Corrupt Intent In One Tweet

Over the past 18 months, we've heard former prosecutors and lawyers using the term "obstruction of justice" usually in reference to something that unhinged con man and co-conspirator Donald "Rump" Trump has done, said or tweeted. They almost always clarify that to prove obstruction, you have to show "corrupt intent" on the part of the perpetrator. That is, in lawyerly terms,

"...they must not only have the specific intent to obstruct the proceeding, but the person must know (1) that a proceeding was actually pending at the time; and (2) there must be a nexus between the defendant’s endeavor to obstruct justice and the proceeding, and the defendant must have knowledge of this nexus."

Rump's demonstration of "corrupt intent" toward the multiple investigations of him and others vary from ambiguous to blatant. Case in point was his twit-rage against the Justice Department and his Confederate States Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions regarding the indictments of two of his political allies, disgraced Representatives Chris "Insider Trading" Collins and Duncan "My Wife's The Guilty One" Hunter:

Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2018

Rump is signaling that he wants the Justice Department to defend him and his Congressional supporters (who would be important in impeachment proceedings), and conversely to punish his political enemies. More importantly, from the obstruction standpoint, he knows of the proceedings against the two "very popular" Congressmen, and that there is a nexus between what he's tweeting and the ongoing judicial process for the two (the "Mid-Terms" are coming). He's undermining the prosecutions of these two Rethuglican crooks, and he's poisoning the jury pool that will sit in judgement of them, likely in their solid Rethuglican districts.

We hope and trust that this can and will be used as yet another obstruction of justice exhibit either by the Special Counsel, another prosecutorial entity, or Congress if and when it produces articles of impeachment.

BONUS: Former U.S. Attorney and CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin calls this incident an "impeachable offense."