MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
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Heh, money quote:
But even among his own political lieutenants, there is a general recognition that Mr. Trump currently lacks anything resembling a positive message.
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/04/2019 - 11:37am
In other news:
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/04/2019 - 11:28pm
Nope, Pence indictment is what I'm craving. I imagine Manafort selected Pence to be the "good cop", the one who'd survive the inevitable firestorm. But even Pence isn't made of asbestos - an inauguration free-for-all under his complete supervision will have criminal neglect/conspiracy if not the mother of all "we didn't know defense" charges - specifically "Misprision of Felony":
Wikipedia:
"Misprision of felony" is still an offense under United States federal law after being codified in 1909 under 18 U.S.C. § 4:
This offense, however, requires active concealment of a known felony rather than merely failing to report it.[9]
If one knows that one is a target of a federal investigation, it is illegal under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to erase one's browser history intentionally. Khairullozhan Matanov was prosecuted for erasing computer records about his friends, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev; he pleaded guilty to a lesser included offense in 2015.[10][11]
The federal misprision of felony statute is usually used only in prosecutions against defendants who have a special duty to report a crime, such as a government official.[12]
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But in California you can be charged for less:
In Massachussetts, it's an "evil" intent to prevent justice. (while an innocent witness got off because of covering her infidelity, it's doubtful that the head of the transition team can get such a bye)
In Texas there has to be possible bodily injury or death.
In Virginia it's left over from Britain's Common Law, though only a misdemeanor of up to a year in jail:
The biggest question in the Federal use is "what does 'conceal' mean?"
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 4:52am