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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) on Wednesday asked state lawmakers to amend the law so that prosecutors can charge individuals who have benefitted from a presidential pardon.
New York's existing law states that if an individual pleads guilty or is convicted of a federal crime and then is pardoned by the president, prosecutors cannot bring charges for violating state laws because of a double-jeopardy rule that stipulates a person cannot be tried for the same crime twice.
Schneiderman wrote to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and leaders of the state legislature and argued that as a result of the current policy, a "strategically-timed pardon" could protect individuals who have violated New York state laws.
As a result, Schneiderman is asking that state lawmakers change the New York statute so that double-jeopardy protections do not apply to cases involving presidential pardons.
"New York's statutory protections could result in the unintended and unjust consequence of insulating someone pardoned for serious federal crimes from subsequent prosecution for state crimes even if that person was never tried or convicted in federal court, and never served a single day in federal prison," Schneiderman wrote.Quote:
We are disturbed by reports that @POTUS is considering pardons of individuals who may have committed serious federal crimesacts that may also violate NY law.
We must ensure that if any president issues such pardons, we can use NY's laws to bring such individuals to justice. pic.twitter.com/oPEkwTrB0S
Eric Schneiderman (@AGSchneiderman) April 18, 2018
As long as we can all agree that W was the worst President between Nixon and Trump, we are all probably on the same page hereconcordtom said:
I think you're being much too harsh.
I am not a fan of the son, at all, but I do view him as simply not as smart and intelligent as necessary for the job. But he got in because he learned how to present himself and because of the name.
There are men who are honestly cruel (Trump, Stone, Newt, Hannity, Rush etc come to mind) and evil and have no moral compass. I don't think Bush the son was that way. I think he was malleable, uninspiring, uncreative, excessively confident, narrow-minded and foolish. But I don't think he can top this current generation. In fact, I think he's spoken out against them.
And the mom is to blame because she birthed and raised a person who was duped by Dick Cheney et al?
Come on, man.
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America has demonstrated its unique power in the global economy. No country can match its ability to hurt a major adversary in this way
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The revelation about the former campaign manager is stunning.
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Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is believed to have served as a "back channel" between the presidential campaign and Russia, a lawyer for Trump's Department of Justice disclosed Thursday.
According to Bloomberg, U.S. prosecutors made the allegation while defending special counsel Robert Mueller's decision to indict Manafort on charges of money laundering and acting as an agent of a foreign government.
Manafort's lawyers argued the charges are outside of Mueller's mandate, which includes an obligation to investigate "any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation" of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Justice Department lawyer Michael Dreeben told U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson that Manafort "had long-standing ties to Russia-backed politicians."
"Did they provide back channels to Russia?" Dreeben asked. "Investigators will naturally look at those things."
How do you "negotiate" innocence? If this entire investigation is finding nothing and Trump and his administration and family are all innocent with nothing to hide, why the lawyering up, declarations of witch hunt, and blatant attempts to stop the investigation at every turn--let me guess they don't want the investigation to show just how really really innocent they all are?B.A. Bearacus said:
I agree that speaking ill of the dead is a bridge too far. But, considering the destruction of blood, treasure and the lives and society of millions of people, I don't think you should give W a pass, or say that the evil speakers you mention were worse, when, if only because they never had anything approaching the power that W had, they never had such an unreservedly evil effect on so many.concordtom said:
I think you're being much too harsh.
I am not a fan of the son, at all, but I do view him as simply not as smart and intelligent as necessary for the job. But he got in because he learned how to present himself and because of the name.
There are men who are honestly cruel (Trump, Stone, Newt, Hannity, Rush etc come to mind) and evil and have no moral compass. I don't think Bush the son was that way. I think he was malleable, uninspiring, uncreative, excessively confident, narrow-minded and foolish. But I don't think he can top this current generation. In fact, I think he's spoken out against them.
And the mom is to blame because she birthed and raised a person who was duped by Dick Cheney et al?
Come on, man.
B.A. Bearacus said:
@jamisonfoser:
Giuliani isn't there to negotiate anything; he's there as a conduit to rogue FBI agents looking to undermine probe.
Giuliani's 2016 scheming with rogue FBI agents is an essential part of this story and any reporter who doesn't include it should be ashamed.
Rudy Giuliani is there to obstruct justice. This is obvious. His 2016 scheming makes that clear.
Giuliani isn't there to practice law. He's there for relationships in NY FBI office.
Neither WaPo nor NYT mentions GIuliani's late 2016 scheming with rogue FBI agents in their articles about him joining Team Trump \_()_/
dajo9 said:B.A. Bearacus said:
@jamisonfoser:
Giuliani isn't there to negotiate anything; he's there as a conduit to rogue FBI agents looking to undermine probe.
Giuliani's 2016 scheming with rogue FBI agents is an essential part of this story and any reporter who doesn't include it should be ashamed.
Rudy Giuliani is there to obstruct justice. This is obvious. His 2016 scheming makes that clear.
Giuliani isn't there to practice law. He's there for relationships in NY FBI office.
Neither WaPo nor NYT mentions GIuliani's late 2016 scheming with rogue FBI agents in their articles about him joining Team Trump \_()_/
This is a great point. Giuliani is scum but is treated as some kind of hero.
He spoke to our company once. Joked about the good old days when they could break the law in pursuit of bad guys. He disgusted me even more than usual on that day.
