Posted on 01/14/2019 6:31:00 AM PST by blueyon
Andrew Weissmann, the lead prosecutor for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, has a history of questionable conduct. But the full extent of Weissmann’s alleged prosecutorial misconduct is unclear because some of the most serious charges were hidden behind redactions and secreted in sealed court filings.
Two months ago I sued to have these records released, but late Friday federal Judge Sim Lake’s case manager confirmed that several of the sought-after documents are missing from the court record.
In early November, Houston attorney Kevin Fulton of the Fulton Law Group filed a motion in a Texas federal court to unseal and unredact court records related to claimed prosecutorial misconduct by Weissmann during the latter’s stint as the head of the Enron Task Force.
In a joint motion to dismiss the criminal charges filed against them, four individuals connected to the Enron collapse alleged that Weissmann had improperly threatened witnesses to keep them from speaking with defense lawyers. In support of their motion, the defendants included an email Weissmann had sent to the lawyer of a “critical witness.” What exactly Weissmann said, though, is unclear, as the brief redacted the details:
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Scary how damaging information about the left just disappears
Andrew Weissmann / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born c. 1958 (age 60–61)
Princeton University (BA)
Columbia University (JD)
Andrew Weissmann (born c. 1958) is an American attorney. Since 2015 he has been the chief of the criminal fraud section of the U.S. Department of Justice. In June 2017 he was appointed to a management role on the 2017 special counsel team headed by Robert Mueller. To assume that position, Weissmann took a leave from his DOJ post.[1]
Weissmann has a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University. Following a Fulbright scholarship to the University of Geneva, he attended and graduated from Columbia Law School. He then clerked for Judge Eugene Nickerson in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.[2]
Career
From 1991 to 2002 Weissmann worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. While there he tried more than 25 cases involving members of the Genovese, Colombo and Gambino crime families.[1] He led the prosecution team in the Vincent Gigante case, in which Gigante was convicted.[3]
From 2002 to 2005, Weissmann was deputy director and then director of the task force investigating the Enron scandal.[1] His work resulted in the prosecution of more than 30 people for crimes including perjury, fraud, and obstruction including three of Enron’s top executives, Andrew Fastow, Kenneth Lay. and Jeffrey Skilling. In a follow-up case in U.S. District Court, Weissmann also was successful at arguing that auditing firm Arthur Andersen LLP had covered up for Enron. In that case, which resulted in the destruction of Andersen, he convinced the district judge to instruct the jury that they could convict the firm regardless of whether its employees knew they were violating the law.[3] That ruling was later unanimously overturned by the Supreme Court in Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States, in which the court held that “the jury instructions failed to convey the requisite consciousness of wrongdoing.”[3]
In 2005 Weissmann worked as special counsel under Mueller at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, then went into private practice at Jenner & Block in New York. In 2011 he returned to the FBI, serving as General Counsel under Mueller.[4] Since 2015 he has headed the criminal fraud section at DOJ. Weissmann has taught at NYU School of Law, Fordham Law School, and Brooklyn Law School.[2] On June 19, 2017 he joined Special Counsel Mueller’s team in investigating the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[5][6].
The Federalist are the good guys.
Only thing is, they seem to be quiet. Not the boisterous lame MSM. If they had more sensational headlines, like the idiot headlines the NYT produces, they would get more attention.
Corrupt lawyers. But I repeat myself.
Mueller’s investigation is not an investigation. It is an assault on the government by the people for the people. It is a tool of the Deep state socialist movement to shred the Constitution.
The in our faces corruption without consequence is astonishing. Congress doesn't care, the Senate doesn't care, the Courts don't care.
I don't believe President Trump realized how alone he would be in this fight.
Michael Tigar is quoted in this article. His statements against Weissmann are damning.
Michael Tigar’s abilities and knowledge of the law are so far above Weismann’s (or Muellar’s, for that matter) that it is laughable. Tigar was a professor of criminal law at UT for 15 years. He cannot be classified correctly as either liberal or a conservative idealogue. His calling is to know the law and apply it to any particular case or client. (Of course, he would be able to argue the opposite side, too, if need be. LOL)
“That ruling was later unanimously overturned by the Supreme Court in”
Uh,Duh ? Innocent men went to prison..a couple of’em DIED THERE !
He’d get my vote if there was such thing as a Star Chamber....
Yeah..
Leon’s position was axed.
;-/
Meanwhile, they want us to believe that the FBI only has a few bad apples at the top.
To be on the Mueller Team have to be a Crook ,honest people are not wanted
“..Scary how damaging information about the left just disappears...”
It is simple. Nobody from the “right” ever opposes or challenges them. No accountability. No DOJ. No law. No guts. No care for the our system of laws and the Constitution.
I could go on.....when there is no sheriff in town, the outlaws and bad guys go wild....
Corruption on full display
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Convenient redactions are the ‘go to’ device to hide government corruption.
Its really amazing how much corruption, deceit, lying and cover ups the public will passively accept.
This is the era of Algore’s amazing internets, nothing is missing!
C’mon...They’re right over there on the shelf next to Hillary’s e-mails and Lois Lerner’s disc drives!
“Mueller’s investigation is not an investigation. It is an assault on the government by the people for the people. It is a tool of the Deep state socialist movement to shred the Constitution.”
And let’s not forget that he was launched by Jeff Sessions, Trumps earliest supporter ( don’t worry we have an insurance policy)
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