“but isn’t WITNESSING a crime and not reporting it, A CRIME ITSELF?”
I’m not a lawyer, but I don’t believe witnessing a crime and not reporting it is a crime. It’s your civic duty perhaps, but not a crime.
Also, point to the federal statute that makes it a crime for an individual to intimidate a voter. Voting is a civil right, and violations of civil rights are usually civil violations, not criminal
“What he witnessed was not only a violation of the National Labor Relations Act, if it happened at all, but was almost certainly a crime.
So, if he witnessed it, why isn’t he reporting it to the proper authorities, rather than using it as a campaign device?
Probably because he’d be put under oath, and he knows from sad experience what the consequences of lying under oath can be. Lying when NOT under oath, though, he apparently thinks is just part of the game.
It’s pretty clear what’s going on here: The Clinton campaign in general, and Bill Clinton in particular, are trying to turn non-members of the Culinary Workers Union against the Obama campaign, and they’re also trying to explain away in advance any possible loss.
It’s hardly the first time the Clintons have engaged in disgusting behavior in the pursuit of their own power.”
(This response stolen from DailyKos!)
I take it that Mark Furman, if I recall the name correctly—the Rodney King cop, is an exception? Again, iirc, he was put behind bars for violating RK’s rights.