So, shouldn't Pelosi be in trouble for ripping up #governmentdocument when she ripped up #Trumps speech at the State of the Union?
This section provides that whoever: willfully and unlawfully; conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates or destroys; or attempts to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate or destroy; or carries away with intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate or destroy; any record,
proceeding, map, book, paper, document or other thing deposited in any public office may be punished by imprisonment for three years, a $2, 000 fine, or both. This means that the defendant must act intentionally with knowledge that he is violating the law.
I mean it looks intentional to me. justice.gov/archives/jm/cr…
State of the Union Messages to the Congress are mandated by Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constitution: "He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such
measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/pres…
So that would have made his speech an official government document per the mandated article II of the constitution. history.house.gov/Institution/SO…
Per protocol The president doesn’t just show up to deliver the State of the Union—the speaker of the House of Representatives sends him a written invitation to appear before the two houses of Congress.
So not only did #Pelosi write a letter to invite him to deliver the State of the Union. She unlawfully ripped up his speech. presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/addr…
Later she said she did it because ""Because it was the courteous thing to do considering the alternatives." "I tore it up. I was trying to find one page with truth on it. I couldn't."
Let's see it says Our borders are secure. (Truth)Our families are flourishing.(Truth) pro-worker, pro-family, pro-growth, and, most of all, pro-American. (Truth)
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