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Mc Mike

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3. The Rump admin is very busy looking into fake foreign 'crimes' committed by American citizens

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2019, 08:09 PM

Dec 2019

in Ukraine; so they're too busy to look into real foreign crimes committed by American citizens (from the Rump admin), in the UK.

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UK charges US diplomat's wife over teen's death in crash [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2019 OP

It's almost impossible to extradite someone from the UK to the US. Calista241 Dec 2019 #1

It's the other way around. She would have to be extradited from the US into the UK. LisaL Dec 2019 #4

Have there been similar cases here in the US? keithbvadu2 Dec 2019 #2

The Rump admin is very busy looking into fake foreign 'crimes' committed by American citizens Mc Mike Dec 2019 #3

Life in prison for this disgusting piece of shit. Lucky Luciano Dec 2019 #5

If she has diplomatic immunity, dware Dec 2019 #7

Neither her husband or her were Diplomats and didn't have Diplomatic Immunity Pachamama Dec 2019 #23

According to the State Dept. dware Dec 2019 #24

Her husband is a spook (yes, a spy) and was working at the listening station base in UK Pachamama Dec 2019 #25

Why is she a disgusting piece of shit? Chemisse Dec 2019 #8

She fled the country claiming diplomatic immunity! Lucky Luciano Dec 2019 #9

What consequences? dware Dec 2019 #10

...and often these people get punished at home when it is egregious. Lucky Luciano Dec 2019 #11

Ah I get it now, dware Dec 2019 #12

I'm all in. Lucky Luciano Dec 2019 #13

Why not sue the person into the poor house? dware Dec 2019 #14

There is no realistic recourse here. She got away with it. Lucky Luciano Dec 2019 #15

Only if she's declared persona non grata by the British Govt. dware Dec 2019 #19

Oh I see. She was driving on the wrong side of the road. Chemisse Dec 2019 #16

Yes...but the callousness since then is just awful and truly contemptible. Lucky Luciano Dec 2019 #17

It's a really sad situation for the boy's family. Chemisse Dec 2019 #21

She wouldn't be facing a prison sentence, dware Dec 2019 #22

She was driving on the wrong side of the road. LisaL Dec 2019 #18

it would seem this was just a terrible accident Skittles Dec 2019 #20

Life in prison for an accident? Polybius Dec 2019 #26

The complete abdication of responsibility is egregious. Lucky Luciano Dec 2019 #28

Why should she risk it? Polybius Dec 2019 #29

Sure...why not get away with it and thumb your nose at justice. Lucky Luciano Dec 2019 #31

Staying and risking jail would not have been a smart thing to do Polybius Dec 2019 #32

She was driving on the wrong side of the road. LisaL Dec 2019 #34

And what country did she learn to drive in? Polybius Dec 2019 #37

If you are driving in a foreign country, you have to know and follow the driving laws of LisaL Dec 2019 #38

Absolutely Polybius Dec 2019 #39

Don't you think that's an over reaction? I'm not sure about UK laws but in this totodeinhere Dec 2019 #35

A month and a half ago... Progressive Jones Dec 2019 #6

Th OP's post was from December 20th Polybius Dec 2019 #30

no, the link I put in my post was a month and a half ago. Related. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2019 #33

True Polybius Dec 2019 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Polybius Dec 2019 #27