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Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 4 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@midwest.social

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Tulsi Gabbard’s role in brokering the call and President Trump’s decision to directly press frontline agents on the inquiry are outside the bounds of typical procedure, The Times has learned.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It’s important to note that Gabbard’s participation in the raid is and was explicitly illegal according to federal law

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

How so?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Per US federal law, it is not legal for the Director of National Intelligence to be involved in any domestic law enforcement operations whatsoever. She just did that, and didn’t give a fuck. There’s not going to be any consequences, because the regime not only doesn’t care that it’s illegal, but wants to bring the full force of the US intelligence apparatus to bear on any domestic political opponents.

[–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

apparently norms and the separation of powers is only for dirty commie libs.

it's gonna take a long time to scrape all this shit off of our boot but think about how much better the country will be after these fucks are prosecuted.