Posted on 06/01/2022 5:50:44 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
A juror in the trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann told the media after he was unanimously acquitted Tuesday that she did not think the case should have been prosecuted because lying to the FBI was not a big deal.
“I don’t think it should have been prosecuted,” she reportedly said, according to Jeff Mordock, White House reporter for the Washington Times. “There are bigger things that affect the nation than a possible lie to the FBI.”
The case was the most high-profile prosecution undertaken by Special Counsel John H. Durham, who is investigating the origins of the “Russia collusion” conspiracy theory. The trial saw testimony that tied Hillary Clinton directly to the hoax.
Sussmann was widely considered by legal observers to have been proven guilty, given the testimony of FBI agents and a text message that suggested he claimed to be acting as a concerned citizen rather than a Clinton campaign lawyer when he tipped off the agency about supposed collusion between then-candidate Donald Trump and the Russian government via Alfa Bank — a claim that was later debunked.
However, as former White House national security official Kash Patel warned on Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM Patriot 125 last week, there could be “jury nullification,” in which the jury simply decided not to convict, regardless of the evidence.
The juror’s attitude hinted at nullification, and contrasted sharply with the approach taken by a federal judge in the same D.C. jurisdiction when it came to former Trump aide Michael Flynn, who was charged with the same crime. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan would not let the case go, even after new evidence emerged that convinced prosecutors to withdraw the charge.
Ultimately, President Trump had to pardon Flynn to extricate him from what observers considered a wrongful prosecution.
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What a joke my beloved country is becoming 😾.
that's the thing people forget about when they talk about jury nullification. It works both ways.
I think it is considered a breach of ethics for a lawyer representing a losing defendant to be seen as cheerleading jurors into nullifying a criminal prosecution.
I can see it now when a jury summons is sent out the first question asked will be “What political party do you support?”
Lying to the FIB was the specific charge.
The DC Swamp is hopelessly corrupt and the Republicans need to decertify it as its own independent legal entity and fold it into Maryland the next time they are in the majority. The Founding Fathers never intended for it to rule over itself. They put it under the direct control of Congress for a reason.
Now I know we are truly finished. How sad.
Talk about STUPID.
Jury nullification is fine by me. Sometimes it’s just the right thing to do. However, those that participate need to be aware of the possible consequences of their actions. This time nothing will happen. If this kind of thing continues to happen for political purposes, then the blowback may be something that will cause them to regret their verdict.
Jury lets proven guilty walk away democrats doing what democrats do best proving law is for others.
lying for the sake of greater good is the mantra of muslims.
Bigger things, lady? Like stopping Trump from being President???? Emotions rule, not the law. Typical dummy.
Bigger things than lying to the fbi?
Name one
Translation: “He shouldn’t even have been charged. We do not believe it should be illegal to lie to the FBI if it helps Team Democrat.”
Tell that to Martha Stewart.
This “little lie” resulted in a FISA warrant that invoked Chapter 7 “Umbrella” surveillance and ultimately caused the sitting President of the United States to be spied upon by the intelligence community he commands.
This is the very definition of sedition (and mutiny, BTW).
Yep...lots of things are sooooo much more important.
If that “typical left wing” DC juror really feels that way the left thinks the political right are sub human, deserving no respect at all. We are insects to them.
There might be ‘bigger things’ but the trial the jury was convened for dealt with questions like ‘did this man lie to the FBI’...
Jury nullification by DC scum.
So very much emblematic of the thinking of these leftists.
Washington DC, since the time of LBJ, values only one thing - your vote.
After you vote, they care nothing of your life.
Even now, they can only hold onto their power by devaluing your vote by dilution.
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