117 days from Inauguration to Special Counsel
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Not the same legal standard.
Start and pursue an investigation = reasonable articulable suspicion (Terry v Ohio)
Search house for weed stash = probable cause and warrant (4th amendment)
Let's review the differing standards from investigation to conviction.
1.Open and pursue a criminal investigation = reasonable articulable suspicion a crime has been or is being committed. A pretty damned low burden of proof level.
2. File charges = probable cause that a specific identified crime has been by a specific identified individual.
3. Conviction = proof beyond a reasonable doubt of #2.
People chanting where's the proof....what's the crime...etc...are applying at least level two evidentiary standard to a case that isn't there yet.
1.Open and pursue a criminal investigation = reasonable articulable suspicion a crime has been or is being committed. A pretty damned low burden of proof level.
2. File charges = probable cause that a specific identified crime has been by a specific identified individual.
3. Conviction = proof beyond a reasonable doubt of #2.
People chanting where's the proof....what's the crime...etc...are applying at least level two evidentiary standard to a case that isn't there yet.
The down side to a cut and paste list is there may be things on there that you don't personally agree with or haven't personally read. That's not meant to be a criticism, either. So here's a question: Do you stand by this list as a whole or are there portions of it that you would disown?
It's not all gold. I haven't taken time to read it all but there's enough there that is troubling and constitutes enough "evidence" if true to look into the Russia stuff.
I'm picking things at random that seem interesting. The "Russian fertilizer king" series is a waste of time. Planes were parked at the same airport for 2 hours makes me regret opening that article.
If you can pick out a couple of your favorites out of that list, I would read them with an open mind.
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