Prosecutorial Misconduct
A couple of weeks ago I posted an essay (Times Up Mr. Mueller!, 4/20/18) whose theme was that’s it’s time for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to close his “investigation.” And, readers may recall, I had previously posted a number of articles in which I warned that President Trump should refuse to meet with Mueller under ANY circumstances, as it was obvious that Mueller had abandoned the Russia probe and was now trying to force an obstruction of justice. I was unimpressed by leaked assurances that Mr. Trump was not the “target” of the investigation.
Since that time a number of developments have taken place. First, both Rudy Giuliani (a former prosecutor) and Allen Dershowitz (a professor of law at Harvard) have called for President Trump to not cooperate with the ‘investigation” and for Mueller to “close up shop”.
We have also learned that Mueller got Michael Flynn to plead guilty to a crime that recently un-redacted files show that the FBI had concluded that HE DID NOT COMMIT. (It’s been speculated that Flynn may have chosen to plead guilty to spare his son further investigation, or that he simply couldn’t afford the cost of litigation). This type of activity on Mueller’s part is known as prosecutorial misconduct (see my previous post: “The Martha Stewart Treatment”, 2/8/18), and is grounds for his dismissal.
And there have been several courtroom rebukes. Recently, Federal Judge T. S. Ellis, III, chastised Mueller, saying: “All you really care about is getting information that Mr. Manafort can give you that would reflect on Mr. Trump and lead to his prosecution and impeachment”.
And, in another arm of Mueller’s investigation, (corporation meddling in the 2016 campaign), Judge Dabney Friedrich denied Mueller’s request for additional time (presumably to garner additional evidence to support his case). It’s believed that Mueller simply DOESN’T HAVE EVIDENCE, and he’s aiming to get guilty pleas for crimes that weren’t committed. Prosecutorial misconduct, again.
Charges of prosecutorial misconduct are valid grounds for Mueller’s dismissal. His dismissal would now be for his misconduct and NOT to obstruct justice. Time’s a wastin’.