# A serious question for Sam Stone on Factual Errors

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**Created:** [December 11, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881 "2021-12-11T12:32:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/771 "2023-06-18T13:44:13Z")

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Sam dropped this turd in a Trump indictment thread, probably being well aware that the mods would shut down the hijack and it would go unchallenged.

> [@Should Trump be found guilty on docs case, does Jack Smith have any recourse if she gives him no prison time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trump-be-found-guilty-on-docs-case-does-jack-smith-have-any-recourse-if-she-gives-him-no-prison-time/985638/12):
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> Comey stated flat out that Hillary Clinton broke the law egregiously and willfully. He decided not to continue pushing the case because in his opinion no prosecutor would indict her because of who she is.

You are a liar, because we all know you aren’t that stupid.

Here’s what Comey actually said.

_in looking back on our investigations into the mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts._

Link to entire statement

[https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/statement-by-fbi-director-james-b-comey-on-the-investigation-of-secretary-hillary-clinton2019s-use-of-a-personal-e-mail-system](https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/statement-by-fbi-director-james-b-comey-on-the-investigation-of-secretary-hillary-clinton2019s-use-of-a-personal-e-mail-system).

Which is pretty much the opposite of what you claimed.

He didn’t claim she did nothing wrong. People do things that are wrong and careless at work all the time. He didn’t even claim she shouldn’t face consequences. But not all wrong or careless things rise to the level of crime, and this one didn’t.

Sam frequently seems ignorant of the way the law works in the US, as evidenced by his breathless anticipation of Hillary Clinton being indicted for (imagined) crimes that are long past the statutes of limitation - I think he still believes they’ll find a loophole. He obviously doesn’t know how charging decisions work, how prosecutors look at the resolution of past cases with similar fact patterns to determine whether or not to bring charges. ( there is similar process for sentencing recommendations).

So, he DIDN’T say he wouldn’t prosecute her because of who she is. He said that no matter how much the Republican prosecutors and FBI agents would’ve loved to “get” her, they had previously decided to not to prosecute everyone else that did the same thing that she did, so they couldn’t make special rules to “get” Hillary.

Jared and Ivanka should be grateful for that decision, BTW.

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