To: President Donald Trump, Sen. Tom Cotton (AR-2), The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
47 Senators Who Violated 18 USC § 954- Withdraw Your Signatures and Letter or be Prosecuted. Apol...
Only a court can decide whether they violated the letter of the law, but We the People emphatically feel they violated the spirit of the law called False statements influencing foreign government.
Any of the 47 who refuse to officially withdraw their signature and/or the letter should be prosecuted and at the very least subject to fines.
A motion to censure Tom Cotton should be introduced immediately. We don't want an apology from him. The other 46 should be censured if they refuse to personally write an apology.
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" In the case of a treaty, the Senate must ratify it by a two-thirds vote."
-Tom Cotton ON HIS OFFICIAL SENATE PAGE
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Treaties
"The Senate does not ratify treaties. "
-senate.gov
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/954
18 U.S. Code § 954 - False statements influencing foreign government
Whoever, in relation to any dispute or controversy between a foreign government and the United States, willfully and knowingly makes any untrue statement, either orally or in writing, under oath before any person authorized and empowered to administer oaths, which the affiant has knowledge or reason to believe will, or may be used to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government, or of any officer or agent of any foreign government, to the injury of the United States, or with a view or intent to influence any measure of or action by the United States or any department or agency thereof, to the injury of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
Any of the 47 who refuse to officially withdraw their signature and/or the letter should be prosecuted and at the very least subject to fines.
A motion to censure Tom Cotton should be introduced immediately. We don't want an apology from him. The other 46 should be censured if they refuse to personally write an apology.
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" In the case of a treaty, the Senate must ratify it by a two-thirds vote."
-Tom Cotton ON HIS OFFICIAL SENATE PAGE
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Treaties
"The Senate does not ratify treaties. "
-senate.gov
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/954
18 U.S. Code § 954 - False statements influencing foreign government
Whoever, in relation to any dispute or controversy between a foreign government and the United States, willfully and knowingly makes any untrue statement, either orally or in writing, under oath before any person authorized and empowered to administer oaths, which the affiant has knowledge or reason to believe will, or may be used to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government, or of any officer or agent of any foreign government, to the injury of the United States, or with a view or intent to influence any measure of or action by the United States or any department or agency thereof, to the injury of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
Why is this important?
We the People agree with Vice President Biden's feelings about the letter, which he described as "beneath the dignity of an institution I revere."
The 44 Democrats and 2 Independents of the Senate only need 5 Republican votes to officially censure their colleagues for committing an egregious breach of international diplomacy with their unwanted and inappropriate letter to Iran.
Censure
Less severe than expulsion, a censure (sometimes referred to as condemnation or denouncement) does not remove a senator from office. It is a formal statement of disapproval, however, that can have a powerful psychological effect on a member and his/her relationships in the Senate.
https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Censure_vrd.htm
The 44 Democrats and 2 Independents of the Senate only need 5 Republican votes to officially censure their colleagues for committing an egregious breach of international diplomacy with their unwanted and inappropriate letter to Iran.
Censure
Less severe than expulsion, a censure (sometimes referred to as condemnation or denouncement) does not remove a senator from office. It is a formal statement of disapproval, however, that can have a powerful psychological effect on a member and his/her relationships in the Senate.
https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Censure_vrd.htm