Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "Trump Now Supposedly Being Investigated by FBI For Obstruction of Justice" video.
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There will be no obstruction found. When Nixon was in office, he ordered the DOJ to drop an investigation into an antitrust case involving ITT and settle it. The one in charge of the investigation dropped it, quit and, was installed as a circuit judge. The judge was found to be guilty of obstruction and fined a whopping $100. Nixon, though, was not charged during Watergate but, this obstruction was investigated. Several attorneys have stated that Nixon had the right, as the unitary executive, to order an investigation or, he could have ordered one to be dropped and be within the law. Michael Lebron of Lionel Nation is one of these attorneys.
"The unitary executive theory is a theory of American constitutional law holding that the President possesses the power to control the entire executive branch. The doctrine is rooted in Article Two of the United States Constitution, which vests "the executive power" of the United States in the President."
Here, with Trump, it was not a direct order, but it was "I hope" that the FBI will let it go. Comey didn't drop it, thus there was no obstruction anywhere. What Comey's feelings were about it means nothing in a court of law, as that is hearsay.
The left can't have it two ways, as precedent does count.
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