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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Mainly tax fraud and lying on a firearm application saying he wasn't on drugs when he was.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can go to prison for buying a gun while being a drug user? Seriously?

[–] V4sh3r 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The crime is lying on the form. If he'd checked yes on being a drug user, they would have just denied the application.

[–] iforgotmyinstance 10 points 1 year ago

It was dismissed as frivolous. Plus it's an amendment violation.

Same reasons we keep letting reds get away with gun crimes tbh.

[–] SulaymanF 23 points 1 year ago

In reality, no they don’t normally proscute lying on the form, but Republicans demanded a prosecution. Normally his punishment would be probation, but the judge is considering something harsher.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

No, a judge dismissed it, because it's stupid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I thought these things earned you the Presidential Medal of Freedom.