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To: j.havenfarm
Absent a special statute of limitations, the general federal statute for noncapital crimes is five years. So Joe was in the clear long ago on that particular Ukraine piece of the family influence peddling business https://www.thefederalcriminalattorneys.com/federal-statute-of-limitations

Oh, but New York taught us something. We don't have to pay attention to mere statutes of limitations. No! We can simply create a new retroactive law to restore culpability after a statute of limitations has expired.

49 posted on 07/01/2024 12:07:44 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

True enough but doing so would require the approval of
Both houses of Congress including 60 votes in the Senate. Having gotten their dripping snouts smacked a couple times already, I’m thinking there may be a waning in the drive for lawfare


57 posted on 07/01/2024 12:28:58 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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