[Labyrinthos]

So if it is very obvious at the outset that no law was broken, how do you drag out an investigation for two years, unless you're just trying to milk the government for two years employment.

You go after people who may have lied before a grand jury to cover up a crime that never happened.

[sinkspur]

You go after people who may have lied before a grand jury to cover up a crime that never happened.

Yep. That's likely what Fitzgerald is doing, pulling a "Martha Stewart prosecution."

He can't prosecute for an actual crime, so he tries to trap somebody into lying or accusing them of not being entirely forthcoming in some previous testimony.

Prosecutorial ambition run amok.