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Grand Jury refuses to indict McCabe... (Original Post)
pbmus
Sep 2019
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tblue37
(65,340 posts)1. K&R. nt
Grand juries favor law enforcement people.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)6. You mean like Barr?
ffr
(22,669 posts)3. Scorched Earth, McCabe. Scorched Earth. Go after tRump & Barr.
They went after you. Both barrels. Burn them to the ground.
Mme. Defarge
(8,028 posts)8. Malicious prosecution.
triron
(22,001 posts)12. For sure.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)4. I am stunned that anyone in the justice department would dare to try and indict. Dems should
remember the eagerness to indict when we win in 2020 and go after Kavenaugh, Barr, Trumps family and every other lying piece of shit on the right.
calimary
(81,238 posts)5. They should give him back his pension, too.
That was a cheesy stunt.
RainCaster
(10,870 posts)7. Here's a great article about it
On the Mystery of the McCabe Grand Jury
A rather detailed (given the context) article explaining in simple details what didn't happen today.
Normally, when the Justice Department informs a criminal target that it is moving ahead with charges, particularly when the target is a high-profile one, the indictment follows immediately. Yet in this case, no indictment materialized. And that wasnt because the grand jury didnt meet.
According to the Post, rather, the grand jury was reconvened on Thursdaybut no public charges against McCabe were filed. Now, McCabes lawyer, Michael Bromwich, has written to U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu, whose office is handling McCabes case, stating that the defense team has heard rumors from reporters that the grand jury considering charges against Mr. McCabe had declined to vote an indictmentthough the defense has no independent knowledge of whether the reporting is accurate. Bromwich added that based on our discussion with government lawyers, it is clear that no indictment has been returned.
The possibility of a criminal case against McCabe has smelled bad for a while. As one of us has spelled out in detail, this is not the kind of case that normally ends up as a criminal matter. While the Justice Department inspector general report that led to McCabes dismissal from the bureau is sharply critical of his conduct, indictments for false statements in internal Justice Department investigations, without some exacerbating factor, are exceedingly rare. This sort of misconduct is normally handled in internal disciplinary proceedingsand McCabe was already fired. Indeed, theres nothing about the inspector generals findings about McCabe that seem to make his case a likely candidate for a criminal disposition. What makes McCabes situation distinctive, rather, is the public campaign against him by the president of the United States, who has tweeted and spoken repeatedly about McCabe and publicly called for his prosecution.
Without saying a word in defense of McCabes conductwhich, if accurately described by the inspector general, is condemnablethere are good reasons to be anxious about a case that both seems far from the sort normally prosecuted and involves someone the president has singled out for persecution. There have also long been reasons to doubt the strength of the case, not the least of which is that two of the prosecutors who supervised it have dropped off the matter.
A rather detailed (given the context) article explaining in simple details what didn't happen today.
Normally, when the Justice Department informs a criminal target that it is moving ahead with charges, particularly when the target is a high-profile one, the indictment follows immediately. Yet in this case, no indictment materialized. And that wasnt because the grand jury didnt meet.
According to the Post, rather, the grand jury was reconvened on Thursdaybut no public charges against McCabe were filed. Now, McCabes lawyer, Michael Bromwich, has written to U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu, whose office is handling McCabes case, stating that the defense team has heard rumors from reporters that the grand jury considering charges against Mr. McCabe had declined to vote an indictmentthough the defense has no independent knowledge of whether the reporting is accurate. Bromwich added that based on our discussion with government lawyers, it is clear that no indictment has been returned.
The possibility of a criminal case against McCabe has smelled bad for a while. As one of us has spelled out in detail, this is not the kind of case that normally ends up as a criminal matter. While the Justice Department inspector general report that led to McCabes dismissal from the bureau is sharply critical of his conduct, indictments for false statements in internal Justice Department investigations, without some exacerbating factor, are exceedingly rare. This sort of misconduct is normally handled in internal disciplinary proceedingsand McCabe was already fired. Indeed, theres nothing about the inspector generals findings about McCabe that seem to make his case a likely candidate for a criminal disposition. What makes McCabes situation distinctive, rather, is the public campaign against him by the president of the United States, who has tweeted and spoken repeatedly about McCabe and publicly called for his prosecution.
Without saying a word in defense of McCabes conductwhich, if accurately described by the inspector general, is condemnablethere are good reasons to be anxious about a case that both seems far from the sort normally prosecuted and involves someone the president has singled out for persecution. There have also long been reasons to doubt the strength of the case, not the least of which is that two of the prosecutors who supervised it have dropped off the matter.
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colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)10. Justice Can Work Slow
This is step one now indeed the man should get back his pension. Then sue that Orange Creep and his evil vindictive ways.
spanone
(135,831 posts)11. Nothing will keep the traitors from trying.....nothing.
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)13. ITMF