Saturday, September 28, 2019

No High Crime or Misdemeanor

Andy McCarthy doesn't believe Ukraine call rises to level of high crimes and misdemeanors

"In my view, Chairman Schiff’s claim, based on IGIC Atkinson’s interpretation of the statute, is wrong. Section 3033 does not apply to a president’s negotiations with or commitments to foreign powers, or to a president’s sharing of classified information with foreign powers.

To repeat, the statute applies to intelligence activities by government officials acting under the authority of the DNI. If I am right, the Trump administration should not be accused of law-breaking for declining to follow Section 3033, even if the whistleblower had an “urgent concern” in the ordinary understanding of that term."

~ Andrew C. McCarthy
Andrew C. McCarthy III (born 1959)[1] is an American columnist for National Review. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York[ Wikipedia]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Haven't you heard? The impeachment push is crumbling!

LOL.