Originally Posted by
ThatOwlWoman
From the article, which has too many words and not enough pictures for our Reichwing friends:
"Federal witness tampering law, which is part of a broader obstruction of justice statute, makes it a felony to try to dissuade or hinder witnesses from attending or testifying in an official proceeding. Intentional harassment of a person to dissuade them from testifying is a separate felony.
"As a legal matter, do Trump’s actions rise to the level of witness intimidation or harassment under the federal statutes? Such a case would come down to whether a prosecutor could prove that Trump’s intent in sending the tweet was to intimidate or harass Yovanovitch and/or other witnesses in the impeachment inquiry against him.
"Downside of Watergate: We found crimes. Now people think that's what it takes to impeach a president.
"Given the ongoing pattern of conduct that Trump has demonstrated, it’s possible. The targeted attacks by the president on witnesses who may provide damaging testimony against him are designed to discredit their testimony, to deter them from cooperating and to cause other witnesses to think twice before coming forward, lest they receive the same treatment. Especially when contrasted with the praise for witnesses who have chosen not to cooperate against him."
Let's hope they include witness tampering, along with obstruction of justice, in the articles of impeachment.
I'd impeach him, immediately
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