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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo Fuckface Hannity is threatening GOP senators
that he'll give out "the phone number" if they allow witnesses?
It's not clear what number he's babbling about, but how stupid does he think his viewers are?
Somebody please put him out of our misery. He needs to go back under a rock.
Ohiogal
(32,012 posts)JustFiveMoreMinutes
(2,133 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)which might be worse.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Witness intimidation is enough of a crime. Why are you so hell bent on calling it jury tampering when there is no actual jury? Yes, technically the senate is the so called "jury" but this is not a typical court case and this is not a typical jury. Give it a rest.
kimbutgar
(21,164 posts)Senators. He must be really emboldened since he sniffs MF45s butt so much.
blogslut
(38,002 posts)grumpyduck
(6,240 posts)Which is why I made the crack about him thinking his viewers are dumb.
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)If I wanted to find out ANY member of Congress' phone number, it would take like 5 seconds on Google.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)"In the United States, the federal crime of witness tampering is defined by statute at 18 U.S.C. § 1512, which is entitled "tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant."The statute is broad; the Justice Manual notes that it "proscribes conduct intended to illegitimately affect the presentation of evidence in Federal proceedings or the communication of information to Federal law enforcement officers" and applies to tampering with witnesses in "proceedings before Congress, executive departments, and administrative agencies, and to civil and criminal judicial proceedings, including grand jury proceedings."
Witness tampering is a crime even if a proceeding is not actually pending, and even if the testimony sought to be influenced, delayed, or prevented would not be admissible in evidence. Section 1512 also provides that the federal government has extraterritorial jurisdiction to prosecute the offenses described by the section.
Witness tampering is a criminal offense even if the attempt to tamper is unsuccessful. The offense also covers the intimidation of not only a witness himself or herself, but also intimidation of "another person" (i.e., a third party, such as a witness's spouse) in order to intimidate the witness."
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Last edited Sun Jan 12, 2020, 11:03 AM - Edit history (1)
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It is still just witness tampering.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)The Senate is the jury. Sending them crap like that is jury tampering.
Maru Kitteh
(28,341 posts)So he threatened to give out their publicly available number if they took a political action he doesn't want to see? I think they call that "free speech." I can't see where there is any real available redress in the absence of a threat against their person or some other actual crime.
malaise
(269,067 posts)has the balls to tell him to STFU
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Publishing private numbers has been a means of attack for some time. Of course, it doesn't take long to get another number, getting it to those who need it would be where the disruption is.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Another one in a sheer state of panic. I wonder what he's hiding.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)grumpyduck
(6,240 posts)but reading some of your comments, I'm wondering if it's just a talking point to get his viewers to tell each other about how pissed he is and make him look more active and righteous. It's all about the ratings and the commercials.
I reiterate: he's playing them for idiots.