DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 11, 2022
Trump Schadenfreude: He could be prosecuted under a statute that he made law–in order to go after Hillary Clinton:
If Trump is found to have violated federal law in removing and retaining classified documents without authorization, he could be convicted of a felony punishable by five years in prison. And that conviction would be a felony carrying that punishment because of a law signed by President Donald Trump.
Trump’s 2016 campaign was intertwined with a similar question. His Democratic opponent, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, had been found to have operated a private email server that she used for official business — including, the FBI determined, some that was classified. Trump and his allies pushed for Clinton to face criminal charges but in July 2016, FBI Director James B. Comey announced that the FBI wouldn’t seek an indictment. Trump was furious, but he won anyway.
It also had a stipulation editing 18 U.S. Code §1924. It originally read:
Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.With Trump’s signing S. 139 into law, that became: “ … shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.” And with that, it became a felony.
Who Narked Out Trump To The Feds? The Lincoln Project wants to ‘help’ Donald to find out:
Any guesses?
Indiana Cops Arrest Candidate They Thought Was Anti-Police. In Delaware, they just intimidate candidates who run against ex-cops. They can. In Delaware, they can do anything.
An Indiana police chief and lieutenant were suspended with pay after arresting a potential candidate for local office on drug and rape charges that were later dropped.
Brookville police Chief Terry Mitchum and Lt. Ryan Geiser reportedly thought Trevin Thalheimer, who was considering running for town council, had anti-police views and wanted to torpedo his candidacy, WXIX-TV reported.
Thalheimer’s attorney Judson McMillin said the officers got a search warrant after suspecting his client and his friend of smelling like marijuana. They later arrested them and added a rape charge against Thalheimer related to an old allegation that failed to lead to a prosecution, according to WXIX-TV.
“Any time you start mixing police power with political preferences, you got major problems, and that’s what we had here,” McMillin said.
Delaware AG Unveils Abortion Legal Helpline. With Shane Darby there to help answer questions:
Moving forward, the ACLU of Delaware will manage calls and forward them to the proper source. There are nearly a dozen participating law firms. The Delaware Department of Justice hosts the website and manages online inquiries.
“We expect questions about what is the law in Delaware and if I live in Delaware can I get an abortion? We expect questions from women outside of Delaware in any state that criminalizes abortion ‘Can I come to Delaware and have access to abortion?’” Ms. Jennings said.
“We expect calls from healthcare providers who are obviously worried about their own legal peril. They want to provide access but they need to know ‘Can I do it? Is it safe to do it? And will I be extradited from the state (if I do it)?’
“The answer is you will not be thanks to our legislature. But those are the kinds of calls we expect.”
Delaware To Add More EV Charging Stations. Some more good news:
Delaware will receive $18 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and in three phases tighten the range an electric vehicle driver would have to go before recharging their batteries.
The first phase would include five new stations on Delaware’s major thru-travel routes: I-95, DE 1, U.S. 13, and U.S. 113. The initial plan, subject to public input, is to put those at points no further than 50 miles apart at the I-95 Service Plaza, Dover (1 or 13), Rehoboth Beach (1), Laurel (13), and Selbyville (113).
The next phase would cut gaps to 25 miles by including potential sites of Middletown (1/13), Smyrna (1/13), Harrington (13), Milford (1/113), Bridgeville (13), and Georgetown (113).The final phase would focus on high-population areas, looking for spots that might not have easily-accessible charger stations.
What do you want to talk about?
