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To: Lakeside Granny

“Extortion” doesn’t fit.
Extortion
The obtaining of property from another induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right.

Under the common law and many statutes, an intent to take money or property to which one is not lawfully entitled must exist at the time of the threat in order to establish extortion. Statutes may contain words such as “willful” or “purposeful” in order to indicate the intent element. When this is so, someone who mistakenly believes he or she is entitled to the money or property cannot be guilty of extortion. Some statutes, however, provide that any unauthorized taking of money by an officer constitutes extortion. Under these statutes, a person may be held strictly liable for the act, and an intent need not be proven to establish the crime.

... what money or property was President Trump supposedly trying to obtain? None!


4,019 posted on 11/12/2019 4:51:47 AM PST by Rusty0604 (2020 four more years!)
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To: Rusty0604
.. what money or property was President Trump supposedly trying to obtain? None!

Exactly but the dims rely on the stupidity of the American people not the facts.

I'm sure the wording will change again when they find out the latest isn't working either.

4,024 posted on 11/12/2019 4:59:26 AM PST by Lakeside Granny ( God's Word says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." Jeremiah 1:5))
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