(08-23-2018, 11:06 AM)robkelk Wrote: Trump says on FOX that co-operating with prosecutors "should almost be illegal".
A commenter on the Washington Post site using the handle CogitoErgoSum had this to say:
Quote:Let Trump's comments that flipping (turning State's evidence) "almost should be illegal" sink in for a minute.
If it weren't for terrorists who "flipped" and helped thwart further mayhem perpetrated by their accomplices, countless hundreds or thousands of U.S. soldiers and civilians would be dead. Among the list of "flippers" that Trump wants to ban would be the person who alerted the USA to Osama bin Laden's whereabouts in Pakistan. If it weren't for that "rat" (in Trump's terms), Osama bin Laden would still be alive and planning more attacks on the USA.
If it weren't for a "rat" accountant who flipped, Al Capone, perhaps America's most notorious gangster and murder, would probably not have been caught.
If “Sammy the Bull” Gravano had not "flipped," the murderous Gambino kingpin John Gotti would still be terrorizing New York.
History is full of examples of murderers, drug dealers, terrorists and thieves who were brought to justice because one of their associated "flipped" on them. Trump thinks that should be illegal.
Windrip thinks like a criminal, doesn't he?
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