Theyre really making the Justice department look bad and reinforcing the bad reputation that law enforcement has over jailing, killing, prosecuting the wrong folks.
Mueller us under investigation for that very thing. He knew these people were not guilty of the crime they were charged with, but he got guilty convictions for all of them and sent them to jail. These were not really nice guys, but they were not guilty of the crime they were charged with, Muller knew, and yet he continued his prosecution.