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Obeying the orders from the President is an excuse however. A police officer orders a doctor to jaywalk to assist an injured person and the doctor does so and is then arrested for jaywalking would be a huge injustice. If Mayorkas interprets the law as Biden does that anybody requesting asylum in the U.S. is entitled to a hearing, is it a high crime and misdemeanor to obey Biden's instructions on that? On the DOJ's opinions on that? So far we know Mayorkas is a flawed human being. But it has not been proven that he willingly broke the law or intended any harm to anyone. Have his policies been disastrous? Harmful? Even deadly? Yes. But that is what elections are for and not the justice system in my opinion.I'm sorry, obeying illegal orders from the president is no excuse.
I spent 35 years in the federal government, and I know from countless briefings that just saying you were doing what you're told isn't an shield against prosecution for your illegal actions. He always had the option to refuse.
Do I believe Mayorkas believes he was obeying the law? No. I think the man has shown horrible character. But it would still be a good argument in a court of law.
Again, every single infraction is not going to be prosecutable without reducing the entire government to chaos and nothing but accusations and prosecutions over and over and over. There is a meaning in high crimes and misdemeanors and the President should be secure in the protections provided by the Constitution for good reason. And short of willfully harming people on purpose, his staff should enjoy at least the concept of that same protection. Biden's DOJ should have been impeached on those ground. Not Mayorkas.