r/neoliberal Aug 26 '22

Here is the unsealed Affidavit News (US)

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

Trumps legal defense if it gets that far:

18 U.S.C. § 1924(a). An element of this offense, which the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt, is that the accused is "an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States." The President is none of these. See Free Enter. Fund v. Pub. Co. Acct. Oversight Bd., 561 U.S. 477, 497-98 (2010) (citing U.S. Const., Art. II,§ 2, cl. 2) ("The people do not vote for the 'Officers of the United States."'); see also Melcher v. Fed. Open Mkt. Comm., 644 F. Supp. 510, 518-19 (D.D.C. 1986), aff'd, 836 F.2d 561 (D.C. Cir. 1987) ("[a]n officer of the United States can only be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by a court of law, or the head of a department. A person who does not derive his position from one of these sources is not an officer of the United States in the sense of the Constitution."). Thus, the statute does not apply to acts by a President.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

It's literally from the affidavit genius lmao

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u/rychan Evidence-based Aug 26 '22

It's literally from the affidavit genius lmao

That is the most misleading but technically correct thing I have ever read, lol.

It is from the exhibit ATTACHED to the affidavit. That exhibit is written by Trump's lawyer.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

Yeah no shit that's why I led with "trumps legal defense is"

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u/rychan Evidence-based Aug 26 '22

And I upvoted your post. But I see why people are confused about where this is coming from.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

The scary part is at least 30 people upvoted the dude who said I got it off twitter lol the whole document took me like 4 minutes to read with all the redactions apparently thats too much for redditors and they assume im defending trump or something