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Why does the special counsel need to invent an offense to get a guilty plea?
Why doesn’t he demand a plea to one of the several truly egregious statutory crimes he claims have been committed?
Good questions.
These columns have many times observed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s failure to set limits on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. To trigger the appointment of a special counsel, federal regulations require the Justice Department to identify the crimes that warrant investigation and prosecution — crimes that the Justice Department is too conflicted to investigate in the normal course; crimes that become the parameters of the special counsel’s jurisdiction.
Rosenstein, instead, put the cart before the horse: Mueller was invited to conduct a fishing expedition, a boundless quest to hunt for undiscovered crimes, rather than an investigation and prosecution of known crimes.
That deviation, it turns out, is not the half of it. With Rosenstein’s passive approval, Mueller is shredding Justice Department charging policy by alleging earth-shattering crimes, then cutting a sweetheart deal that shields the defendant from liability for those crimes and from the penalties prescribed by Congress. The special counsel, moreover, has become a legislature unto himself, promulgating the new, grandiose crime of “conspiracy against the United States” by distorting the concept of “fraud.”
As already recorded in their past, both men are guilty of prosecutorial misconduct and highly questionable professional ethics. In the past, as we have seen and is being reported in this Witch Hunt, Mueller has bullied and intimidated witnesses / suspects, indicted issued huge over-the-top indictments without having ample evidence just to intimidate a suspect to get weak plea deals and agreements to 'cooperate'. Rosenstein has even, as records show, withheld evidence that would have prevented innocent people from going to jail. Even worse, Rosenstein even CREATED / MANUFACTURED crimes against innocent people in order to send them to jail...after which they were later freed...AFTER going to jail. (Why THAT SOB - actually he and Mueller BOTH - is (are) not in jail today is a mystery as well as a travesty of justice.)
The Manafort / Gates Indictment is a perfect example of all of this:
MASSIVE, Over-The-Top insignificant-to-the-investigation-purpose Indictment for the purpose of intimidating witnesses / suspects then offering a SWEET deal in hopes of / in order to get a plea to a much lesser crime and an agreement to help ensnare the real target.
After bing charged with investigating Russian Collusion and Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Mueller charged Manafort and Gates with MASSIVE Money Laundering and Conspiracy Charges DATNIG BACK TO BEFORE OBAMA WAS INITIALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT...nothing to do with the purpose of his investigation. Mueller made sure there was a whole host of felony charges filed. Gates faced a minimum of 30 years in jail...before Mueller offered to drop all charges except to extremely minor charges that called for 0 (ZERO) - 5 Years IF HE AGREED TO COOPERATE.
Mueller and Rosenstein are 'shredding' the DOJ's prosecutorial standards:
The Justice Department’s manual further admonishes prosecutors to refrain from guilty pleas that could “adversely affect the investigation or prosecution of others.” That is exactly what Mueller has done to the ongoing prosecution of Manafort. By giving Gates a pass on the bank-fraud (and tax-fraud, and money-laundering) charges, Mueller signals that these allegations are inflated. A jury could well feel justified in giving Manafort a pass on them, too.
Their past having been recorded and well known, Rosenstein and Mueller have over-played they hand, showing how desperate they are to get Trump, committing the same grievous offenses they have in the past. It has already been reported that most of the evidence on Manafort, recovered from his home after a search warrant was exercised, could be thrown out. Mueller's team took 'evidence' from the home not listed on the warrant...making the entire search invalid / illegal and all evidence inadmissible. Rosenstein's and Mueller's case against Manafort and Gates is in jeopardy...as is their entire investigation. Due to their past repeat performance, Rosenstein and Mueller may find themselves in trouble (hopefully) before all of this is over.
Mueller Investigation: Gates Deal Violates Federal Policy | National Review
Three-quarters say Trump should fire Mueller
--- Drudge poll: Three-quarters say Trump should fire Mueller
Why doesn’t he demand a plea to one of the several truly egregious statutory crimes he claims have been committed?
Good questions.
These columns have many times observed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s failure to set limits on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. To trigger the appointment of a special counsel, federal regulations require the Justice Department to identify the crimes that warrant investigation and prosecution — crimes that the Justice Department is too conflicted to investigate in the normal course; crimes that become the parameters of the special counsel’s jurisdiction.
Rosenstein, instead, put the cart before the horse: Mueller was invited to conduct a fishing expedition, a boundless quest to hunt for undiscovered crimes, rather than an investigation and prosecution of known crimes.
That deviation, it turns out, is not the half of it. With Rosenstein’s passive approval, Mueller is shredding Justice Department charging policy by alleging earth-shattering crimes, then cutting a sweetheart deal that shields the defendant from liability for those crimes and from the penalties prescribed by Congress. The special counsel, moreover, has become a legislature unto himself, promulgating the new, grandiose crime of “conspiracy against the United States” by distorting the concept of “fraud.”
As already recorded in their past, both men are guilty of prosecutorial misconduct and highly questionable professional ethics. In the past, as we have seen and is being reported in this Witch Hunt, Mueller has bullied and intimidated witnesses / suspects, indicted issued huge over-the-top indictments without having ample evidence just to intimidate a suspect to get weak plea deals and agreements to 'cooperate'. Rosenstein has even, as records show, withheld evidence that would have prevented innocent people from going to jail. Even worse, Rosenstein even CREATED / MANUFACTURED crimes against innocent people in order to send them to jail...after which they were later freed...AFTER going to jail. (Why THAT SOB - actually he and Mueller BOTH - is (are) not in jail today is a mystery as well as a travesty of justice.)
The Manafort / Gates Indictment is a perfect example of all of this:
MASSIVE, Over-The-Top insignificant-to-the-investigation-purpose Indictment for the purpose of intimidating witnesses / suspects then offering a SWEET deal in hopes of / in order to get a plea to a much lesser crime and an agreement to help ensnare the real target.
After bing charged with investigating Russian Collusion and Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Mueller charged Manafort and Gates with MASSIVE Money Laundering and Conspiracy Charges DATNIG BACK TO BEFORE OBAMA WAS INITIALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT...nothing to do with the purpose of his investigation. Mueller made sure there was a whole host of felony charges filed. Gates faced a minimum of 30 years in jail...before Mueller offered to drop all charges except to extremely minor charges that called for 0 (ZERO) - 5 Years IF HE AGREED TO COOPERATE.
Mueller and Rosenstein are 'shredding' the DOJ's prosecutorial standards:
The Justice Department’s manual further admonishes prosecutors to refrain from guilty pleas that could “adversely affect the investigation or prosecution of others.” That is exactly what Mueller has done to the ongoing prosecution of Manafort. By giving Gates a pass on the bank-fraud (and tax-fraud, and money-laundering) charges, Mueller signals that these allegations are inflated. A jury could well feel justified in giving Manafort a pass on them, too.
Their past having been recorded and well known, Rosenstein and Mueller have over-played they hand, showing how desperate they are to get Trump, committing the same grievous offenses they have in the past. It has already been reported that most of the evidence on Manafort, recovered from his home after a search warrant was exercised, could be thrown out. Mueller's team took 'evidence' from the home not listed on the warrant...making the entire search invalid / illegal and all evidence inadmissible. Rosenstein's and Mueller's case against Manafort and Gates is in jeopardy...as is their entire investigation. Due to their past repeat performance, Rosenstein and Mueller may find themselves in trouble (hopefully) before all of this is over.
Mueller Investigation: Gates Deal Violates Federal Policy | National Review
Three-quarters say Trump should fire Mueller
--- Drudge poll: Three-quarters say Trump should fire Mueller