Has Trump Violated the Constitution on his Statement to Fire NFL Players?

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21. You're simply wrong. An "official act" is a sine qua non of a violation

It is an essential element. That could not be more clear. What is illegal is taking or withholding (or threatening to take or withhold, an "official act," or influences, or offers or threatens to influence the "official act" of another. Official acts are defined in the law as acts of the government.


18 USC 227
(a) Whoever, being a covered government person, with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation, an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity—

(1) takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to take or withhold, an official act, or
(2) influences, or offers or threatens to influence, the official act of another,

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

I have a feeling you have never read a statute in your life.