There's nothing inherently hack-ish of a U.S. Attorney attempting to "stop [a] crime from actually being committed." In a terrorism investigation, should the prosecutor wait until the bomb explodes? Of course not! So, in this case, which strikes at the heart of our democracy, why should we expect Fitzgerald to sit back and watch someone obtain a U.S. Senate seat through bribery/corruption?
Look, I'd like to take Obama down as much as anyone else (though, judging from the indictment, I don't think this case was ever going to lead all the way to the top), but I don't think it's worth a prosecutor sitting back and watching our democracy get bought & sold
Not to mention that, in this case, numerous crimes had already been committed.
You wait until the offer is given and accepted and then they all go to jail. No one would have come close to "obtaining" the seat.
Oh, please, this would not be remotely like letting a terrorist bomb explode.
The US Constitution authorizes the US Senate to determine qualifications of members to serve. I don’t see any reason that a person who “bought” a seat could not be blocked from serving. It was a leak to the Chicago Tribune which ended the investigation in order that “someone” could stop the investigation before it went any further. WHY?
Oh please after the railroading of Libby by Fitz...I have very little faith in what he does...he proved to be a political hack back then and his colors haven’t changed.
Well Rezko’s singing, will Blago make it a duet I wonder ?
You're talking apples and oranges here. When there is imminent danger of someone being hurt or killed, yes, investigators will intervene and stop further crimes. HOWEVER, in the cases of fraud, bribery, conspiracy, etc, it's absolutely standard procedure to let the operation play out to it's fullest conclusion. This is similar to a drug buy. Do investigators jump in just as soon as the bagman (seller) shows up? Hey, there's already a crime having been committed (possession). Or do they wait for the buy to go down and get them both? Fitzgerald stopped the investigation short of the actual selling of the Senate seat for someone, as of yet unknown, reason. If it would have been completed, we'd know more who was actually doing the buying. Blago was just the bagman and wanted top price for what he had to sell. We still don't know who the buyer was.