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To: carranza2 who wrote (681982)	4/19/2019 12:33:07 AM
From: carranza2	11 Recommendations Recommended By Alan Smithee DMaA isopatch Joe Sixer locogringo and 6 more members Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793757

I forgot a point that occurred to me: It’s black letter law that there is no need to have an underlying criminal offense in order to have obstruction of justice. But what about the rare case in which the underlying offense is a sham perpetrated by governmental agents, i.e, where the underlying judicial proceeding, investigation, etc., is brought in bad faith? In other words, is it a crime to obstruct the commission of a crime perpetrated by governmental actors usurping their judicial or investigatory powers? I would think not. I would think that such an action should constitute a perfect defense to an obstruction charge. Obstructing such a proceeding should be applauded, not punished. Mueller’s report says nothing about this. If it does, I missed it.

To: carranza2 who wrote (681982)	4/19/2019 12:07:54 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Recommended By Triffin Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793757

The intent of Trump "investigations" was to either remove him from office, or make it impossible for him to govern effectively. With the latter, they've succeeded to some extent. Assuming there is fire when we see smoke is in our genes. Mueller report will provide enough material to continue feeding the congressional and media gossip mills for years to come. At some point, Trump may need to force a confrontation - like, among other things, refusing to cooperate with Congressional committees - unless extremist partisan members are excluded. He may need to divide the country - "normals" vs. the "rest" - before he'd be able to unite it again. If he can do that, such a show of force may convince many centrist and RINO's to get off the fence and join his side.