Donald Trump and his family are finally figuring out that they’re not untouchable. The president and most of his inner circle have spent most of their entitled lives getting away with corrupt, dishonest behavior and it’s finally caught up with them in the president’s Russian investigation. Now that Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. has been exposed for his 2016 meeting with the Russians, the charges against the president’s son are staggering.
Former federal prosecutor Seth B. Waxman went on MSNBC yesterday to talk about the charges that Trump Jr. is facing for his infamous Trump Tower meeting. Speaking with host Kasie Hunt, the Dickinson Wright attorney laid out all the charges against Trump’s most obnoxious child. In a long explanation that does NOT look good for Trump Jr., Waxman explained:
There are several. We’ve talked about a little bit this idea of foreign campaign contributions, where if a foreign national gives anything of value to someone, a campaign, that can be a crime. On the other side if the person accepts or even solicits that kind of contribution, that can be a crime.
So Don, Jr, when he says he ‘loves it’ with regards to the dirt on Hillary, that alone can be a crime, full stop. There are other crimes, bribery, which is a quid pro quo quo,” he said. “If anything of value was given in exchange for the promise of future government action like reducing sanctions, that can be bribery. And bribery can be the basis for several other charges, such as Honest Services Fraud.
Waxman also brought up a group of charges that have not been discussed as much – RICO charges:
Or the most powerful weapon federal prosecutors have, RICO. So there’s a whole series of charges out there.”
Hunt asked Waxman to “Translate RICO for our viewers.” He said:
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations. So that’s what’s used to go after the mob. I’m speculating a bit, but bribery is a predicate offense to RICO.
If you get into that framework, you’re looking at 15, 20 and 30 years offenses — as opposed to campaign finance law which is 1 or 2 or 5-year offenses and those aren’t the offenses to flip senior members of a conspiracy, especially if it’s the son or son-in-law.”
You can watch Waxman give a rundown of everything Trump Jr. is facing below:
This is staggering. The investigation into Trump and his inner circle just keeps getting more shocking as the days go by. There is no way that the president or his son are going to walk away unscathed.
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