Sorry guys, I've been going through the US Code most of the day, and cannot find a crime in what they did in the oval office 8 years ago. Most require some sort of injury, whether it be physical and financial, certainly not reputational. Perhaps they could use the cost of the Mueller investigation? IDK. I agree that this is big - maybe laws can be changed to prevent this in the future, but with this crew, not with this event. Maybe other stuff can be tied to it; that's what I'm hoping at this point.
I would think coordinated sedition and conspiracy to unseat a duly elected US president has to be illegal. Seditious conspiracy seems to be evident from what we know. If it involves communication, intelligence, or funding from a country considered an adversary, it rises to the level of treason. Just giving my (non-attorney) opinion after reading up on things.
The only thing that would qualify would be fraud, and that has a 7 year limitation on prosecution, its been 7.5 years. There are other crimes, misdemeanors they could be hit with, but nothing substantial that I (non-attorney) can see.
I just did. Again, I'm not an attorney but my father was and I grew up around legal language quite a bit. It seems to me the US code part 1 on crimes, with the following chapters in particular, all have language that seem to fit what we've seen from those who conspired to unseat President Trump. I could be totally wrong because the law often hinges on the meaning of one word or a phrase, but I just don't see how what they've done could only be considered fraud.
Chapter 19: conspiracy,
Chapter 47: fraud and false statements, and
Chapter 215: Treason, sedition, and subversive activities.
I don't think they can do anything, UNLESS, the sealed indictments are unsealed. They were dated in the past, so shouldn't be affected by prosecutorial time constraints. I was excited when this all came out, but am less so now. I want them strung up, but I have doubts with what I currently see.
Sorry guys, I've been going through the US Code most of the day, and cannot find a crime in what they did in the oval office 8 years ago. Most require some sort of injury, whether it be physical and financial, certainly not reputational. Perhaps they could use the cost of the Mueller investigation? IDK. I agree that this is big - maybe laws can be changed to prevent this in the future, but with this crew, not with this event. Maybe other stuff can be tied to it; that's what I'm hoping at this point.
I would think coordinated sedition and conspiracy to unseat a duly elected US president has to be illegal. Seditious conspiracy seems to be evident from what we know. If it involves communication, intelligence, or funding from a country considered an adversary, it rises to the level of treason. Just giving my (non-attorney) opinion after reading up on things.
The only thing that would qualify would be fraud, and that has a 7 year limitation on prosecution, its been 7.5 years. There are other crimes, misdemeanors they could be hit with, but nothing substantial that I (non-attorney) can see.
and it makes more sense now why they would go all-in on 2020 election fraud - they HAD to win to cover this up, for time
18 U.S. Code Part I - CRIMES
Look for yourself.
I just did. Again, I'm not an attorney but my father was and I grew up around legal language quite a bit. It seems to me the US code part 1 on crimes, with the following chapters in particular, all have language that seem to fit what we've seen from those who conspired to unseat President Trump. I could be totally wrong because the law often hinges on the meaning of one word or a phrase, but I just don't see how what they've done could only be considered fraud.
Chapter 19: conspiracy,
Chapter 47: fraud and false statements, and
Chapter 215: Treason, sedition, and subversive activities.
I don't think they can do anything, UNLESS, the sealed indictments are unsealed. They were dated in the past, so shouldn't be affected by prosecutorial time constraints. I was excited when this all came out, but am less so now. I want them strung up, but I have doubts with what I currently see.