After ex-comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s meltdown on Twitter before the Senate’s big tax vote Tuesday night, President Donald Trump can reasonably direct federal authorities to lock her up — and even to “take some money out of her fat-ass pockets,” which he once infamously cited as a personal goal.
Starting a few hours before the legislation passed, O’Donnell tweeted:
so how about this
i promise to give
2 million dollars to senator susan collins
and 2 million to senator jeff flakeif they vote NO
NO I WILL NOT KILL AMERICANS
FOR THE SUOER RICHDM me susan
DM me jeffno shit
2 million
cash
each— ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
Even after another Twitter user, Louise Mensch, replied that O’Donnell was irresponsibly advocating bribery, O’Donnell doubled down.
i disagree
it is obvious there is a price
corker had one
collins tooflake
almost brave
he crawled out backwards2 million to any GOP senator
who votes no
on KILLING AMERICANSMILLIONS WITH OUT HEALTH CAREMY GOD HAVE WE NO SO— ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
Federal law addresses O’Donnell’s actions.
18 U.S. Code § 201 criminalizes the attempted bribery of federal officials by whoever “directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official … with intent to influence any official act.”
The penalty? For Rosie, she could spend up to 15 years in jail, suffer a lifetime ban from elective office and pay up to a cool $12 million:
The statute calls for a fine of “not more than three times the monetary equivalent of the thing of value, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than fifteen years, or both, and may be
disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.”
disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.”
In court, O’Donnell would probably argue that her attempted bribe was in jest, or perhaps a syndrome of a mental illness.
After all, her attorneys would argue, who, while seriously attempting to bribe members of the U.S. Congress would do so in such a reckless, public manner that would all but ensure a conviction?
Perhaps, prosecutors would counter, the same person who would publicly post this:
WE CANNOT SIT AT HOME WHILE THEY ROB OUR NATION – YOUR NEIGHBORS HEALTH CARE – FOR THE FUCKING MERCERS AND KOCH BROTHERS – FUCK THEM – RISE UP— ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
Or this:
call 911 – crime in progress
US SENATEthis is too much— ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
Or this:
WHY HAVENT THE MOBILIZE PEOPLE – MOBILIZED https://t.co/wEucdcLqoH— ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
If O’Donnell wasn’t being serious, she had several opportunities to clarify her intentions or back down. Instead, she persisted:
heres the thing al – i am not looking to give more money to a corrupt system – however – this bill is criminal – i therefore offer 2 million for any GOP senator that votes no – to them personally – or directed to A NON PROFIT OF THEIR CHOICEno strings attachedDO WHATS RIGHT— ROSIE (@Rosie) December 20, 2017
As of Wednesday morning, O’Donnell was so proud of her attempted bribe that she pinned it to the top of her account. If he wanted, Trump and his Justice Department could respond by pinning Rosie with a felony.
Even if her plan had little chance of success, one important goal of the statute against bribery is also to ensure trust in government and its processes — and O’Donnell’s tweets undermined that trust.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/21/rosie-odonnell-could-be-facing-some-prison-time-and-a-12-million-fine/
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/20/shapiro-wrecks-rosie-odonnell-after-she-tells-him-to-suck-her-dk/
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