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Missing: Key Documents About Alleged Misconduct By Robert Mueller’s Lead Prosecutor
TheFederalist.com ^ | 01/14/19 | Margot Cleveland

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:

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andrewweissmann; corruption; govtabuse; mueller; potu; potus; trump
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To: blueyon

LOL — maybe the Russians can find ‘em...


21 posted on 01/14/2019 7:52:08 AM PST by DJ Frisat (Hey - what happened to my clever tag line?)
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To: blueyon

Of course, blame some sloppy law clerk. How about the judge saying “produce the documents or go to jail for contempt”.

Once more, they show that they are above the law. Until........


22 posted on 01/14/2019 8:19:13 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: blueyon

Mueller’s Mob isn’t out to get bad guys with their BS “investigation”. They’re out to get conservative Americans.


23 posted on 01/14/2019 8:21:54 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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