It was a counterintelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation.
“It was a counterintelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation. “
If it was a criminal interview, then he is required to have had his rights read. Law enforcement doesn’t get to merely recategorize criminal interviews to get around Miranda.
“It was a counterintelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation.”
Yes, but the result was that it was used for a criminal prosecution. Distinction without a difference.
Focusing on ephemeral technicalities is playing their game of Rule of Lawfare.
These are whatever they say they are - cointel or criminal, as the situation warrants (e.g., with Sessions) - and everyone plays along (e.g., Sessions did).
The FBI/DOJ violated both spirit and letter of the Rule of Law to entrap an innocent man for political purposes.