Was Blagojevich a federal official? What they finally got him on was exactly this federal statute, but he was acting in the capacity of an ILLINOIS official, trying to sell a Senate seat.
The role a person is playing doesn’t matter; all that matters to the law is whether a federal issue is impacted and whether the person had a legal duty to not conceal. And Hawaii law is clear that it is required that Administrative Rules be posted on the websites of the HI agencies.
I think even the obots don’t want to go near this anymore.
Talk about an unraveling thread in a sweater and a herd of cats here, I just saw Obama actually saying this on FOX and this is going to get even more viral.
“What they finally got him on was exactly this federal statute, but he was acting in the capacity of an ILLINOIS official, trying to sell a Senate seat.
OK, now I see the connection. Per se, lying about HI’s administrative rules is against Hawaiian statutes, which isn’t under federal jurisdiction. But you’re saying it’s in the service of perpetuating a fraud whereby Obama illegally draws a federal salary and has control over the spending of a vast amount of federal funds. In terms of prosecution, it’s far easier to build a case on raw facts—i.e., Fukino did or did not lie/misrepresent what Hawaiian required—than a case built around proving the motivation behind the lying. Unless there’s a smoking gun memo that nails down her frame of mind, I would guess that proving motivation would be pretty difficult. So you may be correct in a technical sense, but I’m guessing that even with an Attorney General with integrity in place, a federal prosecution against Fukino would be unlikely. JMO.