j reacts to the absence of ministerial responsibility in the united states?

i just want to point out, on the clinton case, that i'm learning that this is a concept that does not exist in the united states. i think that the (supposedly false) westminister assumption of ministerial responsibility may have affected my understanding of the legal proceedings.

the argument that they're throwing around - she's not responsible because she didn't know - would not be successful in canada. as secretary of state, she would be expected to have oversight over her employees and be expected to take responsibility for any errors that they make. the defense of incompetence would simply be taken at face value, and both be discarded legally and used against her politically.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_ministerial_responsibility