Why it's unlikely the McCabe grand jury voted against indictment

National Review ^ | 16/9/19 | Andrew McCarthy

[Eleutheria5]

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In coverage of the Andrew McCabe investigation, there seems to be a lot of adding two plus two and coming up with five.

The New York Times and Washington Post have reported that a grand jury met on Thursday in connection with a probe involving McCabe, the FBI’s former deputy director. As I write this column on Friday evening, no indictment has been returned against McCabe. From this, and what seems to be some hopeful speculation about “hints of the case’s weakness” that could possibly have caused grand jurors to “balk,” the Times and the Post suggest that maybe the grand jury has voted against an indictment.

This supposition has prompted a letter to the Justice Department from McCabe’s attorney, Michael Bromwich — a former colleague of mine who, besides being a skilled and shrewd attorney, is a Democrat and was last seen representing Christine Blasey Ford....

While conceding that he “do[es] not know the specific basis for the rumors,” Bromwich intuits that they must be reliable because the newspapers ran with the story. Mind you, neither the Times nor the Post claims to have been told by any grand jurors that they declined to indict McCabe; nor do they report hearing from any knowledgeable government official that a no true bill was voted. Nevertheless, McCabe’s legal team is demanding that the Justice Department disclose whether an indictment was declined and refrain from seeking an indictment in the future.

This gambit, of course, floats the narrative that the case against McCabe must be crumbling — the media reports spur the Bromwich letter, which spur more media reports, rinse and repeat. But even allowing for the erosion of standards, this is thin gruel for both news reporting and legal claims.

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[qaz123]

Indictment is one thing. Trial and conviction is something else. Pull the jury from somewhere other than DC, Southern Maryland, Northern Virginia and there’s a chance he’s convicted.

If the jury comes from the DC metro area, where 90% voted for her, McCabe is walking.

[iontheball]

Here is my assessment. McCabe played his hand as the Gambler in the popular Kenny Rodgers song. You have to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away, know when to run. McCabe played his hand right up to the moment when he had to show his cards or fold big time and there was no way for him to walk away or run. So, he folded and became a canary. Now, his fortunes will turn on who can deliver and my guess he can deliver the whole stinking cabal all the way to the very top. Next to pedos, life expectancy in prison is not great for a dirty cop.

[sarge83]

I agree with you. So far Barr and Wray have been huge disappointments. They are shoveling tons of manure on this in the hopes that something good will grow and all they are doing is to continuing to destroy their reputations. The deep state does not prosecute their fellow traitors and they are traitors to their oaths and not to be trusted.

How anyone on a federal jury can convict on any evidence given by the DOJ/FBI is beyond me. They have made the case in banner headlines, WE LIED TO A FISA COURT JUDGE, MULTIPLE TIMES AND GOT AWAY WITH IT! If they will lie to a FISA court judge why on God’s green earth should I believe anything out of the mouth of a federal prosecutor or FBI agent in a Podunk USA courtroom, why wouldn’t they lie there???

[FamiliarFace]

I guess this is Fox’s way of getting hits for an article that was published in the National Review. McCarthy is one of the only guys I read there.

Here’s a direct link for those not interested in clicking twice to get to the article.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/why-its-unlikely-the-mccabe-grand-jury-voted-against-indictment/

[Eleutheria5]

I hope it’s as you assess. But don’t forget Web Hubbel, who was making a six-figure salary from the Clintons while in prison. It remains to be seen whether he sings or gets paid not to sing. The latter is more lucrative.

[YogicCowboy]

I have all along expected there would be at least one fall guy, for appearance’s sake; I am still so inclined. Otherwise, I agree.

Kenneth Starr blocked Miguel Rodriguez in 1994 from investigating the death of Vince Foster as a murder tied to the Clintons. Rodriguez resigned in disgust, outlining his reasons in his official letter of resignation.

Henry Hyde similarly shut down David Schippers in 1998 - on multiple possible homicides tied to the Clintons - the literal day after the midterms.

Starr kept it to “just sex” so as to protect the UniParty President; however, Clinton was disbarred. That was the sop to the hicks in the hinterland: personal and professional disgrace. Barely even a Pyrrhic Victory.

I expect ex-CIA Ruby Ridge Bill Barr will figure he has to offer something to those outside the District of Corruption: See, we are cleaning up the institutions; you can trust them again!

Nota Bene:

Starr and Hyde = Republicans; Rodriguez and Schippers = Democrats. It is a UniParty! The latter two were not high-level Deep Staters, and so were shut up and shut down. (Schippers has lived in fear of Arkancide ever since.)

[rolling_stone]

In the more than 162,500 cases prosecuted by U.S. attorneys from 2009 to 2010, grand juries voted not to return an indictment in only 11, according to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics — equivalent to one in 14,759 cases, or 0.0068 percent.

I believe actually 193,000 cases presented us attorneys declined 30,000 11 no true bill...more details at washington post which i dont subscribe to thus this blurb from yahoo

https://news.yahoo.com/ferguson-federal-grand-jury-indictment-statistics-history-134942645.html

[rolling_stone]

In the more than 162,500 cases prosecuted by U.S. attorneys from 2009 to 2010, grand juries voted not to return an indictment in only 11, according to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics — equivalent to one in 14,759 cases, or 0.0068 percent.

I believe actually 193,000 cases presented us attorneys declined 30,000 11 no true bill...more details at washington post which i dont subscribe to thus this blurb from yahoo

https://news.yahoo.com/ferguson-federal-grand-jury-indictment-statistics-history-134942645.html

[ArmstedFragg]

Kind of reminded me of Maxine Waters during the Clinton Impeachment when she kept saying, “The issue is mute”.

[ripley]

“...my guess is any DC jury would love to get their hands on dirty cops.”

Nah.

Not when the dirty cops are Democrats.

IMHO