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Mueller’s ‘Pit Bull’ Andrew Weissmann Busted for Withholding Evidence in Previous Case
SaraCarter.com ^ | February 15, 2018 | Sara Carter

Posted on 02/15/2018 7:06:11 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

In 1997 Andrew Weissmann was officially reprimanded by a judge in the Eastern District of New York for withholding evidence.

Weissmann was reported to the Department of Justice Inspector General and Senate Judiciary Committee for alleged “corrupt legal practices.”

A formal letter from U.S. Attorney Eastern District of New York Zachary Carter requested the judge to remove Weissman’s name, according to documents.

Civil rights and Criminal Defense Attorney David Schoen said Weissmann needs to be investigated for alleged past misconduct in court cases.

UPDATED

The top attorney in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s office was reported to the Department of Justice’s Inspector General by a lawyer representing whistleblowers for alleged “corrupt legal practices” more than a year before the 2016 presidential election and a decade before to the Senate Judiciary Committee , this reporter has learned.

Described by the New York Times as Mueller’s ‘pitbull,’ Andrew Weissmann, a former Eastern District of New York Assistant U.S. Attorney, rose through the ranks to eventually become Mueller’s general counsel at the F.B.I.

In 2015 Weissmann was selected to run the Department of Justice’s criminal fraud section and was later handpicked by Mueller to join the ongoing Special Counsel’s Office investigation into the alleged obstruction and alleged collusion between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.

But Weissmann’s rise to the top was rocky from the start. Although he’s been described as a tough prosecutor by some, his involvement in a case targeting the Colombo crime family in a New York Eastern District Court was the first of many that would draw criticism from his peers, as well as judges.

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1 posted on 02/15/2018 7:06:11 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think that out of all these rogue miscreants, Weissmann is the one I’d most like to see in leg irons.


2 posted on 02/15/2018 7:13:31 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Mueller’s team is almost all Clinton lawyers.


3 posted on 02/15/2018 7:15:23 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This Weissmann character has no business being on this investigation. If anything he should be disbarred.


4 posted on 02/15/2018 7:17:30 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I have lost faith in our government to administer impartial justice.


5 posted on 02/15/2018 7:19:21 PM PST by kaintucky
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6 posted on 02/15/2018 7:19:53 PM PST by gaijin
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To: kaintucky

Not me.

I’ve only lost faith in criminals to administer impartial justice.


7 posted on 02/15/2018 7:21:05 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Get a load of the two behind him. Did you ever notice these people seldom stand alone at the microphone. It seems they use this technique as a power play or prop, to show that their colleagues are pillars who stand firmly behind them. And another technique is to give colleagues some mic time and they all take turns complementing each other.

8 posted on 02/15/2018 7:46:15 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Here's to the so what nothing will come of it crowd.


9 posted on 02/15/2018 7:57:19 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

Good one


10 posted on 02/15/2018 9:06:38 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And! Another one bites the dust.


11 posted on 02/15/2018 9:12:39 PM PST by Parmy
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

kinda put the kabash on the thread

might be onda sumthin


12 posted on 02/15/2018 9:50:07 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: kaintucky

Ditto. Further words escape me.


13 posted on 02/16/2018 3:31:03 AM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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