I don’t want to retry Stevens here. He’s guilty and toxic. He got away with it just like Bill Ayers did, ‘cause a prosecutor bungled the case.
mmmmmmmm you were in the court room?
And to be clear, I’m in now way comparing Ayers crime to Stevens breach of office.
Nice non-response. Go away, the adults are having a conversation.
Withholding exculpatory evidence is not ‘bungling the case.’ Frankly, Stevens should be able to get all his costs to defend against the prosecution from the DOJ, plus punitive damages. The attorneys who withheld the evidence should be disbarred.
That is not to say that I don’t think Stevens was in the Senate way too long, and should have stepped aside before any of this was brought up. Too many Congressmen and Senators get too comfortable in those positions and stay way too long. They should all help younger people groom for the positions over time, and step aside gracefully. Usually, tho, they focus only on their own tenure and reelection.