Ed Meese just used the phrase "Criminalization of Politics" [View All]

[Lochloosa]

Former Attorney General Ed Meese just used the phrase on Hammity.

A little info about him for the youngun's

An independent prosecutor found Meese probably violated federal conflict-of-interest laws when his family held telephone company stock worth thousands at a time when he was reviewing telecommunications policy at the Justice Department. He also concluded that "a trier of fact would probably conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Meese willfully permitted a materially false tax return to be filed for him."

The Senate Oversight of Government Management subcommittee found that Meese, as counselor to Reagan, had violated White House policy when he intervened to win a defense contract for the scandal-ridden Wedtech Corp.

During the Iran-Contra Affair, Meese conspired with Reagan Administration officials to cover up the crimes committed, possibly even including the President's. He lied to the press and instructed other members of the Cabinet to do so. When conducting a Potemkin investigation, he told Reagan officials they were "under no obligation" to answer questions truthfully.

Republican William Weld, former US assistant attorney general in charge of the criminal division, explained that he was frequently instructed to base his prosecutions on political and ideological criteria. As he understood it, investigations were dropped if "the political affiliation of was likely to be Republican." But they were more likely to be approved, Weld said, if the person under investigation was a liberal.


Hammity sounds like he is ready to cry.