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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs abuse of power a serious charge?
We have seen abuse so bad that it threatens our national security.
Threatening to fire everyone that might present a threat to your authority.
Threatening to penalize our allies if they do not go along with your wishes.
Totally disrespecting our institutions and the rule of law.
Indulging in nepotism and hiring incompetents for important positions in government.
Ignoring Senate confirmations and hiring everyone as "acting" the positions.
Dividing our nation at every opportunity.
Attempts to ridicule political opponents with ridicule and nicknames.
Verbal abuse of Cabinet Secretaries and those in the Justice Department that are investigating crimes against our government.
Taking children from the arms of their parents and locking them up in cages.
Outright lying and distortions to promote a personal political agenda...
Obstructing the will of the Congress and the American people.
And on and on...
vlyons
(10,252 posts)nt
watoos
(7,142 posts)House of Roberts
(5,553 posts)It works every time the Cons want to lock up a Dem here in Alabama.
Honest services fraud is a crime defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1346, added by the United States Congress in 1988, which states: "For the purposes of this chapter, the term scheme or artifice to defraud includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services."
Bettie
(16,778 posts)unless you have a "D" after your name.
GoCubsGo
(32,800 posts)But, we all know these are not normal times.