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Alvarez was elected to local public office and introduced himself in a hearing as a Marine of 25 years and winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Neither of which were true and ended up being prosecuted under the Stolen Valor Act of 2005.
That act was struck down by a 6-3 Supreme Court decision, but Alvarez remained imprisoned on fraud and other charges.
The key differences between his case and the Trump case is that he didn’t make the false statements to the government, he made them to the public, AND, they weren’t in service of a larger conspiracy.
Stickied because this is important.
The case that Trump lawyers keep referencing is US Vs. Alvarez which is worth reading up on.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Alvarez
Alvarez was elected to local public office and introduced himself in a hearing as a Marine of 25 years and winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Neither of which were true and ended up being prosecuted under the Stolen Valor Act of 2005.
That act was struck down by a 6-3 Supreme Court decision, but Alvarez remained imprisoned on fraud and other charges.
The key differences between his case and the Trump case is that he didn’t make the false statements to the government, he made them to the public, AND, they weren’t in service of a larger conspiracy.
Yeah… because it basically was the larger conspiracy.
Edit: lol reading comprehension, derp
I think they’re referring to the Alvarez case with those comments.