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I get why it’s career-endingly bad 2 punish Ft. Lee as political payback. But why is it *illegal*? Do we jail pols for dumb vindictiveness?
Mickey Kaus
Kausfiles
I get why it’s career-endingly bad 2 punish Ft. Lee as political payback. But why is it *illegal*? Do we jail pols for dumb vindictiveness?
@kausmickey what’s Ft. Lee?
@johnmarzan Christie. Bridgegate. @kausmickey
@kausmickey we do in Jersey. https://t.co/37mAjahHbP
@kausmickey I think it’s criminal. Pols need to face consequences for fucking with our lives.
@naternot @kausmickey we rely on institutions that are as inherently corrupt as the politicians for justice, which is why we don’t get it.
@kausmickey It’s a journalistic perjury trap!
@kausmickey New Jersey has a law “Official Misconduct” which pertains to public officials. Bridge gate fits exactly.
@kausmickey Official Misconduct https://t.co/daCsn32Sr9
@kausmickey are they using that “honest services” business? Which of them couldn’t be nailed with that? Obama golfing or campaigning=theft
@AlbaneseJoe @kausmickey Who gets to authorize? Every one of them has some authority; if you could do it, don’t you have authority?
@kausmickey It became more than dumb vindictiveness when it affected others besides the mayor of Fort Lee.
@kausmickey You don’t get why it’s illegal to (a) use state resources (b) to settle personal grudges (c) by deliberately harming citizens?
@kausmickey it’s never the act, Mickey. It’s the coverup.
@kausmickey They are charged with using govt resources for political purposes.