@Teri_Kanefield I don’t hate the statute. I understand its purpose. You’re not really addressing my question.

Can a federal official ever be tried in state court for a state crime?

@JamesGleick @Teri_Kanefield so, if the president says to his CoS, “set up a meeting to discuss cheating in the Georgia lottery to fund my reelection,” the conspiracy has to be tried in federal court even though it violates state law and the hatch act. I think the bar is too low!