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-Land of the Free
REVEALED: Judge secretly savaged bid to prosecute former FBI chief Andy McCabe for lying to agents calling it 'like a banana republic'- then case was dropped hours before his fury was about to be made public
2020-02-15
The Justice Department has told former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe it isn't prosecuting him and it considers the matter 'closed' – despite the president's string of furious tweets about McCabe and a judge's warning the a prolonged investigation had a whiff of retribution.

Federal prosecutors closed an investigation into whether McCabe lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news media disclosure, McCabe's legal team said Friday.

The end of the two-year probe of McCabe came just hours before it was revealed a federal judge scolded prosecutors and flagged President Trump's repeated tweets on the case as being like a 'banana republic.'

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Barnett Walton made the comment as he heard a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in relation to the case.

'The public is listening to what's going on, and I don't think people like the fact that you've got somebody at the top basically trying to dictate whether somebody should be prosecuted,' Walton, a George W. Bush appointee, told prosecutors in September.
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  Hello impeach both of these bastards! Enough of asshat Roberts.

Appointed by John Roberts
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-02-15 21:19  

#6  This judge truly exists in a bubble if he thinks his rant is in line with mid America thinking. McCabe is dirty, we all know it, the IG recommended firing for lying (lacking candor) and illegal leaking. Trump simply pointing out the obvious is hardly telling anyone how to handle the case. What the heck is going on with our "justice" system. It is a dangerous joke.
Posted by: Ips Prez   2020-02-15 20:47  

#5  He is the former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Get the picture?

Bingo. Our FISA Court is itself a feature of a banana republic.
This is nothing more than a classic Deep State redirect.

Not quite SS material -- the judge is playing the game with much more skill than Mueller, McCabe, Strzok et al. played it, and he's not going on cable and posturing a la Brennan -- but it's a redirect nonetheless.
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-15 11:49  

#4  A big problem with all this s#it is the length of time the dawdle.

2 years? It shouldn't take 2 months to get enough evidence to prove a charge like lying to the FBI. All the extra time does is give the vermin plenty of opportunity to dig new holes to hide in.
Posted by: AlanC   2020-02-15 08:51  

#3  They make one law for us and keep another for themselves.
Posted by: Cesare   2020-02-15 08:42  

#2  Reggie Walton - Wikipedia
[Reggie Barnett Walton (born February 8, 1949) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He is the former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Get the picture?
Posted by: b   2020-02-15 07:54  

#1  All the animals are equal - but some are more equal then the others?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2020-02-15 03:36  

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