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Proving "corrupt intent" is hard.
"Corrupt intent" is a key phrase here, as we've known for some time.
The crime of obstruction requires an attempt to block an investigation with corrupt intent.
If not committing new crimes, he's giving Mueller plenty of evidence of his "corrupt" intent.
It is this question of corrupt intent that makes the Times's recent blockbuster scoop so important.
For instance, there was no finding or inference that anyone at JPMorgan had corrupt intent, a required statutory element.
According to media reports, Mr. Tey denied corrupt intent, saying the student would have obtained similar grades in any case.
At a time when reports suggest that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is looking at tweets for evidence of "corrupt intent' — a necessary element of the crime of obstruction of justice — Trump serves up tweets that evidence corrupt intent.
What might be the lasting legacy of the Nunes memo is what it says about the president's corrupt intent.
Most important, the president would have acted with corrupt intent as it is well understood under the law.
Prosecutors do, however, have to prove "corrupt intent". Trump's tweets and tirades provide a gold mine of such corroboration.
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