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grantcart

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9. The Nixon case is different

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 9, 2017, 11:09 PM

Jun 2017

There was an actual established crime with defendants sitting in jail. Here they are investigating whether a crime has been committed and who might have been committed.

In this case the obstruction of Justice and abuse of power comes from the firing to impede law enforcement finding if a crime was committed and was an abuse of power.

My point is that if the "hope" and directive wasn't an obstruction of justice he actually went out and fired the head of the FBI to prevent an investigation to go on.

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Technically all those conversations with the hints weren't obstruction of justice [View all] grantcart Jun 2017 OP

Lawyers on Twitter found cases for obstruction justiceischeap Jun 2017 #1

All Nixon had to say was "uh huh." The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #2

The Nixon case is different grantcart Jun 2017 #9

if comey had halted the flynn/russia investigation and kept his job, would you conclude otherwise? unblock Jun 2017 #3

My point is simply that there is an arguable case regarding to the discussions grantcart Jun 2017 #10

Certainly makes it harder to argue it was a misunderstanding unblock Jun 2017 #11

And he admitted it to Lester Holt on national tv bottomofthehill Jun 2017 #4

Congress could decide whatever they want is obstruction. Yonnie3 Jun 2017 #5

The conspiracy to obstruct goes back to everyone hiding Russia contacts, Flynn, Sessions, Kushner, L. Coyote Jun 2017 #6

John Cornyn says no. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #7

John Cornyn is a rightwing whore Skittles Jun 2017 #8

again with the derogatory comparisons for whores. 😃 grantcart Jun 2017 #12

No kidding. Calling Cornyn a "whore" is an insult to actual prostitutes. nt SunSeeker Jun 2017 #13