FBI Has New Evidence of Trump's Obstruction

[applegrove]

FBI Has New Evidence of Trump’s Obstruction

April 2, 2023 at 3:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

https://politicalwire.com/2023/04/02/fbi-has-new-evidence-of-trumps-obstruction/

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“Justice Department and FBI investigators have amassed fresh evidence pointing to possible obstruction by former president Donald Trump in the investigation into top-secret documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home,” the Washington Post reports.

“The additional evidence comes as investigators have used emails and text messages from a former Trump aide to help understand key moments last year.”

“The new details highlight the degree to which special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the potential mishandling of hundreds of classified national security papers at Trump’s Florida home and private club has come to focus on the obstruction elements of the case — whether the former president took or directed actions to impede government efforts to collect all the sensitive records.”

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[Fiendish Thingy]

1. WHAAAAATTT?!?!?!?!

But I’ve been told that it’s a slam dunk case that should’ve been charged 26 months ago, and no new evidence was needed.

Somebody’s been fibbing…

[NullTuples]

2. Y'ever get the feeling that out of all things that happened 2017-2020...

...the vast majority of GOP politicians that were involved and very much broke laws trying to break our nation will get by without even being investigated?

I would love for Pres. Biden's second term to be a cleanup of Washington D.C. (and any applicable state level lawmakers, too) by the DoJ. Doing so would restore the world's faith and confidence in America.

[applegrove]

3. I don't think that is going to happen with this trial. Maybe Jan 6 investigation

will lead to investigating congresspeople for what their part in Jan 6 was. Maybe.

[Pinkflamingo]

9. Kudos NullTuples

[Downsouthjukin]

4. What worries me

is that it says Jack Smith is focusing on obstruction of justice. It always seems to be the way for the rich and powerful. Instead of getting charged with the actual bad thing they did that actually carries severe penalties they wind up getting charged with crimes associated with their crimes which tend to carry far less penalties and they wind up doing less time than Joe Blow gets for Possession of two ounces of weed in Alabama.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. An Alternative View

Maybe trying to provide a silver lining here, but...
Pursuing evidence of obstruction might be a handy tool in a prosecution of the "actual bad thing" because it establishes the perpetrator knew they had broken the law. And, it's one more felony.
Just speculating.

[johnnyfins]

6. THIS

[Happy Hoosier]

10. It's a much easier case to make.

No doubt they have the evidence Trump mishandled docs. It’s march harder to prove he knew he was doing so. However, once he was called out, obstruction becomes much easier to prove when he starts taking action to avoid compliance or conceal his non-compliance.

[grantcart]

11. I am guessing that the key issue is proving intent

There may be little or no evidence of his intent to take the documents for illegal purposes and the defendant can argue that a) it is a common occurrence b) prosecution is using selective prosecution by not prosecuting Biden and Pence.

The evidence for intent on obstruction of justice will be based on testimony and written communication from employees and attorneys.

Penalty for federal obstruction of justice carries a potential 5 year prison sentence and in some cases can be elevated to 20 years.

Prosecutors are only interested in one thing: Finding the path to prosecution that yields a 98% conviction probability.

[kentuck]

12. Obstruction of justice is not a minor charge.

It can carry up to 20 years in prison.

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Welcome to DU, Downsouthjukin.

[Downsouthjukin]

18. Thank you for the welcome.

I hope against hope that I am wrong. I want so much for the path that led to to nothing happening to Nixon or Agnew will not be followed and that they will follow it all the way up to the money behind the coup.

[Mr.Bill]

7. Trump has committed so many crimes

they could investigate him for a hundred years and not find it all. They're off to a good start.

[kimbutgar]

8. I keep envisioning dominos starting to fall for him

Starting with NY, then other indictment’s to follow so much that he loses his mind and has a breakdown of some sort that turns off his cultists.

And I hope that judge in NY invokes a gag order on him. I’d like to turn on the evening news and Not It having his name mentioned at all.

[Matthew28]

13. There's a reason

that 2-3 republicans are jumping in or about to jump into the race. Trump is probably fucked.

[Marius25]

17. We've been saying that for awhile, but his polling numbers just went up

Absolutely no Republican is going to beat him in a primary

[kentuck]

15. Why are they making it public...?

Unless they plan on doing something with it? Other than messing with Trump's warped mind?

It appears that another indictment may be coming soon?

[Marius25]

16. I'm of the opinion that none of this matters

until DoJ actually gets the courage to indict and arrest him.

We've been talking about his crimes out in the open for years now, and DoJ has done absolutely nothing. They should have arrested him while he was in office. Their stupid memo of "can't indict a sitting President" is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. It's neither Constitutional, or in line with the rule of law.