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From A Legal Perspective, Mueller's Investigation is Dead. Here's Why |
2017-12-08 |
![]() Under federal law, a prosecutor is required "to disclose exculpatory and impeachment information to criminal defendants and to seek a just result in every case." Specifically, pursuant to Giglio v. United States, prosecutors are obligated to provide defendants with impeachment evidence, which includes, according to the DOJ’s guidelines, evidence of a witness’s biases, "[a]nimosity toward defendant," or "[a]nimosity toward a group of which the defendant is a member or with which the defendant is affiliated." As a result, in any prosecution brought by Mueller against a Republican target, defense counsel would be entitled under the Constitution to all evidence in the government’s possession relevant to exploring the apparent biases of FBI agent Peter Strzok and his animosity toward Trump and the Republican Party. This, in and of itself, could be a case-killer because it is very unlikely that Mueller or the DOJ would want defense counsel poring through all the records and documents, emails, and texts in the DOJ’s and Strzok’s possession revealing the agent’s biases since this could fatally undermine any other cases or investigations the agent has worked on‐such as the FBI’s decision to recommend charging General Flynn with lying to federal agents even though Hillary Clinton’s besties, Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, were given a free pass despite apparently doing the same thing. Emphasis added. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#4 Skankcat Mueller dropping feces over the "legal system". |
Posted by: newc 2017-12-08 13:18 |
#3 Why does Mueller's team keep protecting that worthless former candidate and corrupt scumbag. The Clinton Foundation has effectively been shut down hasn't it? Hasn't the money dried up (or are they still living on the pilfered $12Bil from Haiti)? She's not going to be president. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2017-12-08 10:20 |
#2 Since when "legal" matters to these people? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-12-08 04:11 |
#1 it is very unlikely that Mueller or the DOJ would want defense counsel poring through all the records and documents, emails, and texts Or (as the onion continues to be peeled) examining electronic monitoring... or discovering how electronic monitoring was authorized. I doubt FBI's Peter Strzok or his recently discovered accomplice, associate attorney general Bruce Ohr were involved in too many other cases. I suspect their (and possibly many others) primary area of interest was the Trump Campaign. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-12-08 04:08 |