"Dark Andrew" Weissmann surfaces in re DoJ investigation
His first several tweets of a very long twitter thread:
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The problem with the DOJ staffing on the MAL case (at least what is visible) is the lead attorney is trained to think of DOJ’s role as negotiating compliance with the law after the person is discovered to be in violation vs indicting the person to promote compliance with the law.
The same group did no criminal investigation into Manafort’s FARA violations for 8 months, but negotiated with his counsel for 8 months to have him file FARA disclosure forms after years of violating that law.
They interviewed no witnesses. Issued no GJ subpoenas. They got no Manafort docs. They did GIVE Manafort docs when he falsely claimed to DOJ he had no docs to refresh his recollection of the facts, which they did not verify.
So that’s why I’m super concerned about the staffing here. Worried it’s too much of a regulator’s mindset. Not what is needed IMHO.
(By the way, not in any way saying they are not honest and good people, to be clear)
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Much more at the tweet thread below, including many comments from other frustrated people.
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