Contrary to Barr's view, DoJ issues Obstruction indictment w/o underlying crime

Don’t be depressed, man. You’ll get that orange man soon enough.

I see you missed Barr's testimony & the word "usually"

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Person A, according to prosecutors, was suspected of "having conspired with and aided and abetted" someone who traveled to Somalia to join Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-affiliated terror group. The latter person was on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists List, according to the indictment.

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When interviewed in 2016, Wehelie told FBI agents he was "surprised" that the person was a surveillance target, but he admitted in the interview he was aware of an FBI search of the person's home weeks prior to the voicemail.

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Uuummmmm.... kind of sounds like there was an underlying crime

That isn't Barr's view at all. He acknowledged that an underlying crime isn't required. He just said it makes it awfully hard to prove intent....which it does. It's a factor to be considered among others. Your first sentence is absolutely false....and typical of how dems spew falsehoods as facts (i.e. Barr lied to Congress.)

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Making false statements to the FBI is an underlying crime and in and of itself is the basis for an obstruction charge - you stupid f*ck.

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So you just proved why Trump committed obstruction... Here's why.

Flynn made false statements. Trump obstructed the investigation into Flynn's false statements.

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That isn't Barr's view at all. He acknowledged that an underlying crime isn't required. He just said it makes it awfully hard to prove intent....which it does. It's a factor to be considered among others. Your first sentence is absolutely false....and typical of how dems spew falsehoods as facts (i.e. Barr lied to Congress.)

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Link to where he says what you assert here.

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Abdirizak Jaji Raghe Wehelie, aka Haji Raghe

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Yikes.

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Wehelie allegedly intentionally misidentified his own voice that was captured when Person A left a voicemail message on Wehelie’s mobile telephone. When questioned by FBI investigators about this particular incident, Wehelie made several misleading and/or false statements. 

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You don't see any problems here? Or any underlying crimes?

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His son/sons left for ME to join terrorist group. He then lied about his communication with them and his knowledge of their location.

Sounds like obstruction to me.

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Correct. So how is ordering the top investigator into Flynn (who lied to the FBI), to "let it go", not Obstruction?

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This guy is charged with an underlying crime - making false statements to investigators.

Barr also said there “could be” underlying obstruction charges on a standalone basis but the bar for such charges is not just because you don’t like the subject of the investigation.

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Trump is named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a federal election crime. There's one underlying crime for you.