[Pearls Before Swine]

Why are these prosecutors obsessed with making sure this man dies in prison for what are effectively process crimes based on a hoax investigation?

Good question.

Mine is, that, since this investigation is the fruit of the poisoned tree (faulty FISA warrants), why is the prosecution even pursued?

I can think of two answers:

First, it's like Martha Stewart. Even if the original basis for the investigation is questionable, they feel as if they have to prosecute prominent cases of lying to investigators (Hillary being a notable exception).

Second, the prosecutors on this case are likely Trump-hating holdovers, looking to screw anyone associated with Trump as best they can. I don't know what the accepted etiquette is on stopping runaway prosecutors in mid-case. Surely its been noticed that this has been aggressively pursued from its beginning, including the dead-of-night armed raid of Stone's home that was leaked to and filmed by CNN.

[tomkat]

I don't know what the accepted etiquette is on stopping runaway prosecutors in mid-case.

A thing or two comes to mind . . .

[workerbee]

the dead-of-night armed raid of Stone's home that was leaked to coordinated with and filmed by CNN.

Fixed!