Jun 21, 2020 · President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani says he hasn’t yet been told why the president – or Attorney General William Barr – fired a top federal prosecutor in New York.
Feb 24, 2022 · Trump, for instance, might opt not to invoke his right against self-incrimination and could provide testimony to the New York State Attorney General’s Office in …
Feb 24, 2022 · A civil suit does not “vindicat[e] . . . the public harm” Trump caused or impose “the penalty of imprisonment . . . necessary to hold Trump accountable for the enormous damage that he has done . . . to public confidence in our elections.” Nor could Trump’s ultimately unsuccessful impeachment supply a meaningful alternative.
Jun 07, 2019 · Published June 7, 2019 at 4:27am. Former New York City Mayor, and federal prosecutor, Rudy Giuliani quit as President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, then things got interesting. He made the announcement that he was quitting the legal defense team on Thursday in an interview with The Washington Examiner. Giuliani told the Washington Examiner he’s …
This law prohibits anyone who "incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto." In the first place, this law has almost never been invoked. The leading precedent on the statute comes from a case from 1863!
This law bans "attempts to deprive or defraud residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by . [the] tabulation of ballots known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent." Under this theory, by instructing his attorney general to say there was fraud in Georgia, Trump committed this crime.
This law makes it a crime to corruptly obstruct, influence or impede any official proceeding or attempt to do so. Once more, the issue would be intent -- here reflected in the word "corruptly." In his January 6 speech, Trump encouraged the crowd to march to Capitol Hill but he did not explicitly encourage violence.
The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity. The president himself is explicitly exempt from the strictures of the Hatch Act, but could be charged with the provision that makes it "unlawful for any person to intimidate, threaten, command, or coerce" a federal employee to "engage in ...
This broad provision, much loved by prosecutors, makes it a crime to "conspire to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States." The first part of this law runs into the same problem as the specific statutes noted above -- that it's difficult to prove an underlying crime.
This law prohibits anyone who “incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto.” In the first place, this law has almost never been invoked. The leading precedent on the statute comes from a case from 1863!
This law bans “attempts to deprive or defraud residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by . [the] tabulation of ballots known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent.” Under this theory, by instructing his attorney general to say there was fraud in Georgia, Trump committed this crime.
This law makes it a crime to corruptly obstruct, influence or impede any official proceeding or attempt to do so. Once more, the issue would be intent — here reflected in the word “corruptly.” In his January 6 speech, Trump encouraged the crowd to march to Capitol Hill but he did not explicitly encourage violence.
The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity.
This broad provision, much loved by prosecutors, makes it a crime to “conspire to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States.” The first part of this law runs into the same problem as the specific statutes noted above — that it’s difficult to prove an underlying crime.