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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBesides MAL and Jan 6, there are even more Federal felonies, felonies not much talked about,
for which Trump may be prosecuted.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-might-have-to-face-his-worst-nightmare-e2-80-94a-dc-jury/ar-AA14Dp4n
General John KellyTrumps former chief of staffpublicly stated that the former president demanded that the IRS conduct audits of his perceived enemies, including former FBI Director James Comey and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
If Trump made this demand while he was president, that is an unambiguous felony. Section 7217 of Title 26 of the United States Code makes it a crime for the President to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.
A president who unlawfully seeks to have an individual audited is subject to up to five years in prison. The crime does not require that the IRS actually carry out the audit. The crime is completed with the mere request.
Here, however, there is strong evidence that FPOTUSs illegal demand was actually carried out. As reported earlier this summer, both Comey and McCabe were subjected to highly unusual IRS audits. The odds of an individual randomly being subjected to this type of audit are similar to being struck by lightning. For both to be the subject of special audit by happenstance is about as likely as a whale falling from the sky and landing in the middle of a mountain range.
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Based on my training and experience as an Assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted tax offenses, I expect that each IRS employee along the chain of command kept detailed notes and records of who ordered them to conduct the audit, and on the facts that were cited to support that audit demand. I would not be surprised if each of those IRS employees cooperated with the DOJ, with all fingers pointing in Trumps direction.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,355 posts)The chance that those crimes will be pursued is about the same as that whale flying around the sky in a spacecraft.
Our multi-tiered "justice" system is lightning fast against people who can't afford teams of lawyers. It's as swift as tree growth when the rich and powerful are involved.
calimary
(81,322 posts)KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)this will be swept under the rug.