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erpowers

(9,350 posts) Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:20 AM Jun 2017

Obstruction of Justice?

How is Trump's Comey tapes bluff not obstruction of justice? If he claimed there were tapes of his conversations with Comey in order to try to change Comey's testimony, how is that not obstruction of justice through witness intimidation? Doesn't trying to change someone's testimony fall under obstruction of justice?

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Obstruction of Justice? (Original Post) erpowers Jun 2017 OP

What if you are not the one under investigation? How/why would you know if you are intimidating a jmg257 Jun 2017 #1

That's akin to telling a witness in any other case that if they talk, you'll burn their house down. shraby Jun 2017 #3

Ah - that makes some sense - thanks! Comey was in charge of related investigations. jmg257 Jun 2017 #5

That is intimidation of a witness. I've heard several lawyers on the t.v. state this too. shraby Jun 2017 #2

Only a guilty man with a lot to hide would try so many times to obstruct justice. Doodley Jun 2017 #4

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

1. What if you are not the one under investigation? How/why would you know if you are intimidating a

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:27 AM

Jun 2017

witness?

shraby

(21,946 posts)

3. That's akin to telling a witness in any other case that if they talk, you'll burn their house down.

Reply to jmg257 (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:40 AM

Jun 2017

Whether or not you're on the hot seat or just a friend of the one who is, i.e. a mob enforcer.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

5. Ah - that makes some sense - thanks! Comey was in charge of related investigations.

Reply to shraby (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 23, 2017, 09:13 AM

Jun 2017

shraby

(21,946 posts)

2. That is intimidation of a witness. I've heard several lawyers on the t.v. state this too.

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:37 AM

Jun 2017

That was my first thought as well. A contributing factor to obstruction of justice.

Doodley

(9,135 posts)

4. Only a guilty man with a lot to hide would try so many times to obstruct justice.

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Fri Jun 23, 2017, 08:42 AM

Jun 2017

This is the second story in the last 24 hours about Trump trying to influence the course of justice, after the Don McGhan story.

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