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What Is Justice for McCabe?
Andrew McCabe: Suing Justice Department & Seeking Clemency | National Review
29 Aug 19 ~ By Andrew C. McCarthy
The former deputy director’s FBI coddled Clinton and addled Trump. Now he seeks clemency . . . even as he sues the Justice Department. Hillary Clinton checked every box for a violation of the Espionage Act. So much so that, in giving her a pass, the FBI figured it better couch her conduct as “extremely careless,” rather than “grossly negligent.” The latter description was stricken from an earlier draft of then-director James Comey’s remarks because it is, verbatim, the mental state the statute requires for a felony conviction. It wouldn’t do to have an “exoneration” statement read like a felony indictment.... In point of fact, the careless/negligent semantic game was a sideshow.... While Clinton’s mishandling of classified information got all the attention, it was just the tip of the felony iceberg.
in a better world, I’d prefer to take account of the considerable positive side of McCabe’s ledger and what he’s already suffered, especially if he exhibited some contrition. That is, I’d ordinarily be open to declining prosecution. But then, how about the positive side of General Flynn’s ledger? And why, if it would be overkill to charge McCabe was it not overkill to charge Papadopoulos? Why do Clinton, Mills, Abedin, and Combetta get a pass in a criminal investigation triggered by actual crimes, but Flynn, Papadopoulos, van der Zwaan, and Stone get hammered in an investigation predicated by no crime — just a fever dream of Trump-Russia cyberespionage conspiracy?
FBI and Justice Department officials keep telling us they grasp that there must be one standard of justice applicable to everyone, not a two-tiered system. So, here’s the question: If Andrew McCabe’s name were Michael Flynn, how much mercy could he expect from, say, Andrew Weissman?
Comment:
If McCabe, Comey, Clapper, Brennan and Hillary are not indicted, then we truly live in a banana republic. To date, there seems to be two standards of justice, One for the Clintons and the Deep State and another for Trump, his supporters and associates.
So far, we all have seen by now that there are two tiers of Justice. One for politically favored class and one for conservatives. But this is what the republican party has done to us, not the liberals or law enforcement/intelligence agencies. If they did not allow it, justice would already have be meted out. But even with this unfair playing field, we and Trump have been making gains. It will take decades to undue the damage both Parties have done to our country.
