"Specific Intent"

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6. Tobin is obviously wrong

Using the logic of Toobin, if the US attorney for the District of Idaho orders a prosecutor in his office to not prosecute a guy who drove his pickup to Canada to buy Canada lumber to avoid the new Canada softwood tariff because the US Attorney thinks it's a trivial crime not worth bothering with, the that US Attorney is guilty of obstruction of Justice. Every prosecutor in the USA constantly decides to not prosecute a bunch of people who are guilty of a crime. The President is the boss of all federal law enforcement workers. He can order them to not prosecute Flynn just like that US Attorney in Idaho can order one of the prosecutors in his office to not prosecute people driving up to Canada to get a load of lumber without paying the tariff. Toobin's logic says that US Attorney is guilty of obstruction of justice. Toobin's logic says that every prosecutor in the USA constantly obstructs justice. Toobin is no Frankfurter.