What “others around him”? You’re not really saying anything here. |
False statement to agency outside DC in Feb 2017--and others... |
You think he operated in a vacuum? |
We’ll now see why Garland was not confirmed. His true colors are coming out. |
What interesting timing. |
Which false statement to which agency and which others? This sentence doesn’t mean anything. |
+1 |
DP. So you’re not actually talking about anything, you’re just randomly theorizing that there could be other people who might able to help Durham make a case that doesn’t otherwise exist. |
Government can’t charge the same false statement multiple times, even if the defendant repeated the false statement on multiple occasions, unless the government can show some separate harm from repeating the false statement. That’s been settled law for 30 years or so. |
Exactly. But even if they could, this is a real stretch. Does anyone think the FBI isn't getting emails, snail mail, and phone calls from crackpots with false statements every day? They aren't prosecuting those people. This is just a very odd thing to charge - guy comes to you with information about something very strange going on and provides information and - it seems - an analysis and says, hey, you might want to take a look at this. Normally, 18 USC 1001 charges are a) a low hanging fruit charge to get a defendant to cooperate; and 2) based on affirmative statements provided during an investigation that are proven to be false - like Michael Flynn saying he never spoke with the Russian Ambassador when he did. |
Did their accusations result in years of accusations by the media and a Special Counsel that there was collusion? Damaging to the office of the President? |
Are you for real? And the only damage to the office of the President has been done by Trump and the GOP. Take it up with them. |
The FBI GC certainly realized that, whether or not Sussman was formally representing Hillary, Sussman's law firm worked for Hillary and, accordingly, the info would have benefited her. No one pulled a fast on the FBI GC here. Moreover, they investigated the server link, found nothing, and moved onto other matters. That presumably is what we want. |
The above statement completely undercuts the case then. I don't know, maybe Sussman turns out to be a villain. I'll wait and see. What I've read and seen so far is not convincing me of that but has renewed my standing objection to the pettiness of the FBI. |