3/ (5) I don’t really understand some logic in Part III-C of the opinion, for wonky reasons. But if official acts can’t be used to prove anything, I don’t understand how bribe-for-pardon scheme could be proven by pting to “public record” of the pardon.
(6) As expected from Fischer opinion, the Court leaves it to Judge Chutkan to decide whether the prosecution can go forward on the two counts under 18 USC 1512(c) - highlighting the language that she would need to use to adjudicate the ques