Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe (shown) specifically directed a prosecutor to target “(a) Trump himself, (b) Truth Social, (c) Hewlett Packard without having a credible reason for targeting the organizations and the listed individuals."
FTA----Trump feds had recently approved a $14B Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks merger.
“If you believe Trump is using DOJ attorneys to prosecute his enemies and further his political interests, you should find it equally troubling that Tish [James] is doing exactly the same thing,” prosecutor Wiesenfeld allegedly wrote in the message, which went to some 2,000 staffers before being yanked.
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REFERENCE: It is fundamentally unconstitutional for a prosecutor to target and charge individuals without evidence of a crime. Under the U.S. Constitution, several safeguards strictly prohibit the government from bringing arbitrary or baseless criminal charges against a citizen.The primary constitutional principles that protect individuals from being targeted without evidence include:
1. The Due Process Clause (Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments)The Due Process Clause guarantees that no person can be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law".Probable Cause Requirement: For a prosecutor to formally charge someone, there must be a threshold level of evidence known as probable cause. Ethical rules, such as ABA Model Rule 3.8(a), specifically state that a prosecutor must refrain from pursuing a charge that they know is not supported by probable cause.
Vindictive Prosecution: If a prosecutor targets someone out of personal animus, political rivalry, or to retaliate against them for exercising a constitutional right (such as free speech), it is a violation of due process.
2. The Equal Protection Clause (Fourteenth Amendment)Selective Prosecution: A prosecutor cannot target a specific individual or group based on arbitrary or discriminatory classifications, such as race, religion, gender, or political beliefs. While prosecutors have broad "prosecutorial discretion" to decide which cases to pursue, they cannot use that discretion to target people for unconstitutional reasons.
3. The Grand Jury Clause (Fifth Amendment)On the federal level, the Fifth Amendment requires that any felony charge be initiated by a grand jury indictment. The prosecutor must present actual evidence to a panel of ordinary citizens, who must agree that there is probable cause that a crime was committed before the case can move forward.