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3. Re: The Obstruction of Justice Charges
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 12:15 PM
Apr 2019

The Mueller report states that the President gave direct orders to his subordinates to perform actions that would constitute obstruction of justice. It further states that the subordinates in question did not follow through on those orders and therefore justice was not "effectively" obstructed. [quotes mine]

If someone contacts a hitman to kill a human being and the hitman turns out to be a law enforcement officer, the person trying to hire the hitman is not let go because nobody actually got killed. They are still charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

Attempted murder is not treated as a lesser crime because the intended victim managed to escape or pull through after a mortal wound.

The pretender to the Presidency clearly committed crimes against his oath. Those are impeachable offenses. It does not take a legal expert to see that.

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