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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Distinction without a difference. Trump is merely the ultimate insider. If I can get a favor by having the President tweet, or I can get a favor because my criminal lawyer used to work with the people at justice and uses the connection to plead my case and milk his goodwill with my investogators in advance, where other defendants would not have a chance to stop a case against them until it was too late, what's the difference?
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One is an abuse of power and of the public trust and the other is an adversarial system of justice.