Justice Department "MISCONDUCT" in Comey Case

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday in directing prosecutors to produce to defense lawyers all grand jury materials from the case.

Those problems, wrote Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, include “fundamental misstatements of the law” by a prosecutor to a grand jury that indicted Comey in September, the use of potentially privileged communications in the investigation and unexplained irregularities in the transcript of the grand jury proceedings.

The 24-page opinion is the most blistering assessment yet by a judge of a criminal case against Comey that is already subject to multiple other challenges, including motions seeking its dismissal on the grounds that the interim U.S. attorney who filed the charges, Lindsey Halligan, was illegally appointed and that the prosecution itself constitutes a vindictive prosecution.


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Judge Scolds Justice Department For 'Profound Investigative Missteps' In Comey Case

A federal judge says the Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.
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Incompetence - the saving grace of Trump's government.
 
From the NY Times article:

The judge said that when Ms. Halligan appeared — by herself — in front of the grand jury, she made at least two “fundamental and highly prejudicial” misstatements of the law. He also pointed out that the grand jury materials he ordered Ms. Halligan to turn over to him for his review appeared to be incomplete and “likely do not reflect the full proceedings.”

“The court is finding that the government’s actions in this case — whether purposeful, reckless or negligent — raise genuine issues of misconduct, are inextricably linked to the government’s grand jury presentation and deserve to be fully explored by the defense,” Judge Fitzpatrick wrote.

 
The ones Trump put in power will likely face bar charges. The incompetence of this administration is monumental. He put people in charge who will blindly follow his orders. He did not install them based on talent and experience. So his clown show strikes again.
 
zymurgy said:
"procedural errors" is swamp food for you shit stains
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One of the replies from Trump's sheep pretending nothing much happened to the case. SOP in this place.

"The remarkable rebuke of Ms. Halligan came in a 24-page ruling in which the magistrate judge, William E. Fitzpatrick, lodged broader complaints about the way that prosecutors presented the case to the grand jury and asserted that it could result in the matter being dismissed altogether."
 
martin said:
One of the replies from Trump's sheep pretending nothing much happened to the case. SOP in this place.

"The remarkable rebuke of Ms. Halligan came in a 24-page ruling in which the magistrate judge, William E. Fitzpatrick, lodged broader complaints about the way that prosecutors presented the case to the grand jury and asserted that it could result in the matter being dismissed altogether."
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I dare these swamp creatures to throw out the case on procedural grounds

Americans are getting sick of this toxic bullshit and the teflon status of the political elite
 
zymurgy said:
I dare these swamp creatures to throw out the case on procedural grounds

Americans are getting sick of this toxic bullshit and the teflon status of the political elite
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Its very likely, but what makes you think they are "swamp creatures"?
 
martin said:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday in directing prosecutors to produce to defense lawyers all grand jury materials from the case.

Those problems, wrote Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, include “fundamental misstatements of the law” by a prosecutor to a grand jury that indicted Comey in September, the use of potentially privileged communications in the investigation and unexplained irregularities in the transcript of the grand jury proceedings.

The 24-page opinion is the most blistering assessment yet by a judge of a criminal case against Comey that is already subject to multiple other challenges, including motions seeking its dismissal on the grounds that the interim U.S. attorney who filed the charges, Lindsey Halligan, was illegally appointed and that the prosecution itself constitutes a vindictive prosecution.


www.huffpost.com

Judge Scolds Justice Department For 'Profound Investigative Missteps' In Comey Case

A federal judge says the Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.
www.huffpost.com www.huffpost.com

Incompetence - the saving grace of Trump's government.
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More judicial insurrection.
 

Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case​


A federal magistrate judge said on Monday that the criminal case against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, could be in trouble because of a series of apparent errors committed in front of the grand jury by Lindsey Halligan, the inexperienced prosecutor picked by President Trump to oversee the matter.

 
Nordberg said:
The ones Trump put in power will likely face bar charges. The incompetence of this administration is monumental. He put people in charge who will blindly follow his orders. He did not install them based on talent and experience. So his clown show strikes again.
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@T. A. Gardner is arguing none of this really matters as the DoJ has a historical 90+% conviction record and people often plead out to some lesser charges because of that.

When i tell Terry that was based on intelligent DoJ people and not the Magats Trump put in power, who are stupid, who are also failing to get indictments at record paces and seeing ham sandwiches laugh at them, Terry is such a magat and also so dumb that he stands by a belief James and Comey will plead out. :rofl2:
 
zymurgy said:
I dare these swamp creatures to throw out the case on procedural grounds

Americans are getting sick of this toxic bullshit and the teflon status of the political elite
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You got that wrong, as it is not that hard to get indictments and/or convictions of the shit stains, as long as you go after the guilty...

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I could add the long list of Trump Lawyers all disbarred, facing indictment or convicted too if we want another long list?
 
martin said:
A procedural ground like misleading the grand jury.
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throwing out the ability to seek justice over the grand jury being made aware of his taking the 5th

like I said - this is swamp food for you swamp creatures. a new grand jury could be convened - but the problem is Biden sat and did nothing and the statue of limitations is an issue
 
zymurgy said:
throwing out the ability to seek justice over the grand jury being made aware of his taking the 5th

like I said - this is swamp food for you swamp creatures. a new grand jury could be convened - but the problem is Biden sat and did nothing and the statue of limitations is an issue
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And this beauty:

She also appears to have made another astonishing error, Judge Fitzpatrick said. In his ruling, he pointed out that she told grand jurors that they did not have to rely solely “on the record before them” to return an indictment against Mr. Comey, but instead “could be assured the government had more evidence — perhaps better evidence — that would be presented at trial.”
 
zymurgy said:
I dare these swamp creatures to throw out the case on procedural grounds

Americans are getting sick of this toxic bullshit and the teflon status of the political elite
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You might want to actually read the judge's ruling since you claim you hate the swamp. the judge cites 11 different findings where mistakes were made during grand jury proceedings. It isn't that long and is a fairly easy read.


This may be the biggest issue that if you actually hate the swamp you would be up in arms over instead of trying to support the swamp. Claiming that they can indict without evidence because the evidence will be presented later is one of the worst swamp things ever.

That statement
clearly suggested to the grand jury that they did not have to rely only on the record before them to
determine probable cause but could be assured the government had more evidence–perhaps better
evidence–that would be presented at trial
 
zymurgy said:
throwing out the ability to seek justice over the grand jury being made aware of his taking the 5th

like I said - this is swamp food for you swamp creatures. a new grand jury could be convened - but the problem is Biden sat and did nothing and the statue of limitations is an issue
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That is only one of the 11 findings. The fact that 11 errors were made is pretty astounding, don't you think?
 
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