# The Stormy case is no big deal **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 16, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stormy-case-is-no-big-deal/1001626 "2024-05-16T10:29:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stormy-case-is-no-big-deal/1001626/41 "2024-05-17T12:26:00Z")
Forgive the simplistic view but the jurors aren’t being asked to determine if the sequence of events constitute a crime or the severity of it, they’re being asked to determine based on the evidence presented if Trump participated in it or directed the events. Maybe the “yeah he did it but I don’t think it’s really a crime” thinking works in marijuana possession cases but I don’t think juries will apply the same logic to election finance felonies. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stormy-case-is-no-big-deal/1001626/42 "2024-05-17T12:39:49Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > What Trump is accused of is actually illegal and I am hard pressed to see how that is worse than lying under oath. Seriously? I’m amazed someone could say this. There is a huge difference between lying about an affair (even under oath) and a candidate conspiring to fraudulently falsifying business records to cover up payments made to a mistress so her story didn’t come out during an election. If Starr had uncovered that on Clinton it would 100% definitely meant the end of Clinton’s presidency. It would have been Watergate part 2. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stormy-case-is-no-big-deal/1001626/43 "2024-05-17T12:43:02Z")
I very much wrote that wrong. That is my mistake. I meant to say the actual crime is worse than lying about doing it. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stormy-case-is-no-big-deal/1001626/44 "2024-05-17T13:02:29Z")
Edit: just read last post ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stormy-case-is-no-big-deal/1001626/45 "2024-05-17T13:20:49Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Maybe the “yeah he did it but I don’t think it’s really a crime” thinking works in marijuana possession cases but I don’t think juries will apply the same logic to election finance felonies Though I think this is not super relevant to the OP. People get off (or are given a smack on the wrist) for heinous crimes that are a big deal all the time. And people are given long sentences for crimes that are not a big deal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stormy-case-is-no-big-deal/1001626.md?page=2)