Two thoughts as I follow the news of the last two days...
1. Criminal behavior is illegal (of course) but in many cases simply *planning* to commit a crime is also against the law, even when those plans do not succeed. Attempted murder is less serious than successfully killing someone, but the attempt is also punishable. Fraud may or may not succeed, but the *attempt* remains illegal.
Likewise, the actions taken by Donald Trump did not succeed, but simply crafting the plans is still punishable criminal behavior. A trial will determine whether or not he was proactively making those plans.
2. The Hunter Biden trope now includes implications that Joe Biden made a number of personal calls to Hunter which are evidence of impropriety about Hunter's business dealing. Frequent calls were very likely because Hunter Biden, the younger brother of Beau Biden, was dying of brain cancer and their father (unlike another father we might mention) was being supportive, keeping in touch.
Two thoughts as I follow the news of the last two days...
1. Criminal behavior is illegal (of course) but in many cases simply *planning* to commit a crime is also against the law, even when those plans do not succeed. Attempted murder is less serious than successfully killing someone, but the attempt is also punishable. Fraud may or may not succeed, but the *attempt* remains illegal.
Likewise, the actions taken by Donald Trump did not succeed, but simply crafting the plans is still punishable criminal behavior. A trial will determine whether or not he was proactively making those plans.
2. The Hunter Biden trope now includes implications that Joe Biden made a number of personal calls to Hunter which are evidence of impropriety about Hunter's business dealing. Frequent calls were very likely because Hunter Biden, the younger brother of Beau Biden, was dying of brain cancer and their father (unlike another father we might mention) was being supportive, keeping in touch.