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When you're a US attorney, yes. It's not like there's some other federal government you can go work for. Her job market is not as liquid as ours.


I don't think it works that way, honestly. The majority of people at that level are so well off that they don't get hit that hard. They don't really get hit at all. They have a million opportunities after being let go. Even looking into someone like Nixon, where do you go from there. He received 2 millions to write his memoirs, was paid millions for interviews etc. I don't doubt it would drastically alter her career, at least from the path she was on. But she has a certain right to uphold a set of ethics, when prosecutors overstep their power, they are no more infallible than you or I. In that role, it's always on the table as a consequence. People keep referencing how she's one of the "good guys" without any real knowledge of her previous work. Her entire career may of been built on top of prosecutorial overreach. When you put away bad people, people don't care how you do it. She finally picked the wrong person to make an example of. But even if she's let go, believe me, she'll do just fine.


Seriously, you are equating job loss as a harsh consequence when she threatens 35 years of jail time to people?


Not so much, chances are she is taking a pay cut by working for the federal government.


Of course, but there are other reasons people work where they do besides money!




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