• teamevil@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    You know what? I honestly don’t remember where I read it, but because I grew up with Hey Man Nice Shot, I remember reading an article about it… From a half assed Google search right now I find info (100 % trustworthy sources I’m sure) on a straight dope forum… https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-budd-dwyer-factually-guilty-innocent-or-what/631629/24?page=2

    White collar crime seems like it’s all from a legal perspective, quite often.

    Edit: I can’t believe I’m using this as a source but according to the straight dope forum whoever accused him admitted to lying, seems based on dubious sources at best. So I probably don’t know what the hell I’m talking about.

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      4 days ago

      Interesting! Thanks. That has some more nuance than I was expecting.

      PA state government is rife with corruption of every level and so we as residents tend to leap to conclusions that every state official, especially the elected ones, are always committing some kind of crime and it’s just the unlucky ones who get caught and tried. The State Treasurer in particular has a recent bad history.