Another Term For Trump’s Quid Pro Quo? Extorti
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Posted On: 11/05/2019 8:16:58 AM
Another Term For Trump’s Quid Pro Quo?
Extortion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Former federal prosecutors say the president’s interactions with Ukraine also amount to extortion, as defined by the Hobbs Act.
The relevant law is known as the Hobbs Act, said Danya Perry, a former prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York City. Its definition of “extortion” includes obtaining property using “threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right,” meaning using one’s official capacity. The crime is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
“The statute is often applied to a demand or a threat made by a public official in order to obtain something of value in exchange for his or her performance of an official act. The House is examining, among other things, whether the Ukrainian government felt under pressure to investigate the Bidens as a prerequisite to receiving potentially life-saving military assistance,” she said, referring to former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ukraine-...db2d5149ee
Extortion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Former federal prosecutors say the president’s interactions with Ukraine also amount to extortion, as defined by the Hobbs Act.
The relevant law is known as the Hobbs Act, said Danya Perry, a former prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York City. Its definition of “extortion” includes obtaining property using “threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right,” meaning using one’s official capacity. The crime is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
“The statute is often applied to a demand or a threat made by a public official in order to obtain something of value in exchange for his or her performance of an official act. The House is examining, among other things, whether the Ukrainian government felt under pressure to investigate the Bidens as a prerequisite to receiving potentially life-saving military assistance,” she said, referring to former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ukraine-...db2d5149ee
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