Exposing Marxist Plans Daily
Posted on 11/09/2015 6:49:18 AM PST by originalbuckeye
At 6:30 a.m. on April 24, 2012, federal agents, wearing Kevlar vests and with guns drawn, raided my home in Katy, Texas, with a warrant for my arrest. This was as shocking to me as it would be for any normal, law-abiding citizen. I’m not a drug dealer, violent criminal or money launderer. I’m an engineer. In 2010 I helped stop the BP oil spill after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig left a damaged well spilling crude directly into the Gulf of Mexico. On the morning of the raid I left early for work, so I was not at home when it occurred. My wife was alone and had to deal with the shock of a squad of FBI agents ripping through our home. We’ve seen it a hundred times on “Law and Order.†They raced through our house and badgered and interrogated my wife. Later that morning, after a frantic call from my wife, I drove to a local police station to surrender. As bad as that day was, I had no idea what was about to happen. I didn’t realize I had become a central focus of the Justice Department’s investigation into the BP oil spill. For the next three and a half years, a Justice task force was dedicated to putting me in jail. What had I done to merit this? I had worked as hard as I knew how for nearly 90 straight days to help stop the Deepwater Horizon spill. Plugging the well, as fast as possible, was the focus of my life. Looking back now at the Justice Department’s conduct, I realize that I made one egregious error: I naïvely believed that the task force simply wanted the truth.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Obama: "No, this guy did. But I am going to take credit for it and sic my inJustice department on him to convince him to keep his big yap shut if he doesn't want to be convicted of a crime".
And please notice he was being prosecuted for obstruction of justice for deleting 2 text messages from his IPhone. Ahhhh, the glaring double standard of the Obama inJustice department. Paging Hillary! and Lois Lerner, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Sorry I cannot post the whole story. Look up Kurt Mix and you can find info from other sources.
I would love to read the article but the WSJ needs to come into the 21st century. No way would I pay for a subscription to their site. What a bunch of fools.
I guess the child president found out whos #ss he needed to kick.
So presidential.
Google the title of the article and it will let you read the whole story
This guy would have saved himself all the hassle had he only donated to The Clinton Foundation.
I would love to read the article but the WSJ needs to come into the 21st century. No way would I pay for a subscription to their site.
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A little ‘trick’ with the WSJ .... copy the title* of the WSJ story, then paste it into your browser (I know Bing & google work). When the article shows up in the search results, click on it & you will have the entire article. It’s a pain to take the extra steps, but you can see/read the entire article.
*this assumes the title is exactly the WSJ title - if it doesn’t work, go to the link in the FR post & then copy the title from the WSJ site & continue on with pasting into browser, etc.
Sorry. Didn’t realize the link would require a subscription to read. The morning the Feds came to get him he was already in his way to work. His wife was home and was ‘SWATed’ as they raided his house with a warrant for his arrest. Here is the last paragraph of the article:
‘The dangers of a misguided, out-of-control Justice Department task force go far beyond my case. My life was turned upside down, but I will recover. What worries me more is the chilling impact this type of government overreach could have on first responders to future disasters. Will they rush in to help as I did? Or will they decline to get involved for fear of prosecution years later? If they do engage, will they spend all of their energy trying to solve the problem? Or will they be looking over their shoulders and building a record to protect themselves for the day the Justice Department comes calling?’
Thank you for this info.
Your trick worked!
They went after him for deleting two text messages. Compare that to Hillary.
Repubican engineer, no doubt that is why
Ahhh the old “Obstruction of Justice” charge.
It’s a catch all charge that you use when you don’t have jack shi* or as an add on when you’re throwing a plate of charges so you can use it to plea bargain it out.
Good point, doesn't seem fair does it?
Or Lois Learner
I did just that. What a stunning case of prosecutorial overreach. What did they hope to accomplish with this?
Mr. and Mrs. Mix found out the hard way just how vicious Barry and his cronies are.
I think intimidation and a scapegoat for blame. The Lefties ate it all up!
Link to the entire WSJ article plus comments:
http://www.wsj.com/article_email/i-was-an-oil-spill-scapegoat-1447019267-lMyQjAxMTE1MzA4OTEwNzk0Wj
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