“These are separate crimes prosecute both.”
I agree but with a caveat. Wait and prosecute this AFTER you charge and indict him for perpetrating a fraud on the FISA court.
Barr is right....You don’t want to start with a weaker, less egregious case. After all the “classification” was made post Comey leaking and there are mitigating factors involved which would make this conviction a bit iffy.
Start with the big one, you can always charge on this one later.
That makes sense. I hope it goes down in some fashion like you describe. Justice delayed is justice that seems like ain’t never gonna happen.
There is another real world reason.
No matter how large the organization, there is always a limit to available esources.
The DOJ has many good people, but only the exceptional lawyers and prosecutors should b working on any of these cases.
Assigning either the best or just adequate people to any of these cases would be foolish. The best are needed on the big items such as the FISA warrants, conspiracy with foreign governments, etc.. It would be a catastrophe to bungle those.
And losing the secret documents case would be a bad precedent. Remember there are others guilty of the same charges.
To simplify the picture: Imagine a guy accused of murdering his mother, but during his escape he kicked the neighbor’s dog. Both a crime and both with zero defense.
Which case do you put your best people on? Kicking the dog?
Divulging secret info is very serious and certainly not equivalent to kicking the dog, but Comey is guilty of far more serious crimes than disclosing secret information.
Comey and his gang has sown the seeds and nurtured the growth of events that threaten the our rule of law, the justice system and the existence of our country and our way of life.
In addition, every conviction which occurs from FISA abuse should be overturned as poison fruit.
Barr is right....You don’t want to start with a weaker, less egregious case. After all the “classification” was made post Comey leaking and there are mitigating factors involved which would make this conviction a bit iffy (should be no problem with starting a soft coup).
Sorry but this is a load of BS. Why do you ask? The FISA abuse is years old. If they can’t make a case in the six months Barr has been on the job, when will they? What is there to even question? You don’t need an OIG report to charge anyone, that’s silly.
Barr received dozens of criminal referrals from congress almost on the day he was appointed. NOT ONE person paid the price or was charged. A lot of the referral were provable on day one. Lying to Congress under oath and obstruction of a congressional inquiry among the few.