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alwaysinasnit

(5,037 posts)
Sat Dec 8, 2018, 06:20 PM Dec 2018

Can Republican congress critters be considered "accessories after the fact" if they continue

to defend or even stand by and do nothing (complicit) to remove tRump after these last devastating filings by Mueller and SDNy?

Accessory After The Fact
Definition

An accessory-after-the-fact is someone who assists 1) someone who has committed a crime, 2) after the person has committed the crime, 3) with knowledge that the person committed the crime, and 4) with the intent to help the person avoid arrest or punishment. An accessory after the fact may be held liable for, among other things, obstruction of justice.

Any thoughts?

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Can Republican congress critters be considered "accessories after the fact" if they continue (Original Post) alwaysinasnit Dec 2018 OP
Depends on who is doing the considering, I guess jberryhill Dec 2018 #1
Your response is intriguing. Would you care to elaborate? alwaysinasnit Dec 2018 #3
as a legal matter? No. onenote Dec 2018 #2
Not unless they actively assisted the crimes marylandblue Dec 2018 #4
Probably Not in the Courts, But.... The River Dec 2018 #5
Accessories are nice pecosbob Dec 2018 #6
They are going to have to start thinking. Turbineguy Dec 2018 #7
As the New Year comes in and Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #8
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. Depends on who is doing the considering, I guess
Sat Dec 8, 2018, 06:22 PM
Dec 2018

If you would like to consider them that, feel free. I consider them to be quite a number of things.

Trump has more accessories than Barbie at this point.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
4. Not unless they actively assisted the crimes
Sat Dec 8, 2018, 06:28 PM
Dec 2018

Devin Nunes may have some exposure because he was on the transition team. But an ordinary Congressman only has publicly available information. The one's on the intelligence and justice committees have some classified or confidential information from their investigations, but all they can really do with that is refer the information to DOJ, and most likely Mueller already has it.

The River

(2,615 posts)
5. Probably Not in the Courts, But....
Sat Dec 8, 2018, 06:31 PM
Dec 2018

their complicit behavior could be used against them
during the 2020 election season.

pecosbob

(7,502 posts)
6. Accessories are nice
Sat Dec 8, 2018, 06:31 PM
Dec 2018

but let's not forget those that launched this campaign of error. Donald J. Trump didn't do this by himself...the GOP did this. The Obstructionists in the Senate are the very first that need to be investigated and charged...McConnell, Graham Pence and Sessions. All were present and had full knowledge of the conspiracy to violate election laws. All have been complicit in receiving and laundering illegal contributions from foreign sources for over a decade. All proceeded to commit obstruction of justice and have continued to do so since that time.

I'm just trying to remind everyone that most of the folks aren't accessories after the fact...they're co-conspirators. A few of them are king-pins.

Turbineguy

(37,206 posts)
7. They are going to have to start thinking.
Sat Dec 8, 2018, 06:32 PM
Dec 2018

Do they want to stick with Trump until Pence is drawn into the Trump vortex and Nancy Pelosi finishes Trump's term?

Somebody is going to have to do a Goldwater and tell Trump the jig is up when the time is right.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
8. As the New Year comes in and
Sat Dec 8, 2018, 06:59 PM
Dec 2018

post Jan 3,me thinks Team Mueller will dropped the hammer on the GOP enablers campaign cash recipients of Foreign Cash funneled through NRA as well as some Corporate Lobbyists.

Said this before,watch for several GOP Senators as well as Congress Persons to suddenly have Family Issues that need Attention Yesterday.

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