Dear Gregg Keller
For officially deciding that GOProud can’t take part in an “official” capacity at CPAC, I would like to say to you the following:
A shame. I was actually hoping to attend this year.
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- Arizona CJ: @ Dana, there is a flaw in your reasoning on one point; "If an underlying crime were required, then prosecutors could charge obstruction of justice only if it were unsuccessful in completely obstructing the investigation. This would make no sense." That's not true. Establishing that an underlying crime occurred is not the same thing as a requirement to have successfully obstructed an investigation. Meuller's investigation was into Russian interference with the election (and his finding was that no US persons were involved). The only crimes be prosecuted were actually unrelated to that. I agree that, in a regular obstruction case, one can be charged with obstruction even if the underlying crime turns out not to have occurred. (for example, Scooter Libby). I do not think this is a good law, at all, and in a case of impeachment, to say it's going to be a hard sell is an understatement. Also, if perjury (which is also obstruction) does not rise the standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors" (Which the Democrats proclaimed, long and loud) how does obstruction, especially absent an underlying crime? And more to the point, why are so few calling for obstruction charges unwilling and unable to give specifics? Looks to me that the best shorot they have is the claim Trump asked McGhan, the white house lawyer, to fire Meuller and have him replaced. A power McGhan did not have. If the Democrats do not wish a president to have defacto license to obstruct, then they ought not to have set the precedent doing so. It makes no sense whatsoever (and is downright suicidal) to play by the rules when the other side does not. And, an angle I haven't seen raised anywhere is this; if the investigation itself was illegal (for example, if they lied in the FISA warrant and called the Steele dossier verified) then an illegally grounded investigation legally does not exist (If I'm reading court rulings on such matters right). And that would make obstruction, if it occurred, moot; you cannot obstruct something that does not exist.
- Arizona CJ: @ Sean,
If you wait for Amish to release specifics, you're in for a very long wait.
Seriously though, I don';t think he will because he can't without undermining his own position; the charges are absurdly weak (even if we don't factor in that there was no underlying crime). So, when one has a a weak factual position, a default position of hyperbole is often chosen.
I look at it this way; most of the people calling for Trump's impeachment for obstruction (in a case with no crime) were just fine with supporting someone who committed flagrant obstruction to cover up actual crimes (Hillary wiping the server and destroying blackberries after subpoenas) and were also just fine with her husband's perjury while both president and an officer of the court. And, though they seem not to want to remember, guess what; perjury is also obstruction of justice.
Were it not for double standards, the left would have no standards at all. - Luke Stywalker: Right over his head, I guess.
- Sean: Technically, we paid for them, and anyone calling for the impeachment of the President should, at the very least, provide specific charges to back up their accusation.
- Luke Stywalker: Specifics? Oh, don't worry, the Mexicans will pay for them.
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