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Final-Fan on 25 August 2018
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NightlyPoe said:
Final-Fan said:

Your stated position was that even if Trump fired Comey for corrupt reasons, it still wouldn't be illegal.  I think this is wrong based on a plain reading of the quoted law.  (I think it would be quite ridiculous to claim that Trump did not attempt to "influence" an official proceeding by firing Comey, or even asking him to go easy on Flynn.)  If you still disagree, how do you think I am wrong? 

This goes under inherent powers of the executive.  Was it obstruction when Obama ordered the shielding of whole classes of illegal immigrants for his own political gains shortly before the 2012 election?  No, though it was wrong of him to do so.

I'm open to both being impeachable offenses, but I find the criminal charges to be unpersuasive.

OK, but this is too vague.  What "inherent powers of the executive" make corruptly influencing an official proceeding, which would ordinarily be illegal, not illegal? 



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