• @rhythmicotter@midwest.social
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        171 year ago

        The bar for losing your job as a congress person or any public servant for corruption should be way lower than the bar for being sent to prison.

    • @dirthawker0@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      He said this well after the Ethics Committee released its findings. Santos was effectively shown to be guilty.

      In the previous attempts at expulsion, a lot of people voted against simply because the report wasn’t out yet. It would have set a dangerous precedent to vote to expel someone without proof of wrongdoing.

    • @hglman@lemmy.world
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      61 year ago

      He literally was just convicted in a trial by his peers. His explosion is exactly the basis for common law including many of the points of the magna carta.

      • rigatti
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        31 year ago

        Explosion? This whole event was way cooler than I initially thought.