The new defence coming from Trump and his legal team has shifted. It was “no collusion”, it is now “collusion is not a crime”.
Collusion with another person or country is classed as Conspiracy and that is a Federal crime. That is what Trump, Junior, and Kushner could be charged with in the future.
18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States
If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Trump is back to gaslighting again. He tweeted this morning that Attorney General Jess Sessions should end the Russia Investigation and he also attacked Robert Mueller and his team. For a start Sessions can’t do anything about the Investigation because he is recused from it. The only person who can end it is Rod Rosenstein and I think he’d rather be fired than end the Investigation. Trump also won’t fire him because it will add to the Obstruction of Justice evidence and Sessions will resign.
This gaslighting and increase in volumes of attacks leads me to believe that something bigger is coming. I hope it will be Conspiracy indictments for Junior and/or Kushner but it could be something else arising from Cohen’s co-operation.
Collusion with another person or country is classed as Conspiracy and that is a Federal crime. That is what Trump, Junior, and Kushner could be charged with in the future.
18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States
If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Trump is back to gaslighting again. He tweeted this morning that Attorney General Jess Sessions should end the Russia Investigation and he also attacked Robert Mueller and his team. For a start Sessions can’t do anything about the Investigation because he is recused from it. The only person who can end it is Rod Rosenstein and I think he’d rather be fired than end the Investigation. Trump also won’t fire him because it will add to the Obstruction of Justice evidence and Sessions will resign.
This gaslighting and increase in volumes of attacks leads me to believe that something bigger is coming. I hope it will be Conspiracy indictments for Junior and/or Kushner but it could be something else arising from Cohen’s co-operation.