Asha Rangappa: People like Trump can only succeed when there are enablers willing to do their bidding. The Jan. 6 transcripts show just how much help the former president had.
following Trump’s withholding of military aid from Ukraine was “Obstruction of Congress” . The article lays out how Trump, “without lawful cause or excuse … directed Executive Branch agencies, offices, and officials not to comply with [congressional] subpoenas.
The suite of crimes that comprise obstruction of justice — which include making false statements, witness tampering and concealing evidence — are often diminished as mere “process crimes.” The insinuation is that these aren’t “real” crimes, but what the FBI uses when they can’t get you for something else. It’s true that these crimes exist independent of any other “substantive” criminal act.
But in many ways, process crimes are on equal footing with substantive crimes: By ensuring that the investigative process works without taint or interference, it ensures that we get to the truth. When the process fails, the truth can be obscured, as Trump well knows.
The Jan. 6 committee revealed that on Monday it is “aware of multiple efforts by President Trump to contact Select Committee witnesses,” adding that the Justice Department “is aware of at least one of those circumstances.” But Trump’s larger pattern is signaling to his supporters that they will be rewarded if they help him, particularly by thwarting the investigative process.
Throughout his presidency, Trump wielded his pardon power to exonerate people who lied to the FBI, like Scooter Libby and Rod Blagojevich, demonstrating that he believed these “process crimes” were the worthiest of forgiveness. At the end of his presidency, he pardoned those who
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