Posted on 04/07/2009 2:03:25 PM PDT by neverdem
WASHINGTON — A furious federal judge on Tuesday took the extraordinary step of ordering that the prosecutors who bungled the case of former Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska be investigated for possible criminal wrongdoing...
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One F.B.I. agent, Chad Joy, has said in an affidavit that he sat in on meetings in which Stevens prosecutors were clearly aware that they were ignoring their professional obligations to turn over materials that the defense could use to counter the charges.
Agent Joy, who still works for the bureau, took the unusual step of asking the government for official protection as a whistle-blower. His 10-page affidavit has become an important part of the collapse of the case.
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Now the Justice Department is examining whether senior managers, including members of the public integrity unit, were lax in monitoring the prosecutors and how such a significant case could have gone so far awry without senior officials’ stepping in.
One specific issue is whether the department was at fault for failing to pick up on the struggles of a trial team of five principal lawyers that may have been overwhelmed, struggling in the face of tight deadlines and an aggressive defense team from Williams & Connolly, a law firm known for its combativeness, according...
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The prosecutors under scrutiny include highly regarded government lawyers with long experience trying corruption cases. One is Brenda Morris, the chief trial lawyer, who jousted with Mr. Stevens during his several hours on the stand, and with the chief defense lawyer, Brendan Sullivan. Also under investigation is William M. Welch II, the interim head of the public integrity unit who rushed over to take control of the case in early October after the judge strongly criticized the government’s erratic behavior, saying he had lost confidence in the public integrity unit...
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AP's version has the same title. The Times might change its title before tomorrow.
May the tendrils of the paper trail wend its way back to the beltway and/or the chicago Dhimmi machine.
$10 says nothing ever happens to them.
Excellent news. An investigation of the prosecutors should be done. We are America.
Now that he’s lost the Senate seat and there’s a nice 6 year term for a democrat, it was all a big misunderstanding. My fat Italian ass.
just think what kind of media circus - including “impeach!” and BDS crowd would be on 24/7 had this been done by conservatives.
I cannot think why GOP does not make this an issue. This is clearly “politicization of DOJ” and GOP should be demanding congressional investigation and they should be on TV every day making the case how activist justice is poisoning the country.
Nifong is another example. DOJ refused to investigate Nifong. GOP should demand congressional hearings on that too. Did the democratic activist attorneys at DOJ do that? Shouldn’t they be prosecuted for that?
The Stevens atrocity has democrat party ordered assassination written all over it.
Gee, a leftist lawyer doing wrong. Who would have thunk it.
Because the GOP
is just the other side of the same oligarchy puppet/robot.
I PREFER to think of the DIMRATS as the rear side . . .
however . . . that would still leave the GOP side to do a lot of destructive . . . uhhh . . .
poking of taxpayers and patriots where it hurts most.
You can expect a lot more of these types of fake prosecutions in the future. They are a specialty in banana republics.
So....did that contractor build him a house?
What Brenda Morris and William Welch did, if the accusations are true, is tantamount to robbery, fraud and kidnapping and should be treated as such.
Federal Government Prosecutors lied? Deliberatley withhels evidence?
This is considered news?
I thought it was just accepted fact....
Well, at the least, because the Judge has ordered an investigation, they are going to have to lawyer up, and in this town, that is not cheap.
Why not make it a trillion?
They got what they wanted. Is everyone who works in government crooked or cowardly?
Yea, I’ll print some money up to bail you out if you lose the gamble.
Does that title sound biased to you? It sounds fair to me, but I’m not familiar enough w/ the story to make an informed decision. What do you think?
The DOJ is a political machine whether there’s a (D) or (R) in the White House. The “Justice” part of their name is somewhat farcical.
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