Posted on 03/29/2018 8:47:27 PM PDT by Helicondelta
The priveleged class is above the law. There is an unwritten rule, don’t put our guys in jail and we won’t put your guys in jail. Guys like Manifort are beltway outsiders so they don’t count, but in the swamp, it’s “we won’t prosecute your guys so you don’t prosecute our guys.”
We would all be in jail for doing a quarter of what Comey, McCable, Strozk, Clapper, Mueller, Rice, Brennan, Lerner, Hilary, Obama, Power and Lynch have done. Locked up and key disposed of.
They are all above the law. I hate my government. Lock them all up.
Your exhaustive post correctly emphasizes the point at the end of my summary of statutes at the end of Post 30. The crimes which ties the truly key players together have no statute of limitations. The ones that have passed are relatively akin to jaywalking.
I'm not sure what you mean by "appointed within the DOJ," but if the relevant regulation is followed, the person shall be selected from outside the United States Government.
Such a conclusion might be logical if the one post you referenced was an isolated event -- and there would have been denials and apologies. But there were other tweets far more outspoken aimed at the Podesta brothers, and these went on for almost three months. [I took screen shots because I figured her account would be taken down.] A judge cannot engage in such behavior, but prosecutors taunt their targets all the time and can't be touched if what they say is true. Jessie Liu's Twitter account was suspended because she was putting bombs on target.
1. He's appointed by someone in the DOJ.
2. He answers to the DOJ.
There's nothing truly "independent" about a special counsel.
On paper.
In practice, it depends on the players.
And then there is the Fitzgerald model, invoked by Comey.
The “Fitzgerald model” is the same model. Comey was the Deputy AG at the time, so Fitzgerald reported to him.
No, it's not.
First (and this is relevant for what Comey did), Fitzgerald did not come from outside the US government.
Comey's December 30, 2003 delegation letter delegated all of the authority of AG, independent of supervision or control of any officer of the Department.
Fitzgerald was otherwise bound to DOJ regulations by dint of being a USA.
Comey's February 6, 2004 clarification letter expressly disclaims application of 28 CFR Part 600.
At your request, I am writing to clarify that my December 30, 2003, delegation to you of "all the authority of the Attorney General with respect to the Department's investigation into the alleged unauthorized disclosure of a CIA employee's identity" is plenary and includes the authority to investigate and prosecute violations of any federal criminal laws related to the underlying alleged unauthorized disclosure, as well as federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent to interfere with, your investigation, such as perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, and intimidation of witnesses; to conduct appeals arising out of the matter being investigated and/or prosecuted; and to pursue administrative remedies and civil sanctions (such as civil contempt) that are within the Attorney General's authority to impose or pursue. Further, my conferral on you of the title of "Special Counsel" in this matter should not be misunderstood to suggest that your position and authorities are defined and limited by 28 CFR Part 600.
Nope. It was taken down because it was a fan account with a handle that made it seem to be her personal account.
Screen shot from the Google cache:
In its description, it refers to the DC US attorney's official Twitter account and admits to being a fan account (boldface added):
Nominated by @realdonaldtrump to MAGA. See @USAO_DC for verified tweets from the D.C. US Attorney's Office, led by Jessie K Liu. Fan account.
Excellent research. Thank you for sharing.
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