Thread by @tburages

Do you believe an Obstruction charge can only be made if an underlying crime can be proven?

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Do you believe the President can fire anyone he wants for any reason?

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Do you believe the president's actions as described in the Mueller Report WERE criminal, but it doesn't matter because Hillary acid server Obama emails Benghazi lock her up?

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Do you believe that the President's actions must not have been criminal because he was not charged with any crime?

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18 U.S. Code § 1503:

"Whoever corruptly endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a fine under this title, or both."

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18 U.S. Code § 1503: "Whoever corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening LETTER or COMMUNICATION influences, obstructs, or impedes, or ENDEAVORS to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice …"

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The President ordered White House Counsel Don McGahn to falsify evidence and threatened to fire him if he did not comply. This is a clear violation of 18 U.S. Code § 1503.

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18 U.S. Code § 1512: "Whoever knowingly corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so with intent to influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both."
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Trump and his counsel suborned Cohen's perjury in Congress, a violation of "18 U.S. Code § 1505. Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees."

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So yes. The President committed crimes of obstruction

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