Okay. What is conspiring to defeat a government regulation? Not trying to be a smartass, because you and I agree this is ridiculous. But, conspiring to defeat a govt regulation, is that like sending a lobbyist to Capitol Hill so they can meet with a member of Congress and voice their opposition against a regulation? Is that like lobbyists at a fundraiser talking to someone from Congress about how bad a bill will be for this/that industry?
Someone will get rolled up by this, for sure. But, if this is all Mueller has, then he has nothing. At this point, it seems to me that the President is going to let him fall flat on his face and then embarrass and shame him all day, all night. Can you imagine the tweets about how much time and money they’ve wasted, to get a few plea bargains on unrelated stuff. And then, when Manafort spanks that ass, the President is going to have a field day. Throw on the fact that Flynn will probably walk away a free man and it will be epic.
This is a cite from an extremely accomplished Law Firm regarding how broad that statute is:
“Under this statute, to “defraud” the United States means:
Obstructing or impairing the efficiency of any department of the government, to destroy its operation and reports as fair, impartial, and reasonably accurate; and
Cheating the government out of money or property”.
I don’t like it, but that is the extent of the statute.
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Okay. What is conspiring to defeat a government regulation? Not trying to be a smartass, because you and I agree this is ridiculous
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A1) Setting up an ‘off the books’, non-secure, private e-mail server.
A2) Using a hammer to destroy govt property and/or bleach-bit to wipe said server above.
A3) Deleting 30K+ email messages from said server.
A4) CA blocking ICE/DHS from deporting illegal aliens by announcing raids.
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I think we would fill up the HDDs just in Zero’s terms.