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hlthe2b

(102,297 posts) Fri Jun 21, 2019, 06:37 PM Jun 2019

Former Fed Prosecutor Renato Mariotti addresses why Hope Hicks & Susan McDougal situations DIFFERENT

Several posts on this today and at first glance it IS hard to fathom why these cases are not comparable and why Hicks can't just be jailed for contempt-- as was McDougal. But the situations are not comparable in specific ways and thus will have to be litigated differently. Here's why:

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Former Fed Prosecutor Renato Mariotti addresses why Hope Hicks & Susan McDougal situations DIFFERENT (Original Post) hlthe2b Jun 2019 OP

thank you Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2019 #1

There are several diffeences, but this a really important one that hadn't occurred to me StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #2

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,356 posts)

1. thank you

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 06:54 PM

Jun 2019

Grand juries are not to be messed with. We (collectively, when serving as grand jurors) outrank damn near everybody.

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)

2. There are several diffeences, but this a really important one that hadn't occurred to me