Whistleblower Triggers A Bribery Bomb Heading Straight For tRump

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Whistleblower Gate just blew up right into Trump’s soft spot: Bribery.

A president cannot bribe or accept bribes. He cannot order others to do so on his behalf.

Yes, that’s right. In addition to the constitutional standard that lists bribery as a cause for impeachment, President Trump’s Ukraine whistleblower problem just got a lot worse.

Former Director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub pointed out that a President isn’t covered by many ethics laws, but he or she is covered by the anti-bribery statute.

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Also, that statute “applies to all federal public officials, including any ‘officer or employee or person acting for or on behalf of the United States’ or any department, agency, or branch of the federal government in ‘any official function.’ The statutory definition of federal public officials includes employees and agents of the District of Columbia and jurors. The federal bribery statute also applies to any person who has been nominated or appointed to be a public official.”

This leads us down yet another corruption alley, the Trump State Department, which is covered in the above statute as well. Ned Price pointed this out:

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- PoliticusUSA

Boom! We're going to sink the Kremlin's battleship.

[Dirty Socialist]

1. Throw Another Log

On the (impeachment) fire!

[PSPS]

2. Laws are worthless if nobody will enforce them. Barr works for trump, not for the country.

[TheRealNorth]

3. But couldn't they just say he was offering the bribe, not accepting it?

I presumed our military and state department bribes officials in foreign countries all time.

[Backseat Driver]

4. This?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=i96VS_z8y7g