Posted on 01/27/2019 11:30:11 AM PST by Kaslin
Much has been made of the pre-dawn arrest of Roger Stone in his home in Fort Lauderdale. To make this arrest, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, probably having delegated the task to his subordinate Andrew Weissmann (who is known for this tactic), assembled a full-scale FBI SWAT team of 29 members, replete with long weapons, body armor, and even a flash-bang grenade or two. The arrest took place at "zero dark thirty" or 5:30 A.M. Nevertheless, a CNN crew was on hand to film the whole thing.
Once upon a time, this level of force was considered necessary only to raid suspects able and inclined to shoot back, or who might destroy evidence. Think Symbionese Liberation Army or drug kingpin Frank Lucas of American Gangster fame. In such cases, in which the suspects really might shoot back, a television crew would never be allowed, on the grounds that they could be killed in the crossfire. The fact that a CNN crew was allowed to film Stone's arrest is evidence that nobody believed he was dangerous. Indeed, he was not: he is 66-year-old white-collar suspect with no prior history of violence, who didn't even have weapons in his house. Even the judge processing Stone's arraignment implicitly accepted that Stone was not dangerous; he allowed Stone to be released on a $250,000 surety bond.
The usual procedure in white-collar cases is not to assemble an unnecessary SWAT team. Instead, the Justice Department informs the suspect's attorney that the suspect has been indicted and needs to turn himself in to whatever courthouse for arraignment. The attorney informs the suspect and usually surrenders his client peacefully in the courthouse. No guns, no flash-bangs, no pre-dawn raids.
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Most likely thanks to the chants of "that's obstruction of justice" once DJT announced that he might declassify.
The best that jury nullification could accomplish in DC...Manhattan....South Florida,etc would be a hung jury.Remember that voters within a 30 mile radius of DC went 80%-10% for ILLary in ‘16.And the figures in Manhattan were about the same.
Actually, I think the FISA docs are something the public should see. It is (at least to be) our business and this crap of concealing things in “the countries best interest” is worn out and senseless, it does nothing but hide crimes the swamp commits.
Did Mueller and his minions get paid during the shutdown? They certainly couldn’t have been considered essential?
The Botox Queen,and some of her allies at the DOJ,disagree.
Müller Rope Lamppost - some assembly required.
>>many of us knew that the federales were unaccountable when federales shot a boy at Ruby Ridge also shot a mother holding her baby in her arms and NOTHING WAS DONE and neither was anything done when the feds burned children alive at Waco....<<
These criminal actions, perpetrated with impunity, make it very difficult to take seriously anyone who contends that our Constitutional Republic will survive the array of internal and external enemies committed to its destruction.
>>Pale Rider. It fits pretty neatly between High Plains Drifter and Unforgiven.<<
Thanks for responding. I have the other two movies and will be purchasing Pale Rider soon.
“I’d like the government to explain why this only happens to Repubs, never Dems....”
What, they didn’t do this to the Dem mega-donor who keeps finding dead black people at his house?
Trump shouldn’t be organizing a rally: we need to be doing it.
True that for Broward County. Probably Miami Dade. Palm Beach County and points north in the Southern District could surprise you.
Chris Wray is nothing but a Smirking Monkey that lives DEEP in the Deep State!!! He is DISGUSTING!
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