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Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:47 PM

Should James Comey be prosecuted in a future administration for violating 18 U.S. Code 595 ?

Whoever, being a person employed in any administrative position by the United States, or by any department or agency thereof, or by the District of Columbia or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or by any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States, or any political subdivision, municipality, or agency thereof, or agency of such political subdivision or municipality (including any corporation owned or controlled by any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States or by any such political subdivision, municipality, or agency), in connection with any activity which is financed in whole or in part by loans or grants made by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, uses his official authority for the purpose of interfering with, or affecting, the nomination or the election of any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

This section shall not prohibit or make unlawful any act by any officer or employee of any educational or research institution, establishment, agency, or system which is supported in whole or in part by any state or political subdivision thereof, or by the District of Columbia or by any Territory or Possession of the United States; or by any recognized religious, philanthropic or cultural organization.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 91–405, title II, § 204(d)(6), Sept. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 853; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

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Reply Should James Comey be prosecuted in a future administration for violating 18 U.S. Code 595 ? (Original post)
DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 OP
still_one Jan 2017 #1
Tiberius Adams Jan 2017 #2
DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #3
Gothmog Jan 2017 #4
Lil Missy Jan 2017 #5

Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:49 PM

1. sure, but it isn't going to happen

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Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 01:57 PM

2. If the shoe fits

 

He should be but it will never happen.

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Response to Tiberius Adams (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 02:01 PM

3. Damn right. "We are nation of laws, not of men."

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Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 02:25 PM

4. Comey is pond scum and lacks any professional or other ethics

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Fri Jan 13, 2017, 02:43 PM

5. There should be endless investigations, several simultaniously

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