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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Sat Sep 14, 2024, 03:47 PM Sep 2024

Prosecutor on Trump's legal issues for Haitian immigrant hoax - Brian Tyler Cohen



Legal Breakdown episode 374: ‪@GlennKirschner2‬ discusses Trump's lies about Haitian immigrants and whether he has any legal exposure for inciting violence against them.
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Prosecutor on Trump's legal issues for Haitian immigrant hoax - Brian Tyler Cohen (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2024 OP
He should as should JD. sheshe2 Sep 2024 #1
Yes, this is a direct incitement to lynching DBoon Sep 2024 #3
They's love it if they got someone killed. Irish_Dem Sep 2024 #4
Only if the FEDs intervene. The Ohio AG has been spreading the whole lie as well. hlthe2b Sep 2024 #2
I'm not a criminal attorney, but this seems pretty clear to me... Think. Again. Sep 2024 #5
Wow! Thanks for this and I sure agree! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2024 #6

Irish_Dem

(82,312 posts)
4. They's love it if they got someone killed.
Sat Sep 14, 2024, 04:12 PM
Sep 2024

They love the power they have. And love bloodshed.

hlthe2b

(114,672 posts)
2. Only if the FEDs intervene. The Ohio AG has been spreading the whole lie as well.
Sat Sep 14, 2024, 03:54 PM
Sep 2024

--even as R-Gov DeWine has made clear it is all lies.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
5. I'm not a criminal attorney, but this seems pretty clear to me...
Sat Sep 14, 2024, 04:48 PM
Sep 2024
18 U.S. Code § 373 - Solicitation to commit a crime of violence

(a)Whoever, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against property or against the person of another in violation of the laws of the United States, and under circumstances strongly corroborative of that intent, solicits, commands, induces, or otherwise endeavors to persuade such other person to engage in such conduct, shall be imprisoned not more than one-half the maximum term of imprisonment or (notwithstanding section 3571) fined not more than one-half of the maximum fine prescribed for the punishment of the crime solicited, or both; or if the crime solicited is punishable by life imprisonment or death, shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty years.

Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/373

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