As you digest the Senate Judiciary report on Trump-Meadows-Clark effort to enlist Justice Department to overturn the election.
This prescient analysis helps frame key criminal law issue at hand.
The Political Coercion Act 18 USC 610
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This prescient analysis helps frame key criminal law issue at hand.
The Political Coercion Act 18 USC 610
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justsecurity.org/77994/doj-shou…
2.
On the left:
The federal crime under the Political Coercion Act.
On the right (via @AaronBlake):
Key passages of testimony in Senate Judiciary report — showing the scheme to threaten acting Attorney General to pitch in with effort to overturn the election or be replaced.
On the left:
The federal crime under the Political Coercion Act.
On the right (via @AaronBlake):
Key passages of testimony in Senate Judiciary report — showing the scheme to threaten acting Attorney General to pitch in with effort to overturn the election or be replaced.
3. Senate Judiciary Committee investigation also uncovers New Year's Eve meeting in Oval Office.
Trump directly threatens acting AG Rosen and Donoghue: threatens to fire and replace them with Clark for failing to help overturn the election.
Note: Mark Meadows involved.
Trump directly threatens acting AG Rosen and Donoghue: threatens to fire and replace them with Clark for failing to help overturn the election.
Note: Mark Meadows involved.
4. Bombshell in Dec. 27 call with Trump and Rosen-Donoghue ("just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me") was Trump's threat to fire and replace them with Clark.
Was unclear if Meadows was on that call.
Now clear Meadows was in similar New Year's Eve meeting.
Was unclear if Meadows was on that call.
Now clear Meadows was in similar New Year's Eve meeting.
5. As @nycsouthpaw notes, the minority report's "best" defense against these central allegations is that Trump did not follow through on firing Rosen and the Clark plan.👇
Why didn't he?
Because senior DOJ and WH counsel said they'd resign en masse.
Why didn't he?
Because senior DOJ and WH counsel said they'd resign en masse.
https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1446112175383191562
6. And before backing down, looks like Trump did first take an affirmative step — an overt action — in furtherance of the scheme (to use the language of criminal conspiracy):
Trump offered Clark to install him as acting attorney general and Clark accepted.
Trump offered Clark to install him as acting attorney general and Clark accepted.
7/7. Finally, @gtconway3d was on top of this from the start.
Here's his tweet drawing a direction connection between (a) how the Department of Justice's own letters describe the allegations under investigation by the Committee and (b) 18 USC 610.
Here's his tweet drawing a direction connection between (a) how the Department of Justice's own letters describe the allegations under investigation by the Committee and (b) 18 USC 610.
https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1420562213044097029
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