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No laws were broken here so keep looking for the steaming stuff.
Did trump "order" an end? Nope and if he did it .... Oh I give up, can't debate with liberals.
True, you can't, it would take actual facts to debate against the obvious truth. I am going to love the next couple of months, watching the Trumplings twist and turn trying to defend someone that could not care spit for those that elected him or for the law.
Rule 702 genius. Look it up. His word is not taken in place of evidence, it can only be used as a opinion of support if it properly aids the evidence.
In your case, the evidence does not exist, he can't simply walk in and claim "/derp /derp appeal to my authority, because I claim they did! /derp /derp"
You have no clue of what you are talking about, more comments from the peanut gallery.
His authority is based on evidence. Did you not check out Brennan's testimony yesterday?
Comey already stated no one asked him to stop an investigation. People have come to him with an opinion or suggestion but that is expected and Comey stated that is no problem if they do.
The President can make it clear that he wants the investigation stopped without actually explicitly ordering it stopped. If the President demonstrates that stopping the investigation was his intent (a pattern of behavior can prove intent), that's obstruction of justice.
An experience FBI Director follows protocol. If it was criminal as they are saying it is(the media) then he broke federal laws, by sitting on it. Then how it has come out, reeks Extortion. Unless it is all Fake News.
federal law, specifically 18 U.S.C. 1503. The criminal code demands more than what Comey reportedly describes in his memo. There are dozens of different variations of obstruction charges ranging from threatening witnesses to influencing jurors. None would fit this case. That leaves the omnibus provision on attempts to interfere with the “due administration of justice.†US Code 18 section 4, which states that, "Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both." It's known as "misprision of a felony."
The criminal code requires intent. Intent is very difficult to prove in a court of law. The best way to prove intent is to show a pattern of behavior. An experienced prosecutor like Comey knows this.
The President can make it clear that he wants the investigation stopped without actually explicitly ordering it stopped. If the President demonstrates that stopping the investigation was his intent (a pattern of behavior can prove intent), that's obstruction of justice.
Correct, and since he also approached other Department heads to get them to say there is nothing to the investigation I would say intent is obvious, hence why there is more investigating in process. The sad part is that his supporters do not seem to grasp the gravity of the Presidents actions, at least not with Trump, had a Dem President done the same they would be calling for Criminal Charges to be filled immediately. This is going to go down as an awful stain on the Presidency and hopefully the investigation will be a high priority among our lawmakers, this needs to be resolved quickly so that the Nation can move o to the real issues at hand.
No laws were broken here so keep looking for the steaming stuff.
Did trump "order" an end? Nope and if he did it .... Oh I give up, can't debate with liberals.
Did he fire Comey in order to sidetrack or end the investigation? "I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job. I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off."
If he fired Comey to sidetrack or end the investigation, to relieve himself of the pressure of that investigation, which that quote strongly suggests, then a solid case for obstruction of justice can be made.
His authority is based on evidence. Did you not check out Brennan's testimony yesterday?
What evidence is that?
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