Obstruction of Justice - What Does It Take?

[NJBob]

@Snow96

That’s witness tampering – a seperate crime.

So, it’s not if Trump committed a crime, it’s what crime he committed. Got it.

[Snow96]

So no indictments issued now. So wait for an opposition party to get in and re-do the investigation and file charges?

Havn’t a lot of libs been saying that’s childish and a political weapon when many conservatives wanted a re-investigation and charges against Hillary?

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

Trump is currently above the law because of the Senate.

If you Trump voters had done what Trump did you’d already be arrested and hiring a lawyer.

I can remember when you guys actually posted, using actual words on this actual board, that NO politician should have any special rights or be above any law.

What happened to you guys?

[WuWei]

@Fulmination

I’m fine with waiting until after Trump is voted out in 2020 to let the courts decide if he obstructed and committed other crimes.

Is that the question posed in the OP?

[WuWei]

@Blackwolf

@Fulmination

I’m fine with waiting until after Trump is voted out in 2020 to let the courts decide if he obstructed and committed other crimes.

Likewise. Let’s ride this ■■■■ storm out and worry about indictments after he’s left office.

Still not on topic. This thread is not about Trump.

[SpadeMarlowe]

@Fulmination

I’m fine with waiting until after Trump is voted out in 2020 to let the courts decide if he obstructed and committed other crimes.

It’ll be a long wait.
Meanwhile look at the true creeps who obstructed Justice, time will go faster while waiting.

[WuWei]

Excellent work! Now, if you would be so kind as to pick which one(s) have been violated in the current (or any other recent case involving a President) and explain how you arrived at your conclusion logically please.

[WuWei]

@Jezcoe

So would getting a former campaign staffer to contact the Attorney General to request that the current investigation into foreign interference be limited to future interference and not the interference in the past election count?

Make your case.

[WuWei]

@mobiusptc

ummm yes?

No mention of Trump. “Any President”.

[Blackwolf]

@WuWei

Still not on topic. This thread is not about Trump.

Actually it is. Obstruction of justice is only a topic of discussion right now because of Donald. As is the attempt to misdirect by focusing on whether politicians other than Donald have engaged in it. Relevant.

[WuWei]

@Vigilante

Mueller cant bring any charges against the sitting prez therefore by persnickety trump via vee must be innocent

So, so close.

[BlueTex]

@WuWei

So the question is: What does a President, any President, have to have in order to obstruct justice? How does it happen?

Obviously shredding, burning or otherwise destroying evidence with his or her own hands would qualify, I would think.

Personally running a bleachbit-type program would qualify?

What else?

Anything securing 218 votes in the house…

[SimplyTrying]

@PurpnGold

Google is cool

“Obstruction of justice is defined by federal statute as any “interference with the orderly administration of law and justice” and governed by 18 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1521. Federal code identifies more than 20 specific types of obstruction, including “Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees” (18 U.S.C. § 1505), the specific code section cited in the Nixon and Clinton articles of impeachment.

Other ways an individual may commit this offense include, but are not limited to, the following acts:

• Influencing or injuring an officer or juror generally (18 U.S.C. § 1503)
• Obstruction of criminal investigations (18 U.S.C. § 1510)
• Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant (18 U.S.C. § 1512)
• Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant (18 U.S.C. § 1513)
• Destruction of corporate audit records (18 U.S.C. § 1520)“

https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/obstruction-of-justice.html

Wow. You mean the answer to the OP question was that easy to find and a thread didn’t have to be started for the answer?

[WuWei]

@Blackwolf

@WuWei

Still not on topic. This thread is not about Trump.

Actually it is. Obstruction of justice is only a topic of discussion right now because of Donald. As is the attempt to misdirect by focusing on whether politicians other than Donald have engaged in it. Relevant.

No. Obstruction is the topic of this thread because I made it so. You have completely missed the focus.

[WuWei]

@SimplyTrying

Wow. You mean the answer to the OP question was that easy to find and a thread didn’t have to be started for the answer?

You should simply try harder.

[SimplyTrying]

@WuWei

@SimplyTrying

Wow. You mean the answer to the OP question was that easy to find and a thread didn’t have to be started for the answer?

You should simply try harder.

Good morning Sneaky.

[komobu]

Seems kind of Vague…Using this definition, wouldn’t Obama’s Dreamer program fall under “Obstruction of Justice”?

[Blackwolf]

Okay. Hope your morning’s been a good one so far.

[WuWei]

@Blackwolf

Okay. Hope your morning’s been a good one so far.

Great morning. Thank you. Anything on the topic?

[WuWei]

@Jezcoe

So would getting a former campaign staffer to contact the Attorney General to request that the current investigation into foreign interference be limited to future interference and not the interference in the past election count?

Since you tried. Does it count? Under which statute? What is your evidence that this actually occurred? What was the outcome?