Posted on 06/13/2019 6:10:11 PM PDT by bitt
One was caught red-handed engaged in nepotism. Another, a lawyer no less, admitted to shoplifting at a Marine barracks store. A third leaked sealed court information to the news media. And a fourth engaged in fraud by turning a government garage into a personal repair shop.
Four cases, all solved in the past month, with suspects who cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and significant breaches of public trust.
But these weren’t your everyday perps.
All were U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) employees who are supposed to catch other criminals while working for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and U.S. attorneys’ offices. Instead, they broke the law or violated the rules. And all managed to escape prosecution, despite their proven transgressions.
Recent Justice Department disciplinary files tell an undeniable story.
Under the leadership of Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz, DOJ’s internal watchdog is doing an outstanding job of policing bad conduct inside America’s premier law enforcement agency.
And DOJ is doing a poor job of punishing its own.
In cases closed in the past month, more than a half-dozen FBI, DEA, U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal officials were allowed to retire, do volunteer work, or keep their jobs as they escaped criminal charges that everyday Americans probably would not.
In most instances, the decisions were made by federal prosecutors who work with the very figures impacted by or committing the bad conduct. In local law enforcement, that go-easy phenomenon is known as the “thin blue line.”
Spokespersons for the Justice Department and FBI did not respond to a request for comment.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Only when justice is served will we know that it was a sure thing.
It’s not an inability; it’s an unwillingness. One of the problems is that all these bad actors have so much dirt on their bosses, prosecutors, and those around them, they would take a lot of others down with them if they were prosecuted.
I’m on the inside too, for different basis from “working in uniform.” All the judgment calls are personal. They have some basis in law, to be sure, but discretion is an awesome power.
Yep. And that is self evident. Who "goes looking?"
As you say, it is what it is.
Re: Trump watches. Now we wait.
By my count, Trump has been watching for 29 months.
Maybe we should elect someone who knows how to enforce existing laws instead of reelecting someone who is completely helpless against the Democrats, the MSM, the federal judiciary, and the Deep State.
Maybe we should elect someone who knows how to enforce existing laws instead of reelecting someone who is completely helpless against the Democrats, the MSM, the federal judiciary, and the Deep State.......Jesus ain’t running for office. He’s busy.
Yeah, I do get tired of hearing the radio commentators say that meaningless phrase over and over again. And the “rank and file” never DO anything about it.
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I think you've been saying that for a long time.
Looks like you are right.
Our Govt. is totally broken IF Barr doesn't bring JUSTICE to ALL these bad apples.
I saw McCabe on TV today also!! OMG!! The NERVE!! They KNOW that NO ONE is going to bring them to Justice!!!~ I am Sick about our DYING country.
Jerry Spence is talking about police, judges and prosecutors...
Not congress..he considers them 80percent corrupt
I would go with 98% corrupt.
Saying the DOJ is just a little corrupt at the top is like telling us that there is just a little tiny bit of raw sewage in our drinking water.
Basically the FedGov is incapable of prosecuting itself.
Let’s say for sake of argument that the unlikely occurs and someone like Comey or Brennan is indicted. They go to trial before a jury of DC residents. Do you REALLY think that in that company town they are ever going to get convicted?
Somehow the power to investigate and prosecute FedGov crimes needs to be turned back to the states.
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