Impeachment for Supposed War Crimes

[Bill Funk]

Lynne Henderson wrote:

> reliance on AG opinions hasn't helped most criminal defendants.

I would like a citation to ANY case in which an AG opinion telling a
person his action is lawful has not been effective in having the
conviction overturned on due process grounds.

> The whole issue of reasonable reliance on Justice Department
> interpretations of the Bolland Amendment  came up in the Iran-Contra
> hearings,  although no dispositive resolution was reached by Congress
> as I recall.

Violation of the Boland Amendment (the restriction on funding of
Contras) was not a criminal offense.  No one was ever prosecuted for
violating the Boland Amendment.

Bill Funk
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