Hypo on federal/state Crim jurisdiction:
If a fed official, a NY resident, engaged in a bribery/extortion scheme to harm a citizen of, let’s say Delaware, could a Delaware or NY prosecutor bring charges under DE or NY bribery/extortion law?
Asking for a President.
And a @VP.
If a fed official, a NY resident, engaged in a bribery/extortion scheme to harm a citizen of, let’s say Delaware, could a Delaware or NY prosecutor bring charges under DE or NY bribery/extortion law?
Asking for a President.
And a @VP.
2/ A loose precedent, if one is thinking about state jur flexibly, from a state bribery scheme spilling into the Vice Presidency and a state investigation:
Spiro Agnew.
Agnew wasn’t using a fed power directly, but was abusing the fed office.
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Spiro Agnew.
Agnew wasn’t using a fed power directly, but was abusing the fed office.
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#BagMan
@maddow @MaddowBlog Well, after some of my own research and assistance from @alegalnerd, it's not looking like NY bribery or extortion statutes give NY state prosecutors much latitude to charge Trump officials...
