Trump's New Impeachable Offenses: Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy, Abuse...

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L. Coyote (39,006 posts) https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029047608

Trump's New Impeachable Offenses: Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy, Abuse of Power

 

There is absolutely no doubt Trump's motive in firing Comey was to eliminate the person investigating #TrumpRussia and to obstruct the FBI investigation. That is criminal action.

The action was taken be three persons, Trump, Sessions and Rosenstein, and therefore conspiracy statutes prevail:

18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

18 U.S. Code § 372 - Conspiracy to impede or injure officer - If two or more persons in any State, Territory, Possession, or District conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof, or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave the place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties, each of such persons shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six years, or both.

The conspiracy began earlier, with truth-suppressing acts by co-conspirators Sessions, Flynn, and Kushner. Given perjury, false declarations, or assertion of a false affirmative statement by an individual testifying under oath accompanied by other obstructive, evasive testimony, such as a false denial of knowledge or memory, legal offenses exist. Sessions committed perjury in his confirmation hearing, Flynn lied to the FBI and about his Russia contacts, Kushner failed to disclose his Russia contacts in his security clearance. These acts and Trump's firing of Comey are part of a pattern of actions, a cover up related to the Trump campaign, and have been carried out for a unified purpose and in a concerted manner.

18 U.S. Code § 1621 - Perjury generally - Whoever—
(1) having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true; or
(2) in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, willfully subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe to be true;
is guilty of perjury and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. This section is applicable whether the statement or subscription is made within or without the United States.

Obstruction and impeding any inquiry or investigation in Congress is also criminal. Director Comey was a witness before Congress in both public and classified hearings in the very days before his dismissal.

18 U.S. Code § 1505 - Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress—

Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both.

History repeats. The first charge in Nixon's impeachment resolution was obstruction of justice. Abuse of power and politics can continue to impede investigations. An independent investigation is an immediate imperative.

The best path forward remains unresolved. There were reasons to impeach Trump before this latest action, but political will was lacking. That too is changing, moreso behind the barriers of secrecy imposed by classified information. As more information from the multitudinous investigations is revealed, the demands to end Trump's despotic tenure will grow. I doubt partisanship will be set aside to restore justice and undo an election outcome that never should have been. However, we don't have all the facts yet and when we do, even that may happen. Meanwhile, let the impeachment begin.

 

L. Coyote (39,006 posts)
4. Refusal To Turn Over Flynn Documents Is The Criminal Cover-Up

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/04/25/refusal-turn-flynn-documents-criminal-cover-up-bring-trump.html
Jason Easley on Tue, Apr 25th, 2017

When the White House refused to turn over documents that were requested by the House Oversight Committee's investigation, they were engaging in a criminal cover-up that could be the beginning of the end of this administration

Star Member LaydeeBug (9,853 posts)
6. knr

L. Coyote (39,006 posts)
10. Trump thought he could order Comey to end grand juries - Meanwhile warrants served RICO

What warrants got served?

Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated
BREAKING: Legal Shock & Awe. Source in legal community reports large number of Warrants from Eastern District of Virginia being executed (1
11:51 AM - 11 May 2017
  7,368 7,368 Retweets   9,974 9,974 likes

 

Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated
By the FBI. Source reports frenzy of activity inside the EDVA, large number of agents, US Marshals. The battle has been joined. 2/2

Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated
MORE: I'm told the name of the GOP firm that was served with Warrant in Annapolis is Strategic Campaign Group. http://www.strategiccampaigngroup.com

However, critics labeled the Conservative Strikeforce a "Scam PAC" — a political action committee that raises large sums and spends very little on campaigns, candidates or the causes it espouses. All of that is totally legal, though, as there are no federal guidelines for how unaffiliated PACs ought to spend their war chests. ~ www.thehill.com

Last November, the PAC donated $5,000 to President Trump's campaign, but FEC records show the check was returned without being cashed. ~www.thehill.com

Oops.

Star Member Initech (59,744 posts)
12. How many more shoes have to drop before something is done?

It's ****ing maddening!!! If one shoe like this had dropped on Hillary's side, the republicans would be on TV 24/7 calling for Hillary's impeachment, arrest, and indictment, and they'd be calling for all liberal voters to be locked up. But Trump's got a full ****ing walk in closet full of shoes that have dropped and they're doing nothing! And they'll accuse us of corruption tomorrow. And find some way to blame us for this, and weasel out of it. God damn them.

So- a PAC operating since 2008 who Trump never took money from and the election cops say didn't do anything wrong... did what again exactly?

L. Coyote (39,006 posts)
18. 'Mr Comey was fired because he was leading an active investigation that could bring down a president

Donald Trump fired James Comey to stop FBI investigation that would lead to impeachment, says New York Times

Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey in order to stop an investigation which could have "potentially ruinous consequences for the administration," the New York Times has said in an editorial.

The paper said that by firing Mr Comey, the President has cast doubt on further investigation into the Trump campaign's potential links to Russia, which could become "one of the biggest political scandals" in American history. ..............

L. Coyote (39,006 posts)
22. Schiff Op-Ed: Why did Trump fire Comey? Had nothing to do with Clinton, everything to do with Russia

basically ol'Coyote just replies to his own OP for an hour or so...

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I think you DUmmys have Trump this time. I'd head down to the nearest corner and score some wicked bad Brown Acid to celebrate and a bottle of Cripple. As good measure take a random assortment of your many and varied mental health drugs and take a nice long dirt nap. Go silently into the night knowing Trump is legs because this has thick strong legs.

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Somewhere in China a teapot factory is working their people overtime 24x7, making teapots for DU-folks' tempests.

Somebody should warn "laserhaas" that he has competition.

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L. Coyote (39,006 posts) https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029047608

Trump's New Impeachable Offenses: Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy, Abuse of Power

<bunch of stupid shit>

Impeachmas/special-prosecutor-mas is gonna happen in 24 business hours!!!!!

Hey dummies?

[Delmar]

Response to L. Coyote (Original post)Thu May 11, 2017, 12:23 PM
Star Member LaydeeBug (9,854 posts)
6. knr

No mention of tethered chickens, staying woke, framing the narrative, no asterisks, no RSTLNE.  Just knr.

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No mention of tethered chickens, staying woke, framing the narrative, no asterisks, no RSTLNE.  Just knr.

That DOTY is slipping away.  Someone alert her.