Every Law Professor With a Twitter Account Says Congressman Matt Gaetz Just Committed Witness Tamper

[tulc]

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Every Law Professor With a Twitter Account Says Congressman Matt Gaetz Just Committed Witness Tampering

Every Law Professor With a Twitter Account Says Congressman Matt Gaetz Just Committed Witness Tampering

On Tuesday, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz sent the following tweet to Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen:

@MichaelCohen212 - Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot...

— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) February 26, 2019
Gaetz’s threat comes on the eve of Cohen’s public testimony about the president’s involvement in schemes to buy the silence of adult actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal in order to prevent the public from discovering that a man famous for being unfaithful to his various wives was still sleeping around. There’s a complicated moral calculus surrounding these payoffs: It’s obviously good any time Donald Trump has less money, but it might also have been good for the public to have evidence that Trump is an immoral jerk who shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near government power. On the other hand, the public already had mountains of evidence that Trump was an immoral jerk who shouldn’t have been allowed anywhere near government power on Nov. 8, 2016, and elected him anyway, so it’s possible the payoffs were nothing more than a waste of Trump’s money, which, again, would be something to applaud. On the other hand, Gaetz’s tweet threatening Cohen the night before he testifies seems to be a little easier to parse. For more on this, let’s check in with what looks like every single law professor in America.

tulc(is going to watch this one)

 

[jgarden]

Every Law Professor With a Twitter Account Says Congressman Matt Gaetz Just Committed Witness Tamper

Apparently Congressman (R) Gaetz, in his infinite wisdom, decided to made a "guest appearance" at today's hearing, even though he's not a member of the Committee.

One commentator, with FBI credentials, characterized this as a Mafia tactic, whereby "enforcers" known to the witness are sent to grace the courtroom with their presence to send a "message" as to what will happen to them and their families should they provide unfavourable testimony!

Cohen's testimony was more reminiscent of a "lieutenant" testifying against the "godfather," as opposed to a lawyer describing his role in a legitimate family business!

 

[JacobKStarkey]

Begin with congressional censure, then refer to Gaetz to the DA.

 

[HTacianas]

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Every Law Professor With a Twitter Account Says Congressman Matt Gaetz Just Committed Witness Tampering

tulc(is going to watch this one)

I agree with them. That was not a smart thing to do.

 

[jkjk]

Every Law Professor With a Twitter Account We Quoted Says Congressman Matt Gaetz Just Committed Witness Tampering

Fixed the article's headline.

 

[Hank77]

Rep. Gaetz taking a page out of the Roy Cohn playbook? He wouldn't be the first one.

 

[The Barbarian]

I wonder if stupidity is a defense.

I am reminded of the truism; no one associates with Donald Trump without being damaged in some way as a result.

 

[JacobKStarkey]

The Barbarian is correct. Trump is like Tony Soprano. Everyone who came in contact for any serious period of time was harmed. Think of the lady shrink. She was on crutches the last I saw her.

Hanging with evil is hurtful to the self.

Trump is evil.

 

[tulc]

Every Law Professor With a Twitter Account We Quoted Says Congressman Matt Gaetz Just Committed Witness Tampering

Fixed the article's headline.

...it's only "fixed" if you can provide links to a lot of law professors who didn't agree with the original headline. If you can't do that? You didn't "fix it", you're simply "changing it because I don't like what it says", see the difference?
tulc(just thought that should be pointed out)

 

[JacobKStarkey]

Report for evidence tampering.

 

[jkjk]

...it's only "fixed" if you can provide links to a lot of law professors who didn't agree with the original headline. If you can't do that? You didn't "fix it", you're simply "changing it because I don't like what it says", see the difference?
tulc(just thought that should be pointed out)

...it's only "fixed" if you can provide links to a lot of law professors who didn't agree with the original headline. If you can't do that? You didn't "fix it", you're simply "changing it because I don't like what it says", see the difference?
tulc(just thought that should be pointed out)

You are really doing some mental gymnastics there to defend the title.

And of course I don't like whay the title says. It is fallacious. It's another example of unnecessary hyperbole undermining the article's credibility when just saying the truth will more than suffice.

 

[tulc]

You are really doing some mental gymnastics there to defend the title.

Not really, you didn't provide any proof to support why you changed it, so outside of that, it would appear to be nothing more then not liking the title.

And of course I don't like whay the title says. It is fallacious. It's another example of unnecessary hyperbole undermining the article's credibility when just saying the truth will more than suffice.

...did you read the article or just decide to change the title because...reasons? If you did, what did you think of this part:

In fact, there seem to be only two members of the legal establishment willing to defend Gaetz’s actions. The first is one Matthew Louis Gaetz II, a 2007 graduate of the College of William and Mary. Although Gaetz is himself a sitting congressman, he nevertheless seems to feel that there was nothing untoward about Gaetz’s tweet, which he described as “witness testing” rather than witness tampering.

Rep. Gaetz further elaborated his defense of Rep. Gaetz in an interview with the Daily Beast, saying, “This is what it looks like to compete in the marketplace of ideas.” But Gaetz has something of a conflict of interest here, in the sense that he, himself, is Matt Gaetz. Only one prominent lawyer who was not Gaetz was willing to defend Gaetz’s actions, and he hasn’t been a real player since the 1970s. Here’s Tom Hagen of (presumably) USC, leading by example:

of course I'd be interested in hearing from other lawyers if you'd like to provide some links of them defending Rep. Gaetz tweet.
tulc(is always interested in others opinions...except about decaff)

 

[JacobKStarkey]

No one of substance is defending Gaetz.

 

[The Barbarian]

No one of substance is defending Gaetz.

His own party is coming down on him about it.

GOP lawmaker criticizes Gaetz: Not something I'd ever do
GOP lawmaker criticizes Gaetz: Not something I'd ever do - CNN Video

And the Florida Bar Association is now investigating Gaetz over the attempted intimidation of a federal witness...
Florida Bar Will Investigate Matt Gaetz’s Threat Against Cohen

 

[The Barbarian]

Trey Gowdy says Gaetz was threatening a witness.