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James48

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58. It's a felony. 18 USC 595
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 02:38 PM
Nov 2020
18 U.S. Code § 595. Interference by administrative employees of Federal, State, or Territorial Governments
U.S. Code



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.

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Witnesses! LisaL Nov 2020 #1
Lordy let there be tapes! (n/t) Moostache Nov 2020 #59
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2020 #2
Well,... Lindsey may have fried his own ass..... magicarpet Nov 2020 #3
That would be perfect malaise Nov 2020 #9
Nice! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #15
LOL malaise Nov 2020 #19
Quite an inconvenience for him, I'm sure sandensea Nov 2020 #45
Yeah, it's a felony with witnesses CanonRay Nov 2020 #4
Did you actually read the article that Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #10
He also said he doesn't want his administration mired in investigations of Trump's conduct CanonRay Nov 2020 #13
We'll see but Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #14
I agree PatSeg Nov 2020 #22
this obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #26
Oh yes PatSeg Nov 2020 #32
Lordy she'd be OUTSTANDING! calimary Nov 2020 #57
Yes, she is! PatSeg Nov 2020 #61
Well, we've got plenty of women warming up in the proverbial bullpen. calimary Nov 2020 #64
Oh, that is deliciously devious indeed! PatSeg Nov 2020 #65
His "administration" should not be taking part in any investigations...the courts should. cbdo2007 Nov 2020 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Nov 2020 #48
No comment DonaldsRump Nov 2020 #5
ruh-roh lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #6
This is really bad. Harrison should demand an audit of the election results now liberal_mama Nov 2020 #7
Not to mention KY & FL! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #16
Florida malaise Nov 2020 #20
Ty! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #50
Iowa and Maine also should be investigated for fraud kimbutgar Nov 2020 #40
Right! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #49
The voting machines in sc do not have paper questionseverything Nov 2020 #66
Oh heck yeah mdelaguna Nov 2020 #8
I bet he was talking to McConnell. nt babylonsister Nov 2020 #11
"Mr. Raffensperger said, adding that he had staffers with him on that call." Botany Nov 2020 #12
No doubt! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Botany Nov 2020 #23
I don't care about his orientation either, except the hypocracy SheltieLover Nov 2020 #27
Yeah, misgendering people for lol is sooooooooo funny obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #30
yeah the hypocrisy is worthy of ridicule Kali Nov 2020 #21
Look I don't care that Graham is gay but I do care that he is a back stabbing little un-American shit Botany Nov 2020 #25
I agree completely Kali Nov 2020 #28
Sorry if I hurt your feelings. Botany Nov 2020 #31
Please quit misgendering Graham as an insult -- it is really transphobic obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #29
Sorry! Botany Nov 2020 #33
Smart! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #18
This is bad, as in Graham should resign bad obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #24
Apparently not bad enough to be investigated and prosecuted by state and federal authorities. Sneederbunk Nov 2020 #35
yet... johnnyfins Nov 2020 #56
The Repugs want some ballot fraud investigations -- the DEMs NCjack Nov 2020 #34
And what will happen to him? ramapo Nov 2020 #36
Uh oh... liberalla Nov 2020 #37
good to know. barbtries Nov 2020 #38
Resign, Graham. You turd! ffr Nov 2020 #39
I'm shocked. Not that Graham asked, but that Raffensperger reported it. tinrobot Nov 2020 #41
No doubt Graham didn't expect to be reported. LisaL Nov 2020 #42
He's been getting death threats... stillcool Nov 2020 #44
And....the hole gets a little deeper. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #43
Why did Raffensperger go public with this? jcgoldie Nov 2020 #46
Inthink it's that and that his family are getting death threats obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #51
Another "perfect" phone call? Hopefully it was recorded by the witnesses. Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #52
We need to shift the media's attention from fruitless allegations of voter fraud raised by Quitler Mr. Ected Nov 2020 #53
+1,000,000 THIS diva77 Nov 2020 #55
Why would the lib'rul media ever do that? JudyM Nov 2020 #62
Graham figured on a rethuglican SOS being able to deliver the election for rethugs - diva77 Nov 2020 #54
It's a felony. 18 USC 595 James48 Nov 2020 #58
KNR Lucinda Nov 2020 #60
I wonder if trumpsey tried to blackmail Raff? ecstatic Nov 2020 #63
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