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Investigation, the enron statutes, they have nothing to do with january 6 protests. even though this has been used so-called obstruction, against one protestser after another, this is not yet gone to supreme court it will be tested by supreme court, and i believe that supreme court will say no, it was never intended to be used that way, then count one. that count is a garden variety statute that federal government uses against federal contractors, people who chute t cheat government out of money...

New details to the core story that we set forward. >> in a broad sense, was there anything, i guess, that surprise you about the indictment? i mean, the information you didnt expect to see, for example? perhaps this charge that we have talked about, this kkk charge that i dont believe was one of the recommended charges from the january 6th committee. >> no, i cant say anything surprised me. there was a menu of statutes that could have been used. there were more facts beyond those included in the...

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The meeting of the National Assembly scheduled for today has been adjourned after the CPN-UML obstructed the meeting by demanding the formation of a parliamentary probe committee to investigate the gold smuggling case.

The crime done? was there serious wrongdoing here, or is this a case of going after somebody who really didnt do anything or a technical violation or stretching the law way beyond where it should be? no. there was very grave wrongdoing here, and i think it is reasonable to say that it falls within the obstruction of a proceeding. thats not weaponization. thats enforcement of the law. i am concerned that in a second term, he will be off the hook. there will be no way of controlling him, and he wi...

Is one more than we have, because we won the state. >> if he had proof he won the state, why did he threaten the secretary of state with aen criminal -- with a criminal charge? >> that wasnt a threat at all. what he was asking for is for raffensperger to get to the truth. he believes there were in excess of 10,000 votes that were counted 1 illegally. what he was asking for is the secretary of state to act appropriately and find these votes that were counted -- >> find. >> -- illegally. that was ...

Him to violet the constitution which is another way of saying he asked him to break the law. >> he never said. he never said -- thats wrong. a technical violation of the constitution is not the violation of criminal law. thats just plain wrong. and to say that is contrary to decades of legal statutes. >> barbara, what do you think of that argument? >> i think it is john lauro who is wrong. the statutes that are violated here are the ones alleged in the indictment. by asking mike pence to just ma...

State crime after being indicted by the men handshake and turning over hush money payments to -- first for president to be indicted for federal crime after being indicted by special counsel jack smith under the espionage act in june for unauthorized -- classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice among other charges. the first president to be indicted for a federal crime for acts committed while in office while being indicted by special counsel jack smith this past tuesday for overtur...

Indicted by the men handshake and turning over hush money payments to -- first for president to be indicted for federal crime after being indicted by special counsel jack smith under the espionage act in june for unauthorized -- classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice among other charges. the first president to be indicted for a federal crime for acts committed while in office while being indicted by special counsel jack smith this past tuesday for overturning the 2020 election -...

Good evening. im mehdi hasan. the insanity defense. that is what the trump legal team seems to be offering this week in the wake of special counsel jack smiths stunning and damning 45-page indictment, excuse, me of the former president, charging him with conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstruction and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy to violate rights. all charges fueled by his lies per the indictment. the trump team saying, though, he wasnt lying, he truly ...

That the trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with the russian government in these efforts." the second part of the investigation was whether or not there had been an obstruction of justice, whether trump had tried to interfere with the mueller investigation. [major] the special counsel said, "while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him" there were more than 10 instances that the mueller prosecutors foun...