#McAfee: “Even core #PoliticalSpeech addressing matters of public concern is not impenetrable from prosecution if allegedly used to further #criminal activity."
"The State has alleged more than mere expressions of a #political nature. Rather, the #indictment charges the Defendants w/knowingly & willfully making false statements to public officers & knowingly & willfully filing documents containing false stmnts & misrepresentations within the jurisdiction of state depts & agencies.”
#McAfee also wrote that he was unble to find "any authority that the speech & conduct alleged is #protected#political speech."
The protection afforded specifically by the Petition Clause of the #FirstAmendment -which allows the ability to communicate w/govt ofcls- "does not extend to allegedly #fraudulent petitions.”
"In other words, the #law does not insulate speech allegedly made during fraudulent or #criminal conduct from prosecution under the guise of petitioning the govt," he wrote. #Trump
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