The Gang that Couldn't Lie Straight

National Review ^ | Feb. 1, 2018 | Andy McCarthy

[JeanLM]

“Can someone obstruct justice if they’re lying about something that isn’t contrary to a statute?”

Well Martha Stewart went to jail for lying about a non existent statute.

[MRadtke]

But Hillary Clinton, upon being subpoenaed for her e-mails, deleted 33,000 of them, had hard drives bleached, and had mobile devices physically destroyed, was NOT guilty of obstructing justice? Huh.

[Steve_Seattle]

Andy is normally ok, but what he calls "lying" is actually the normal spinning and crafting of a story that is a way of life for both politicians and journalists.

ALL politicians and journalists omit some facts, emphasize others, and try to spin things favorably to create the desired impression. Also, we need to keep in mind that the underlying event - the meeting with the Russian lawyer - produced NO information and had ZERO effect on the campaign.

Are we now going to make it a crimal offense to spin a story about a nothing-event? If so, most politicians and journalists would be criminals.

[Steve_Seattle]

"So we’re going to impeach a President over ‘he said, she said’?"

Or engaging in the kind of spin and selection of facts that is standard operating procedure among all Washington politicians and journalists?

[Steve_Seattle]

"I’m still trying to figure out what law they’ve been accused of breaking?"

They are trying to make a crime out of the typical spin that all politicians (and journalists!) are guilty of, i.e., omitting possibly embarrassing information, selecting only those facts which are deemed advantageous, and presenting a storyline that creates a favorable impression.

[ully2]

They need to reopen the Clinton case and throw in Panama and Valjar as coconspirators.

[DJ MacWoW]

He’s forgetting that Natalia Veselnitskaya was barred from entering the country by the State Dept. Preet Bahara gave her a limited visa. She was a setup by the Deep State.

[M Kehoe]

Who? Cankles or Trump?

Mulehead is skating on thin ice.

Ya know, it wouldn’t be too difficult to cut DC off from the rest of the world. A brigade size force with ...

Never mind.

5.56mm

[mass55th]

It’s not that they couldn’t lie straight. It’s that they couldn’t remain in power in order to continue covering those lies.

[i_robot73]

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The question still is, can somebody obstruct justice if they’re lying about something that isn’t contrary to a statute?
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Well, it’s not Monopoly $$ they’re billing\spending.

On that note, it would be karma to see them have to pay-back, with interest, the $$ paid for their goose-chase.

[blam]

"You misjudge Peggy. True, she drank the Kool-Aid and hoped Obama really would unify the country, but it didn’t take her very long to figure him out."

She shouldn't be taken seriously.

[SaraJohnson]

If Dems and/or rinos get the majority of the house, they’ll try to impeach Trump.

[moehoward]

How do you obstruct justice when there is no underlying crime and the warrant was issued under spurious information.

[cq]

to obtain damaging information about Hillary Clinton from Russian-government sources.

What about "to obtain damaging information about [TRUMP] from Russian-government sources [for Hillary Clinton]"

Isn't this what the Dossier is about?