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kentuck

(111,101 posts)
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 06:47 AM Apr 2019

Is abuse of power a serious charge?

We have seen abuse so bad that it threatens our national security.

Threatening to fire everyone that might present a threat to your authority.

Threatening to penalize our allies if they do not go along with your wishes.

Totally disrespecting our institutions and the rule of law.

Indulging in nepotism and hiring incompetents for important positions in government.

Ignoring Senate confirmations and hiring everyone as "acting" the positions.

Dividing our nation at every opportunity.

Attempts to ridicule political opponents with ridicule and nicknames.

Verbal abuse of Cabinet Secretaries and those in the Justice Department that are investigating crimes against our government.

Taking children from the arms of their parents and locking them up in cages.

Outright lying and distortions to promote a personal political agenda...

Obstructing the will of the Congress and the American people.

And on and on...

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Is abuse of power a serious charge? (Original Post) kentuck Apr 2019 OP
Serious enough for me vlyons Apr 2019 #1
It was one of the charges against Nixon. watoos Apr 2019 #2
Call it 'honest services fraud'. House of Roberts Apr 2019 #3
Apparently, there are no serious charges anymore Bettie Apr 2019 #4
In normal times, yes. GoCubsGo Apr 2019 #5

House of Roberts

(5,177 posts)
3. Call it 'honest services fraud'.
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 07:26 AM
Apr 2019

It works every time the Cons want to lock up a Dem here in Alabama.

Honest services fraud is a crime defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1346, added by the United States Congress in 1988, which states: "For the purposes of this chapter, the term scheme or artifice to defraud includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services."
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