Posted on 04/09/2024 9:05:14 AM PDT by Starman417
Thread by Julie Kelly
Just when you thought Jack Smith's J6 case against Donald Trump couldn't get any more laughable--it just did.
In one week, SCOTUS will hear arguments on DOJ's (ab)use of 1512c2, post Enron document shredding "obstruction of an official proceeding" statute passed in 2002.
My longtime followers know I've covered this issue for 3+ years. More than 330 J6ers and Trump have been charged with this felony obstruction count--now SCOTUS has a chance to right an horrific wrong that has destroyed (and ended) lives as this ruthless DOJ intentionally misinterprets the law to criminalize political dissent.
DOJ's use of the law barely survived 2 appellate challenges. Thank you Judge Flo Pan, Biden appointee and wife of Dem Party activist Max Stier, for being the deciding vote in both 2-1 decisions!
Now her opinion faces long-awaited SCOTUS scrutiny.
If SCOTUS reverses how DOJ has applied 1512c2--and most observers even on the left expect the court will--the decision would gut Smith's J6 indictment. 2 of 4 counts involve 1512c2.
BUT--Jack (9-0 SCOTUS) Smith now claims even if SCOTUS overturns DOJ application of 1512c2, those related counts in his Trump indictment will stand.
Why?
Because the alternative electoral certificates represent "documents" that were fraudulently used in an "official proceeding."
Pieces of paper signed and sent by other Americans to protest of a rigged election are now equal to accounting records destroyed in service of covering up a crime.
This is from his SCOTUS brief filed last night in the presidential immunity question.
Can't make it up. Hope the justices are paying attention:
BTW "evidence impairment" element is not "gloss" as Jack Smith describes it.
The language is literally in the effin statute.
Controversy over the use of 1512c2 centers around a few factors.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Smith is desperately trying for a trial, conviction and sentencing before the election. He knows he’ll be fired (and hopefully worse) if Trump gets back into office.
Nice catch.
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