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Now is probably a good time! I just finished reading the decision from Judge Fitzpatrick in Comeys case. In true Trump fashion it appears that his commitment to finding the stupidest possible person and putting them in charge continues. Both the investigating FBI agent and the mediocre insurance attorney appointed to be the interim US Attorney are breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent. Thats a winning combo if there ever was one.
Reading the opinion is fascinating-smacking Ms. Halligan upside her head with polite legal language. Looks like she 1. Lied to the court. 2. Used improperly obtained evidence. 3. Violated accepted grand jury procedures.4. Violated attorney-client privilege. 5. Failed to properly record the grand jury proceedings. 6. Improperly instructed the grand jury on the law. (I guess we should cut her a break on this one since I doubt she knows the law). 7. The sole FBI agent to testify should have been excluded since he was basing his testimony on privileged materials. Thats quite a list.
Releasing the grand jury materials is an extraordinary measure. Consider the judges conclusion:
Wow. That is a legal spanking. Only the best
yaesu
(8,818 posts)Already seeing crimes skyrocket around the country as "Lead by example" takes hold. It will be the wild, wild west on steroids.
Marie Marie
(10,735 posts)I swear, the more unqualified, the higher the level of arrogance. Get some self-awareness!
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,958 posts)And when youre attractive and in the right circles you can often skate by-sad but true. In the words of Fernando Llamas (the Billy Crystal version) better to look good than to be good.
Alice Kramden
(2,833 posts)"Better to look marvelous than to feel marvelous " - in that Fernando accent (maaahh-velous)
BattleRow
(2,033 posts)rather than later..
Wonder how marvelous she will look then...
the nelm
(212 posts)or working with complete nincompoops who thought they were the brightest light in the room. Once in a while they won out, at least temporarily, but they always crashed and burned in the end.
BattleRow
(2,033 posts)and arrogance as high as the sky.
lastlib
(27,150 posts)She truly has an exceptionally high level of incompetence.
Laxman
(2,425 posts)that this case will survive to be presented to a jury. Thats unfortunate since corruption like this needs to be fully exposed to public scrutiny. Right now only Comey and his attorneys, the judge, and the prosecution know the depth and breadth of the corruption and incompetence of the US Attorneys office.
moonshinegnomie
(3,753 posts)but also sanction halligan and any other government lawyer on the case and refer them to their bar associations for disbarment proceedings.
basically end all of their legal careers
EYESORE 9001
(29,299 posts)Id draw the most buttoned-down, squared-away prosecutor to come down the pike - absolutely apolitical and methodical. Yeah, Id draw that guy.
MerryBlooms
(12,109 posts)A state podunk?
NotHardly
(2,275 posts)Fil1957
(404 posts)Xavier Breath
(6,288 posts)BaronChocula
(3,779 posts)If you're a doughy Tom Homan-type, you get the charges dropped. If you're not, you get dragged into court at a great expense even if you win against the sub-JV maga legal squad.
RussBLib
(10,357 posts)if you are going to commit a federal crime, just claim you're a Republican and express fealty to Donald Trump and you just might get a pardon, provided you give Trump a cut.
https://russblib.blogspot.com
Maru Kitteh
(31,024 posts)That is pretty brutal.
UTUSN
(76,352 posts)ancianita
(42,588 posts)It's like DC circuit judges have to do lawyering 101 with this corrupt, stupid, incompetent Bondi & Bove DOJ.
Buddyzbuddy
(1,924 posts)perpetrate this criminal fraud against a person that has the most knowledge and experience of the system of which they're trying to use to punish him. The audacity is astounding.
They are too stupid to know what they don't know and too criminal to get help from those that do but are unwilling to commit crimes on their behalf.
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,958 posts)I am NOT encouraging anyone to break the law!