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Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 11:52 PM Dec 2017

The states can Trump Trump's pardons

The States Can Trump Trump’s Pardons: State Prosecutions for Money Laundering, Hacking Conspiracy, Tax Fraud, and More By Jed Shugerman


...... the states and the federal government have overlapping but separate sovereignty, and each can bring their own prosecutions for the same acts as long as those acts violate both federal and state law. For example, in the Rodney King case, police officers were found not guilty in California state court, but they were later convicted in federal court for federal crimes that covered the same set of acts....."

(I've only copied the crimes mentioned and not the explanations of what they are and how they apply to the Trump cabal's activities)

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II. Possible state crimes

1. Tax fraud.
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2. Money laundering
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3. Conspiracy in Computer Hacking (and Stolen Property)
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4. Conspiracy to Violate Privacy:
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5. Loan fraud and mortgage fraud
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6. Quo Warranto powers - ....... Every state attorney general has the power to investigate “ultra vires” wrongdoing by corporations in their state and to dissolve those corporations, as a modern extension of the English “quo warranto” writ. Delaware and New York can investigate the Trump Organization for emoluments, as the Trump Organization is incorporated in those states.
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7. Witness tampering and obstruction of justice:



https://www.justsecurity.org/44704/states-trump-trumps-pardons-state-prosecutions-money-laundering-hacking-conspiracy-tax-fraud/
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