What in the actual Hell??
Gold bars featured in Bob Menendez bribery case linked to 2013 robbery, records show
@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine He's living down to every single stereotype of a corrupt NJ politician.
@LiberalLibrarian chain of custody solved. But which bribeable peeps have the other 18 bars what I'm worried about.
@LiberalLibrarian Gifting anything of significant value to a politician should be illegal, fullstop.
Bribery of legislators is one case where I don't think requiring concrete proof of a quid pro quo is a good idea - bribery-driven legislation can cause harm to all of society for decades on end.
I do not think giving politicians the freedom to receive gifts is worth those societal risks.
@LiberalLibrarian IMHO rights should be inversely proportional to power; w/o a Sword of Damocles hanging above officials' heads, malfeasance becomes almost inevitable.
Those with power (executive, legislative, judicial, enforcement-related, or otherwise - including police) should be subject to a degree of scrutiny far greater than any average person, and being in public office should necessarily abridge (at least some of) one's rights.
With great power must come great accountability.
@LiberalLibrarian Cool cool!!! This is fine!