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kentuck

(110,950 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:31 PM Jul 2020

It is a criminal act to use the USPS to influence or suppress the electoral process.

Donald Trump and the new Postmaster General are in the process of committing a crime. What they are attempting to do with the mail-in ballots is illegal.

A judge should have to rule on the matter. Congress should legislate.

This is so obviously a criminal act.

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Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
1. Good, and yet in REALITY they WILL slow the mail and they WILL
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:33 PM
Jul 2020

prevent millions of votes being counted.

GOP does not care

AT ALL

about the law and this country, surely we know that by now!

Nikki28

(557 posts)
2. Look like Congress
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:33 PM
Jul 2020

will have their hands full. They need to impeach Barr,the Post Office criminal DHS and ect... Adam Shiff needs to do the hearings with the aids they had the last time to get to the bottom of this.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
4. Can you cite the statue or law to such?
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:38 PM
Jul 2020

I would be curious to know what laws are being violated so that I can pass it along to my Congressman.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
10. Just because it is committed thru the Postal System would not excuse the crime?
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:46 PM
Jul 2020

That would not make it OK.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
6. Trump doesn't care. He will try it and ignore the Courts if he has to.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:40 PM
Jul 2020

People need to get it in their heads, they may have to risk getting sick to get rid of him. This is a test of how determined people are about getting rid of that monster.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
8. a prosecutor would have a tough time clearly tying it to an election.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:42 PM
Jul 2020

if there's a paper trail talking linking the two, obviously that would be very helpful for the prosecution.

if they started doing it right before the election, the timing might also be compelling.

but with the election still months away, it's hard to prove they're linked beyond a reasonable doubt, even if outside a criminal courtroom we can feel fairly confident of their motives.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
11. Since they are doing it right now, it might be hard to prove it is to impact the next election...
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:49 PM
Jul 2020

...this far from election day, that is true.

But, that is their goal.

DFW

(54,057 posts)
16. Expecting criminal acts from the Trump administration
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:07 PM
Jul 2020

That is sort of like expecting swimming from a fish. It's all they know how to do.

marlakay

(11,370 posts)
18. They will vote in person more
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:25 PM
Jul 2020

Covid is suppose to be worse this fall.

What he is doing is killing people, helping people kill themselves.

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