How stupid do you have to be to extort the worlds richest man?

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schuylaar

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i wonder if anyone realizes that the richest man in the world, who owns WaPo with journalist was chopped into little pieces, think THAT wasn't connected?

too much too soon?
 
TacoMac

TacoMac

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dandyrandy said:
Depending on talking head lawyers on various stations some say yea and some nay. Time will tell.
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That's the entire problem: Lawyers are doing most of the talking. In legal terms, that's not extortion. That's called a quid pro quo - something for everybody. It's actually perfectly legal.

Now, if some unknown entity that hadn't identified himself and slipped an envelope under the door making demands, then yeah. That's extortion. But when the whole thing is done in the open with lawyers representing both sides and everybody being fully aware of everything being said, that can hardly be construed as extortion.
 
dandyrandy

dandyrandy

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TacoMac said:
That's the entire problem: Lawyers are doing most of the talking. In legal terms, that's not extortion. That's called a quid pro quo - something for everybody. It's actually perfectly legal.

Now, if some unknown entity that hadn't identified himself and slipped an envelope under the door making demands, then yeah. That's extortion. But when the whole thing is done in the open with lawyers representing both sides and everybody being fully aware of everything being said, that can hardly be construed as extortion.
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I'm not a potsite legal eagle like you. Time will tell.
 
TacoMac

TacoMac

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dandyrandy said:
I'm not a potsite legal eagle like you. Time will tell.
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That's true, but the actual law will always side on the presumption of innocence in a case like this. You have to PROVE extortion beyond any reasonable doubt in a criminal case. That is nearly impossible to do.

Now, in Civil Court, Bezos can clean house. The burden of proof is completely different. You only have to prove by "preponderance of evidence" in civil court, not "beyond any reasonable doubt" like you do in criminal court.

Were I Bezos, I wouldn't even bother the authorities over it. I'd just drag them into civil court and bankrupt them.
 
Herb & Suds

Herb & Suds

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That would be the very definition of a "pecker wrecker" sorry someone needed to say it :hump: Happy Friday
captainmorgan said:
I think a judge will clearly connect the dots and throw out peckers non prosecution agreement with the special counsel. Special counsel probable has a mountain of evidence that will put pecker in prison.
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Every time I see a MEGA hat wearing shopper in the grocery they grab a copy of TNE
 
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