Discussion: 400 Ex-Prosecutors: DOJ Could Charge Trump With Obstruction If He Wasn't POTUS

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400 Ex-Prosecutors: DOJ Could Charge Trump With Obstruction If He Wasn't POTUS 400 Ex-Prosecutors: DOJ Could Charge Trump With Obstruction If He Wasn't POTUS Back to article
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Now start questioning the authority of OLC memo. It’s ridiculous to put so much weight on it.

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Just 400? Is that all?

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Not exactly a vote of confidence in Barr’s actions. In fact, zero support for what he’s doing.

heh heh

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Rudy Giuliani disagrees, so both sides need to be considered.

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Impeachment?

“not worth it”
“too divisive”
“not bipartisan”
“too good for him”
“easy way out”

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Probably Trump fired them all and they’re disgruntled.

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So far…

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And what is it going to take for the DOJ, or the courts to overrule and throw out the absolutely stupid Office of Legal Council OPINION/POLICY that says a sitting President cannot be indicted.

The ongoing lawlessness of our current so-called “president” must not be allowed to continue. It will destroy our government and our country.

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:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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No prosecutors from Russia signed this letter. So, you know, what does it matter?

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The sad part is, there are more people willing to take the word of the President over 400 others with personal knowledge of the situation because those 400 people, according to the minions, are part of the ‘Deep State’ trying to destroy ‘their’ President.

Where’d they get that idea, I wonder…???

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Also, they’re all democrats (except the ones who are republicans).

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SHS’s Law School will graduate 3,465 lawyers this month…and I figure they will balance this obviously biased article

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Amusing to note that, according to the Post, one of those signing this is> Jeffrey Harris, who worked as the principal assistant to Rudolph W. Giuliani when he was at the Justice Department in the Reagan administration.

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Angry Democrats! Conflicted! Bad.

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Maybe Barr should contact those two women who engineered the letter of support for Kavenaugh.

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Fake prosecutors, obviously, folks. Nothing to see here.

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“They’re all disgruntled because they didn’t get Don McGahn’s job when he left.”

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This is a very big deal. In a fight against a lawless administration, every little thing matters. This matters.

It provides a nice talking point for Dems as they go through the public hearing process.

In addition, this provides a lot of cover for Robert Mueller when he will be asked the question as to whether he would’ve recommended an indictment had the OLC memo not been in effect. I think his report is pretty clear that the POTUS’ actions satisfied the elements of obstruction and that it would be within the power of Congress and prosecutors (post term) to impeach/indict.

Here, he can perhaps take a rhetorical step forward to tell people in plain English what his report pretty clearly says in legalese: “Yes. I would’ve sought an indictment from a grand jury but for the OLC memo because Trump’s conduct satisfied the elements of obstruction of justice.”

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