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While Mueller has assembled a large team, one of its most prominent investigators is former U.S. attorney Weissmann, who had overseen a series of controversial prosecutions that ultimately resulted in dismissed convictions and formal allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.
For example, when Weissmann was leading the Enron Task Force, he sent former Merrill Lynch executive William Fuhs to a maximum-security prison in Oklahoma, 700 miles from his wife and two small children in Denver.
Fuhs spent the next year behind bars before being released on bail. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals later ruled that there was no evidence upon which a reasonable jury could find that he violated the law, and his conviction was vacated.
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Weissmann also helped prosecute Anderson Consulting, which led to a conviction of the firm, its eventual closure and the loss of 28,000 thousand employees. In a highly unusual unanimous decision, the Supreme Court later overturned and dismissed that conviction as well.
“That was a tremendous example of horrifying prosecutorial misconduct,” [Houston attorney Tom] Kirkendall said. Weissmann, at the time, denied there had been any intimidation of witnesses. ''There is no factual basis'' to the allegation, he said in 2002. ''It is just not true.''
Former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell was so outraged after a case involving Weissmann that, in 2012, she filed a formal complaint of prosecutorial misconduct with the Texas bar and the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility. The complaint alleged witness threatening, withholding exculpatory evidence, and the use of “false and misleading summaries.” After reviewing the complaint, the Obama administration’s OPR found no ethical violations
Now a defense attorney in Asheville, N.C., she wrote a book about the experience, called “Licensed to Lie.” She still maintains Weissmann and his task force “made up a crime,” alleging the team gave the defendants “false and misleading summaries of what witnesses had told the government.”
Powell sees similar tactics with the Manafort probe. They will do whatever it takes to nail him. Instead of investigating crimes, they’re trying to pin stuff on him,” she said.
For example, when Weissmann was leading the Enron Task Force, he sent former Merrill Lynch executive William Fuhs to a maximum-security prison in Oklahoma, 700 miles from his wife and two small children in Denver.
originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
Sure sounds like the legal system I know in America...
Makes sense that's the type of people that he would pick for his team considering the goal it seems that's being pushed. This all started with a very narrow scope and has been expanded all along the way until we have arrived at a point where the mission seems to be lets find anything possible to pin on him so we don't eventually all look like chumps.
any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation
originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: Pyle
Guess you forgot how this all started around a year ago...I can understand...it has been quite a while. When this started there was a very narrow scope under investigation. That was did Trumps team work with Russia to subvert the election. Now as you say...they're literally looking for anything. What president in history has had to endure this kind of treatment. Not a single one but Trump...
originally posted by: [post=22691274]RickyD
What president in history has had to endure this kind of treatment. Not a single one but Trump...
originally posted by: Dudemo5
It's good to see you guys getting ready to point the finger in the event that Trump is charged with an actual crime.
originally posted by: andrew778
a reply to: AndyFromMichigan
How the Bar didnt strip him of his ability to practice law after those incidents blows my mind. Corrupt country needs to be destroyed and rebuilt
More at: twitter.com...
BREAKING NEWS: Mueller sent teams of FBI agents to interrogate conservative journalists, conservative authors & conservative think tanks, and even spied on Republican congressional staffers in his sprawling, "scorched-earth" Russia "collusion" investigation.