Punish the whistleblower??

@no1marauder said
Winning an election does not give one carte blanche to violate the laws of the United States and/or engage in wholescale corruption and misconduct. Nixon won all but one State and DC in 1972 but was forced out for acts that pale next to what Trump has done.

@mott-the-hoople said
but you cant point out the laws he violated right?

@shavixmir said
We have laws protecting whistleblowers.

No authority likes them, but having them is a very healthy check for the balance.

When authority wants to punish whistleblowing or calls it treason (governmental) or betraying the trust (organisational), you know you’re dealing with people who do not care for self-reflection, evaluation cycles or audits.

They’re not the sort of people one would want to invite on a weekend fishing trip.

@no1marauder said
I have many times here. For starters, campaign finance laws (now twice) and the Federal bribery statute.

EDIT: Of course, there's the obstruction of justice outlined in the Mueller Report. And his continued blatant violations of the Constitution's Emoluments Clause.

@soothfast said
The framers of the US Constitution valued a free press enough to enshrine it in the law of the land. It's essential for democracy, because it helps keep the authorities in check.

Small wonder the Trumpanzees hate it so.

@mott-the-hoople said
we no longer have a “press”.

@no1marauder said
I have many times here. For starters, campaign finance laws (now twice) and the Federal bribery statute.

EDIT: Of course, there's the obstruction of justice outlined in the Mueller Report. And his continued blatant violations of the Constitution's Emoluments Clause.

@mott-the-hoople said
are your democrat lawyers just stupid or what then? LOL

@metal-brain said
Federal bribery statute? Is that the law Biden broke too? GW Bush as well.

What are the odds they will all be prosecuted?

@no1marauder said
18 US sec. 201 is the Federal Bribery statute:

(b) Whoever:

(2) being a public official or person selected to be a public official, directly or indirectly, corruptly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept anything of value personally or for any other person or entity, in return for:

(A) being influenced in the performance of any officia ...[text shortened]... f honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/201

@sonhouse said
@Duchess64
He tells them it's ok to hate.

@metal-brain said
So did Hitler and Stalin.

What if the whistleblower turned out to be someone like Frank Terpil? I think we should know his name.

@mott-the-hoople said
but you cant point out the laws he violated right?

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