This isn't venting like to you or something like that, and the criminal intent there could very well be met because it doesn't require completion, it just requires an attempt to try and do something that is illegal.
Katyal explains that the president's conversation with Whitaker could indicate criminal intent, regardless of whether any action was taken.
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You know in America, we don`t have two systems of justice, one for the president and one for everyone else.
No other president in our lifetimes has ever attempted to violate for-cause removal statutes in this manner.
I think is probably the worst the single most atrocious trial court decision I`ve ever read, and that`s saying a lot.
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