Posted on 04/20/2017 1:50:10 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
WASHINGTON – Former Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., on Thursday asked a judge in Springfield to dismiss his federal corruption charges, asserting the prosecutor crossed a line by violating separation of power provisions in the Constitution.
“The wide-ranging Indictment against Mr. Schock repeatedly trespasses on land the Constitution reserves for Congress. The Indictment repeatedly relies on House rules or standards that were not designed to be the basis for criminal charges and are themselves ambiguous,” Schock’s motion to dismiss argues.
Moreover, the motion states: “The relevant rules are simply not as represented in the Indictment; and are, in fact, inherently ambiguous as to their requirements and their prohibitions.”
Shock’s McGuire Woods legal team asserts that the Nov. 10, 2016 criminal indictment violates the Constitution by, among other things, improperly intruding into the affairs of Congress when it comes to regulating how a member spends campaign and government funds.
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Crazy to think i took pictures with this guy at our local Lincoln day dinner in 2014.
Did he grab your butt ?
Nope.
[Crazy to think i took pictures with this guy at our local Lincoln day dinner in 2014.]
Don’t feel bad. My husband and I had ours taken with Denny Hastert.
Yeah, he was at our Lincoln Day dinner in 2010 but i was not there.
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