# Trump's indictment--does it matter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [June 9, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-indictment-does-it-matter/985251 "2023-06-09T16:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 459
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-indictment-does-it-matter/985251/459 "2023-06-19T02:31:37Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I’m astonished at how many people in this country don’t seem to regard the compromise if some of our most important intelligence and endangerment of our national security as any big deal. I’m not. Everything can’t be a big deal, so most people prioritize. I think that illegally silencing a critic with sensational criticism (Stormy Daniels) had considerable likelihood of changing the election result. And thus the New York allegations are a big deal. . And I suspect that the secrets Trump waved around were probably outdated, if ever important. Less of a big deal. That’s me. Now, William Barr thinks the opposite. To him, paying off a critic is nothing, but the official secrets violations outrage him. As for Trump being so evil that everything he gets charged with will be a big deal, well, thinking like that isn’t me. Espionage Act violations, without real espionage, seem to me more a reason to fire an employee (or not vote for a candidate) than to jail them. If Trump is guilty, of this, the judge should give the minimum amount under the sentencing guidelines, and I’d lower the penalties for everyone if I could. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-indictment-does-it-matter/985251)._