claimed that it was useless to bring Al Capone to trial because a jury would never convict him.

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tRump is a criminal. He needs to be impeached. We bring criminals to justice in this country. (Original Post) stopbush May 2019 OP

It *was* useless. They had to get Al Capone on tax evasion. Kablooie May 2019 #1

White collar crimes rarely get prosecuted in this country. AJT May 2019 #2

They never did try Capone for racketeering - because it WAS useless EffieBlack May 2019 #4

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1. It *was* useless. They had to get Al Capone on tax evasion.

Sat May 25, 2019, 04:31 PM

May 2019

They couldn't find any chargeable offenses on him.
They finally locked him up on tax fraud.

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2. White collar crimes rarely get prosecuted in this country.

Sat May 25, 2019, 07:53 PM

May 2019

If you're going to commit a crime make sure you do it big while wearing a nice suit.

(8,231 posts)

3. Who says we are not impeaching. The way this is going it's going to be obvious he needs to be

Sat May 25, 2019, 08:11 PM

May 2019

impeached.

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4. They never did try Capone for racketeering - because it WAS useless

Sat May 25, 2019, 08:22 PM

May 2019

They got him on tax evasion.