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kpete

(72,904 posts) Mon Dec 3, 2018, 05:50 PM Dec 2018

Donald Trump is witness tampering again, today, IN FRONT OF OUR VERY EYES.

If you’re about to testify about the Mafia, and goodfella shows up outside your house and says “nice family there, it’d be a shame if anything happened to them,” that’d be witness tampering.

If you were about to testify about you boss, and your boss took you to the racquetball club and gave you a big speech about loyalty before dangling a promotion in front of you, that’d be witness tampering.

The reason why both of those conversations would happen in private is because the mafioso and the shady boss know that there are laws against witness tampering and they’re not trying to catch an obstruction of justice charge while intimidating you.

We live in a world where the President of the United States violates these laws against witness tampering, and he violates them in public from the Oval Office (or wherever Trump accesses Twitter). NOBODY has sufficiently explained to me why he faces no consequences for activity that would get any thug on the street thrown in jail.

Donald Trump is witness tampering again, today, IN FRONT OF OUR VERY EYES.

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/12/donald-trump-is-witness-tampering-again/

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Donald Trump is witness tampering again, today, IN FRONT OF OUR VERY EYES. (Original Post) kpete Dec 2018 OP

K&R Scurrilous Dec 2018 #1

K&R Solly Mack Dec 2018 #2

Really good thread on prosecutorial aspects of his tweets Roland99 Dec 2018 #3

Trump in his past has always Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #4

And disgustingly his supporters don't care kimbutgar Dec 2018 #5

And we are going to bury these Republican scum for a generation. I won't even talk to Trumpanzees Pepsidog Dec 2018 #6

None of this would be possible if the Congressional Rethugs did their jobs. Oh right, they are up alwaysinasnit Dec 2018 #7

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

1. K&R

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Mon Dec 3, 2018, 05:55 PM

Dec 2018

Solly Mack

(97,267 posts)

2. K&R

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Mon Dec 3, 2018, 06:02 PM

Dec 2018

Roland99

(53,345 posts)

3. Really good thread on prosecutorial aspects of his tweets

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Mon Dec 3, 2018, 06:05 PM

Dec 2018

Link to tweet

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

4. Trump in his past has always

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 06:08 PM

Dec 2018

tried to influence the Court of Public Opinion when ever it involved him. Always got away with it,hoping this time it burns his fat ass.

kimbutgar

(27,555 posts)

5. And disgustingly his supporters don't care

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 06:19 PM

Dec 2018

As our democracy erodes and they lose rights and be subject to predators, they’ll follow him off the cliff and still be defending him when it is obvious he betrayed our country.

Pepsidog

(6,366 posts)

6. And we are going to bury these Republican scum for a generation. I won't even talk to Trumpanzees

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 08:20 PM

Dec 2018

alwaysinasnit

(5,643 posts)

7. None of this would be possible if the Congressional Rethugs did their jobs. Oh right, they are up

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 08:43 PM

Dec 2018

to their necks in the same muck as tRump.

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