Originally Posted by
time4fun
So first- he lied. Those "Obama-era investigations" were both started during the Trump administration. I know you all have become extremely comfortable with the daily assault on the truth that his administration has come to embody, but it's actually not okay.
Second, obstruction is the act of interfering with the administration of justice, and it's illegal. So, no, it's not allowed. He just interfered with two ongoing investigations- potentially biasing future jurors and attempting to influence the outcome of any ongoing investigations into any sitting Republican Congresspeople (and, arguably, these two investigations in particular-
putting clear pressure on the DoJ to let the charges go). He also just violated the DoJ's own statutes.
And SCOTUS has already rules that his tweets are official statements- NOT personal statements. And we've already been over this- there are different rules for a sitting US President than for everyone else.
And all of this is on top of his repeated attempts to pressure the DoJ to go after his political rivals.
These are extraordinarily weak arguments you're making. They're neither accurate legally nor ethically.
This isn't a faithful execution of the law. It's deep political corruption right in front of your face. And the same Republicans who have been decrying "political influence" in the DoJ for the last two years are waving their hands dismissively over actual, concrete political influence on the DoJ.
I don't know why you people just gave up on democracy, but it's nauseating.