Posted on 09/18/2021 3:43:38 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
The indictment of attorney Michael Sussman for lying to the FBI is "about the weakest indictment" legal expert Alan Dershowitz has "ever seen" in his 55 years.
"First of all, nobody should ever be charged for lying to the FBI," Dershowitz told Newsmax's "Saturday Report."
"The FBI's work model is to lie to people, to tell them they have more evidence than they have, to tell them that their friends have decided to cooperate. Lying is very much a part, unfortunately, of dialogue between FBI agents and defendants."
Sussman, a former federal prosecutor who worked at a law firm with longstanding links to the Democratic Party, was indicted Thursday for allegedly lying to the FBI ahead of the 2016 election in a conversation about possible ties between Donald Trump and Russia.
"This is an indictment that will never result in a conviction and should not result in a conviction," Dershowitz said. "If this is the best (special counsel John) Durham can do, after all this time and money, it was a complete waste of time. Now, maybe it's the beginning of another process in which other people will be indicted for real crimes, for serious crimes."
Using FBI investigations to search for crimes is antithetical to the American justice system's purpose, Dershowitz continued.
"Remember, too, these are crimes that didn't occur, before the investigation," he said. "They're crimes that are part of the investigation. That is, they're generated by the investigation. They're created by the investigators.
"That's not the way our legal system should operate."
The indictment against Sussman is a shaky legal case that will be difficult to prove, according to Dershowitz, because it was not under oath and "a violation of civil liberties."
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So why are tax dollars used to support it? #defundFBI tell your congress critter and senators!
“That’s not the way our legal system should operate....using FBI investigations to search for crimes is antithetical to the American justice system’s purpose, Dershowitz said.
“......these are crimes that didn’t occur before the investigation...... They’re crimes that are part of the investigation. “
“That is, they’re generated by the investigation. They’re created by the investigators.””
“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime”.
That is how all Federal cops operate.
Isn’t “lying to the FBI” what General Michael Flynn was convicted of?
It’s comforting to know that the federal police have been put in the service of the dem party rather than the constitution.
What time zone are you in?
Pretty early to be so drunk on rot-gut rye, even for you.
Law enforcement is probably the only endeavor where lying is not only permitted and sanctioned, but it is encouraged. As a direct consequence one should ALWAYS assume that they are lying until verified otherwise.
If it’s that weak, Sussman won’t roll over on anything. He’ll just laugh and tell them to bring it. Do you think any of the DC judges, for example Sullivan and Berman-Simmons are going to let him be convicted?
If the FBI IS LIKE THIS ...imagine what the CIAis like....
Being drunk isn’t a requirement to make note of lame-ass memes.
Might help, though. You should try it.
You don’t seem able to recognize them otherwise.
Pretty funny actually and I don’t drink.
Where has Alan Dershowitz been? When was the last time the FBI actually caught a real criminal?
If it is a real crime they stand around with their thumbs up their butts and watch it happen.
If there is no crime, they specialize in manufacturing one. Either by getting someone to “lie” about what they had for dinner six months ago or by grabbing some room temperature IQ career criminal and encouraging him to commit a crime that he has no hope of pulling off. Or even starting to commit without half a dozen agents doing all the planning and ground work. And it would never occur to him in the first place without being prompted.
The poor schmuck might do 5% of the crime while the fbi is carrying 95% of the work, but he gets all the credit.
Dersh is assuming this indictment isn’t part of a cooperation deal
TX. Always 3 sheets to the wind by 2pm on a Tuesday as well as the rest of the week... sometimes earlier. It is like clockwork.
Didn't Comey lie to them too?
I’m flattered that you fantasize about me.
Totally not gay, but you go ahead and enjoy your rich fantasy life.
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