Posted on 05/09/2020 6:05:41 AM PDT by kevcol
“It was an easy decision,” Barr said in an interview with CBS News, which aired Friday.
He added: “I think easy because once I saw all the facts and some of the tactics used by the FBI in this instance and also the legal problems with the case, it was an easy decision.”
Documents from the FBI’s investigation of Flynn show that Comey “purposely went around the Justice Department” in an effort to interview Flynn about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador, Barr said.
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The Injustice Dept did the same thing to several Enron and Arthur Anderson executives, but nobody cared.
I always thought perjury traps were just standard procedure for the FBI. If they think you are guilty or deserve punishment but know they can’t really prove it in a court they set you up for process crimes, namely lying to them about something. Then they pressure you to plead. What % of federal crimes ever go to trial? 2% or something?
Freegards
I think Flynn and his new attorney have just broken the paradigm. Far fewer will be willing to cop a plea in the future methinks.
What is Barr going to do about it?
Well Mr. Barr, you are the one who declined to prosecute James Comey for lying to Congress and for leaking classified material. I like Barr, but I am STILL furious he chickend out on indicting both Comey and McCabe. Just still livid about that.
Has occurred to me they first used this tactic on Petraeus. He was “guilty” but of course they knew he had a girlfriend before he became CIA Director. When he wouldn’t play ball on Benghazi, they used the law to get him out of the way.
Flynn presented the need to take more direct action. Trump was in office, Flynn wasn’t committing any crime, and they were all about to be exposed. So they had to create the “crime” in a hurry.
Resulting in a strong admonition to never do that again.
It is a fairly standard procedure, but NOT against the brand new NSA Director as part of an effort to hide the FBI’s own political involvement in a coup attempt.
Precisely. How can Barr list these acts committed and not have indictments in hand?
Because he too is of the swamp.
They absolutely did... good friend was put the ringer
Shouldn’t perjury traps be illegal?
Seems like it to me. I bet the vast majority of the FBI employees are simply aghast that so much publicity concerning their standard shady practices are in the news cycle.
Freegards
Hundreds of people have lied to the FBI and not gone to jail.
Want to see how the FBI acts, watch “Richard Jewell” movie. Louis Freeh was FBI director, followed by Mueller, Comey, and Wray. All cut from the same cloth.
See Obama spying on Candidate Trump!:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXdt21lX0AAvAtU?format=jpg&name=medium
Because this is not a 30-minute TV show where instant denouements are the norm. In real life the process is messy and slow.
They should at least have to pay restitution to Flynn. That’s a whole lot of money. Didn’t Comey get a book deal? That money should go to Flynn.
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