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MSNBC: Trump's former acting AG: Presidential abuses of power aren't illegal
[link:http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-former-acting-ag-presidential-abuses-power-arent-illegal|
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“I’m a former prosecutor and what I know is this is a perfect time for a preliminary hearing, where you would say, ‘Show us your evidence. What evidence of a crime do you have?’
“I mean, the Constitution, you know, sort of – abuse of power is not a crime. Let’s fundamentally boil it down to – you know, the Constitution is very clear that this has to be some pretty egregious behavior, and they cannot tell the American people what this case is even about.”
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“I’m a former prosecutor and what I know is this is a perfect time for a preliminary hearing, where you would say, ‘Show us your evidence. What evidence of a crime do you have?’
“I mean, the Constitution, you know, sort of – abuse of power is not a crime. Let’s fundamentally boil it down to – you know, the Constitution is very clear that this has to be some pretty egregious behavior, and they cannot tell the American people what this case is even about.”
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Whitaker should talk to these former cops in prison:[link:https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/us/baltimore-police-officers-racketeering-charges/index.html|
7 Baltimore officers accused of abusing power, robbing citizens
By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN
Updated 8:55 PM ET, Wed March 1, 2017
(CNN)Seven Baltimore police officers -- members of the department's Gun Trace Task Force -- were accused Wednesday in a federal racketeering indictment of robbing people, claiming fraudulent overtime and filing false affidavits.
The officers are accused of stopping people -- some of whom were not even suspected of any crimes -- and seizing their money and pocketing it. In one instance, several of the officers stopped a maintenance supervisor at a nursing home and stole $1,500 that he was planning to use to pay his rent, according to the indictment.
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more at links...
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