This is a false and deceptive statement—she wrote, “we should reschedule”. Also, what’s unprecedented is for a president who thinks it’s a good idea to give a SOTU in the midst of a government shutdown—that has never happened before. I.e., that is what is “unprecedented”.
Man does the false equivalency / bothsiderism bullshit get tiresome.
President Trump Directed His Attorney To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project
Trump received 10 personal updates from Michael Cohen and encouraged a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin.
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trump did this from the Oval Office while in office.
OK well…I hafta get pop corn for the Cohen testimony.
Before I retired I was a research scientist and teacher in a medical school. Pretty far from the legal world.
A bit from the buzz feed article I linked to above:
“The special counsel’s office learned about Trump’s directive for Cohen
to lie to Congress through interviews with multiple witnesses from the
Trump Organization and internal company emails, text messages, and a
cache of other documents. Cohen then acknowledged those instructions
during his interviews with that office.”
Yes, there are very clear and very strict laws about this, and judges and prosecutors (as officers of the court system) care about protecting the courts against this.
Unlike general obstruction of justice, subornation of perjury has little room for political judgement, and no room for “Constitution sez his job makes it legal” claims.
If a Special Counsel wants to include this along with other sealed indictments, convictions, and guilty pleas to establish a pattern of breaking multiple laws trying to obstruct justice, then this could help substantiate that pattern. But for now, emphasis should be on the perjury-related business. Senators understand that.
I am not sure what senators understand anymore. Many times it seems they just ignore reality for the sake of the party or their election How much courage does it take in the face of tons of hard evidence that they need to impanel a group of senators to inquire into impeachment as was done during Watergate??