The more I hear about how Trump tried everything to hang onto top secret and other classified documents, the worse it looks for him.
Indict the man, Mr. Smith. Heβs guilty at least of obstruction and willful retention of government documents.
The more I hear about how Trump tried everything to hang onto top secret and other classified documents, the worse it looks for him.
Indict the man, Mr. Smith. Heβs guilty at least of obstruction and willful retention of government documents.
@georgetakei He's directly guilty of 18 U.S. Code Β§ 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, ...
@georgetakei ... or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, ...
Which is considerably less significant an offense than those around EO-prescribed classified documents (ask Reality Winner).
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Also during the era of the Red Scare β when the GOP wanted nothing to do with Russia, let alone accepting gifts and traveling to get to know people. Things change in over half a century's time.
He already sold a bunch of stuff to Russia and the Saudis....
@georgetakei What if Special Counsel Jack Smith is an AI-generated gaslight?
Think about it: have we ever really seen Smith, other than the "grim-reaper" photos? I mean...JACK SMITH? π€
At the very least, DOJ is guilty of driving America crazy. I'm so tired of the BS excuses I don't want Trump arrested now: I'm sick of hearing his name, much less years of trials.
Remember how this started off an "oopsie", then went to "I'm president and everything I do is legal", and now we're at "gimme my secret stash"?
One of the very best things about Star Trek is the enabled voice of George Takei. πβ€οΈπ