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I have been wondering if it would be a crime for a US President to request another government to look into corruption charges, whether of a political opponent or anyone else. Is it? Can anyone cite a statute?
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When will Trump start calling Uncle Joe Ukraine Joe?
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(09-23-2019, 11:58 AM)lrrps21 Wrote: When will Trump start calling Uncle Joe Ukraine Joe?
Fauxahontas or Bernie might beat him to it.
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(09-23-2019, 11:21 AM)JamesWright Wrote: Nothing surprising in this thread. If only Nixon had used the techniques of Roy Cohn. "I never broke into any hotel rooms, and even if I did, it would have been a beautiful, perfect break-in, and anyway, it was actually Kennedy and Democrats who violated the law, not me. Kennedy stole the 1960 election and he took drugs with that actress, you know, the one whose dress won't stay down."
Sure, Trump will skate on this one. He's totally innocent. We know he's innocent because everybody else is guilty. Hit and run James. At least CB stayed on line one in a while to discuss.
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(09-23-2019, 11:53 AM)cincydawg Wrote: I have been wondering if it would be a crime for a US President to request another government to look into corruption charges, whether of a political opponent or anyone else. Is it? Can anyone cite a statute? I think that a president can ask another country to look into crime and corruption charges that happened on their soil, why not?
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(09-23-2019, 11:53 AM)cincydawg Wrote: I have been wondering if it would be a crime for a US President to request another government to look into corruption charges, whether of a political opponent or anyone else. Is it? Can anyone cite a statute?
If there is evidence, which there is in this case, the President would be obligated to make that request.
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If it's illegal, fine, cite the code, if not, then, well, it's not. This is simple.
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(09-23-2019, 12:03 PM)buckeyewalt Wrote: (09-23-2019, 11:53 AM)cincydawg Wrote: I have been wondering if it would be a crime for a US President to request another government to look into corruption charges, whether of a political opponent or anyone else. Is it? Can anyone cite a statute? I think that a president can ask another country to look into crime and corruption charges that happened on their soil, why not?
Usually, the President waits after elections. This way he has more leverage.Â
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(09-23-2019, 11:21 AM)JamesWright Wrote: Nothing surprising in this thread. If only Nixon had used the techniques of Roy Cohn. "I never broke into any hotel rooms, and even if I did, it would have been a beautiful, perfect break-in, and anyway, it was actually Kennedy and Democrats who violated the law, not me. Kennedy stole the 1960 election and he took drugs with that actress, you know, the one whose dress won't stay down."
Sure, Trump will skate on this one. He's totally innocent. We know he's innocent because everybody else is guilty.
Hey, Mr broken record is back. Â Mr hit and run, at his finest.
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(09-23-2019, 12:57 PM)dunefan Wrote: Hey, Mr broken record is back. Â Mr hit and run, at his finest.
He had to take the heat off of Pitch...currently they're flipping a coin to see who is bottom tonight
(09-23-2019, 12:03 PM)buckeyewalt Wrote: (09-23-2019, 11:53 AM)cincydawg Wrote: I have been wondering if it would be a crime for a US President to request another government to look into corruption charges, whether of a political opponent or anyone else. Is it? Can anyone cite a statute? I think that a president can ask another country to look into crime and corruption charges that happened on their soil, why not?
A president can't use his power to benefit himself personally. So, why does the US care if Joe Biden's son got paid for a job, in another country, for which he may not have been qualified?
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(09-23-2019, 03:19 PM)P1tchblack Wrote: (09-23-2019, 12:03 PM)buckeyewalt Wrote: (09-23-2019, 11:53 AM)cincydawg Wrote: I have been wondering if it would be a crime for a US President to request another government to look into corruption charges, whether of a political opponent or anyone else. Is it? Can anyone cite a statute? I think that a president can ask another country to look into crime and corruption charges that happened on their soil, why not?
A president can't use his power to benefit himself personally. So, why does the US care if Joe Biden's son got paid for a job, in another country, for which he may not have been qualified?
Nepotism is a real problem, and if the VP, or any elected official, used his office to benefit his family, it is wrong. I read another one just this weekend where a congressman had his MIL on salary as part of his staff. That's wrong as well. what made that case especially egregious is that she is in a nursing home with dementia.
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