Posted on 04/24/2020 4:49:28 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
It is interesting, if nothing else. – One interesting aspect of U.S. Attorney John Durham’s decision to bring the Chief of the violent crimes and narcotics trafficking section for the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., Anthony Scarpelli, onto his investigation team is that Scarpelli has been a specialist in RICO-type investigations over the last decade. His job has been to identify domestic and international drug trafficking networks and bring the major players to justice, as he and his team did in the example described at this link.
In response to the piece on this that I posted last night, one cynical reader responded that Scarpelli is nothing more than a guy who was sitting around right now with nothing to do, so Durham brought him in to get him some work. Who knows – that could be right. On the other hand, he has been in charge of a team of 23 attorneys and 20 support staff, so what are those 43 people going to be doing in his absence?
On the other hand – which seems more likely, frankly – Durham may have identified Scarpelli as having the skillset needed to help make whatever case or cases he is planning to bring. Such cases would be brought against what we all know was a complex international conspiracy run out of the DOJ and FBI first to fix the 2016 election and then to execute a coup d’etat on American soil. This cabal wasn’t trafficking in drugs, but it was trafficking in disinformation and propaganda, and, as last December’s Horowitz Report and the recently-declassifed footnotes and margin notes clearly document, using what it knew to be false information in order to defraud the FISA court.
Prosecuting highly-complex conspiracy cases with hundreds of moving parts such as this one is a specialized area of expertise within the Department of Justice, and it is not something in which Durham himself has specialized. Just as Gestapo Chief Robert Mueller brought in rafts of attorneys who were specialists in money laundering, financial crimes, tax evasion and other areas to help execute his coup effort, we would expect a U.S. Attorney investigating the investigators to make similar moves in putting together his own team.
Which is why the selection of Scarpelli is so interesting. Take a look at his curriculum vitae as described at his Linkedin page:
Manage and supervise 23 senior attorneys and 20 support staff handling all aspects of federal violent crimes, narcotics, firearms, and money laundering investigations and prosecutions. Counsel supervisors and line prosecutors regarding investigative, charging, and trial issues. Review indictments, affidavits, forfeiture allegations, and proposed plea offers. Evaluate requests for major investigatory steps, such as wiretap authorizations and GPS data collection. Act as a liaison to law enforcement agencies including the FBI, DEA, ATF, HSI, and other federal and local law enforcement agencies. Supervised and managed complex litigation involving an FBI agent who tampered with evidence in dozens of criminal cases. Developed and implemented Office’s threats and escape prosecution protocol. Top Secret/SCI Clearance. [End]
Obviously, given the recent reports that Durham has spent many days holed up in a SCIF in recent months personally reviewing top secret information, that clearance is important. But all of the rest of those items listed could be directly relevant to Durham’s effort if he does indeed plan a real effort to prosecute the major players in the conspiracy.
Pay particular attention to this item: “Supervised and managed complex litigation involving an FBI agent who tampered with evidence in dozens of criminal cases.” In addition to the cabal’s efforts to defraud the FISA court, would that experience not be directly relevant to the effort by the FBI to entrap and frame General Mike Flynn and the multiple revisions of the 302 reports that FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors went to great lengths to hide?
Many observers, including journalist John Solomon, have speculated in recent weeks that Durham will likely only indict a few low-level players as sacrificial lambs and leave it at that. The move of Scarpelli onto the Durham team at least provides some hope that something bigger and more encompassing may be in the works.
That is all.
He’s doing nothing.
Trump should fire him, and replace him with someone who has an immediate plan to arrest/ indict Comey et al.
Nothing before the election...there hoping Trump loses and it all goes down the rabbit hole....
Well said.
At the bare minimum, Brennan and Comey.
Clear and present danger to the Republic.
Perhaps Durham and Barr will come out with a book for all of us Conservatives (the choir) to read. Maybe even autographed copies to add to our collections.
At this point it appears Durham and Barr are chasing their tails. Prediction; they’ll file a report about a month before the election that will claim the FBI made mistakes and they should never do that again. Case closed.
We the people can always hang them. People tend to forget that.
Should DJT have the election stolen from him, which is quite possible, it will all disappear.
No it wont. I have no intention of allowing that.
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He indicted one member of the Public who reportedly threatened Adam Schiff.
That’s it, nothing else.
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With Joe Dementia in office, Barr & Durham disappear, so how exactly would you continue this endless investigation?
“in DC, considering the jury pool there, I’m not too optimistic over the outcome.”
That always has been a concern for me. I wonder if there’s anything in the law to justify a change of venue to another state.
Not holding my breath.
Didn’t Solomon say there were finally going to be some arrests THIS WEEK?
What have we got now, a few hours left?
Tick tock, indeed.
If Durham is truly doing something then I hope he’ll investigate Fauci, too. He was being investigated for several things — perhaps some actual crimes, and then Comey pulled the plug on that. It makes sense that he did it at the request of Hillary, as Hillary and Fauci were tight.
“We the people can always hang them. People tend to forget that.”
Citizens arrest, then justice. I like it.
“If indictments are handed down before the election, they could have a huge effect on the election’s outcome. We’ll see.”
Or will the MSM spin it as Trunp using the levers of government to unfairly establish a dictatorship?
Yes, maybe. Also maybe not, given how long it's been dragging on.
So, wait and see. If they actually do something to the cadre of crooks (fill in names here, we all know...) I'll be there at the 50 yard line cheering them on louder than anyone. I'll even go to DC, or Leavenworth, or wherever, and help build the 12-wide gallows if they need me.
"After the fair trials."
“ This whole thing went south when Trump said publicly that Hillary ought not to be prosecuted.”
This.
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Oh, my! Another Bombshell! We’ve go them this time! sarc/
PS: Just stop. Nothing. Will. Happen. Barr is running out the clock.
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