Posted on 09/01/2022 8:16:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It’s been out of sight, out of mind for so long that most probably forgot about Carter Page’s lawsuit against DOJ and the various government officials who forged the FISA warrant targeting him. Unfortunately, on Thursday, Page received some devastating news about his quest for accountability.
Judge Dabney L. Friedrich, who was appointed by Donald Trump, dismissed the lawsuit.
Judge Friedrich has dismissed Carter PAGE's long-running lawsuit against DOJ, the FBI and many individuals involved in the FISA warrants used to surveil him.https://t.co/p1k92bYK05
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 1, 2022
I’m no lawyer, so I’m not going to attempt to dissect why exactly what happened, though I’ll give some reaction below. Here’s The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland, who follows the legal aspects of all this very closely, giving her initial thoughts.
BREAKING: Federal court tossed @carterwpage lawsuit. Haven't studied opinion yet but from briefing my view was dismissal inappropriate. From justice, it is outrageous. But Carter's legal rep includes @McAdooGordon so in best hands. She's whom I would hired if I needed to.
pic.twitter.com/v3rqCLAH1E— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) September 1, 2022
Again, I can’t talk about the legal ins and outs here, but this just makes no sense to your average onlooker. What happened to Page was terrible, and the idea that he would have zero recourse as an American citizen after having his life destroyed by out-of-control partisans at the DOJ and FBI is insane. The message being sent here is that government officials can abuse their power while facing nothing more than some classroom time and a slap on the wrist. Even Andrew McCabe, who was near the center of the scandal, ended up getting his retirement because government officials are untouchable.
What incentive does the DOJ have to not use the levers of government power and surveillance to harass and target Republicans? Obviously, they can get away with it, and they have. Heck, the one guy, Kevin Clinesemith, who was prosecuted and plead guilty for forging documents related to the Page FISA warrant ended up not serving his full probation stint and being given his law license back. When no one pays a price for corruption, that incentivizes more corruption, and that’s exactly what we’ve been getting.
The recent spate of whistleblowers forcing changes at the DOJ has offered some glimmer of hope that things will change, but I’m still of the mind that these agencies must be torn down and completely rebuilt. There’s a role for federal law enforcement, but it needs to exist in a limited fashion that goes out of its way to respect the rights of Americans. Until that happens, the calls to defund the FBI and such will only grow louder, and you aren’t going to find me disagreeing.
As to Page, I hope this isn’t his last move in trying to get justice. He’s got great representation (including Leslie McAdoo Gordon) on his side, and I’m sure they’ve got some more tricks up their sleeve.
The vote was 97 to 3.
This means that she's a political stooge - probably the Turtle's little stooge.
This ain’t right
Well, he’s MAGA so he’s an enemy of the 0biden Estates of Amrica.
Would be nice if average Joe’s can be appointed judges. So what if no law degree. Sometimes it just has to pass the sniff test and what they did to Page was pure crap.
I’ve no doubt she was actually Cocaine Mitch’s pick.
Carter Page will be lucky if they don’t find something to come back and indict him for. Better not make any mistakes on his tax return either.
Judges are no longer judges any more and they have lost the respect they once held with the American people.
Will see what the Court of Appeals has to say. His attorneys could have sabotaged his case. He needs to talk to a few other attorneys to see what they think.
Constitution does not require Federal Judges be lawyers. Same goes for Supreme Court Justices.
It looks to me like the Judge dismissed the federal law count with prejudice, and dismissed all the state law counts without prejudice so he can re-file in state court.
Whether rightly or wrongly, I have no idea.
Lots of judges are lazy. If they can get a case off their docket, they’ll do it in the hope that some other judge will get stuck with it. I say this based on personal experience.
CARTER PAGE DESERVES SOMETHING FOR ALL THE NONSENSE THAT OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCYS PUT THIS POOR GUY THROUGH.
MAKES ME WANT TO OFFER HIM A MONTH IN OUR HOUSE NEAR THE BEACH.
I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR THIS GUY.
Carter was and is an “asset”. He gets no legal props.
An American Citizen got screwed over today by the full weight of the US government, and now the legal system. Way to go, judge.
Any organization or group that does not police itself will be policed. And they won’t like it.
When the GOVERNMENT refuses to police itself ...
We are not going to vote or sue our way out of this.
When the GOVERNMENT refuses to police itself.
Indeed even the Mafia polices itself.
Makes me want to cry.
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