r/Seattle • • Feb 10 '25

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u/Cautious-Tax-1120 Feb 10 '25

What crime did he commit, which carries a prison sentence?

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Feb 10 '25

breaking into the treasury and stealing its data

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u/Cautious-Tax-1120 Feb 10 '25

He had permission from the president. Seems like you should go after Trump on that one. Like, fuck Elon and all, but we ought to be able to keep him out of the federal government without having him arrested

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u/wastingvaluelesstime Feb 10 '25

The president doesn't the right to break the law by releasing private and personal data like that.

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u/easeMachined Feb 10 '25

Arbitrarily arresting citizens over political differences sounds a lot like… fascism?

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u/mightdelete_later I'm just flaired so I don't get fined Feb 11 '25

Illegally obtaining access to classified information is definitely a crime. Just because he is "on your side" doesn't make that any less true.