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pnwmom

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Wed May 16, 2018, 12:23 AM May 2018

Walter Schaub: bribery laws still apply to the President, and ordering a Cabinet member

to take an action is still an official act.




Just a reminder that the bribery law (18 U.S.C. § 201) is still one of the few ethics laws that applies to the president, and ordering a cabinet agency to take action is one of the few things that would still qualify as an “official act” after the Supreme Court gutted the law.
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Walter Schaub: bribery laws still apply to the President, and ordering a Cabinet member (Original Post) pnwmom May 2018 OP
treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. C_U_L8R May 2018 #1
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