[BuckeyeTexan]

The judge is within his rights during the trial. Is he within his rights after the trial is over? Counsel is no longer before the Court.

[traderrob6]

But if further prosecutions of the “prosecutors” conduct is a possibility , is it not incumbent on this judge to insure preservation of all pertanent materials.?

[AnAmericanMother]

1. Case is still before the court. It isn't dismissed yet. And I'm sure if it looks like it might be Stevens's lawyers will weigh in with a motion for sanctions.

2. All judges have inherent authority to control the conduct of the lawyers who appear before them. Both the federal rules and our local state rules allow sanctions even after a case is concluded, especially where there has been concealment of facts from the court. Lawyers are officers of the court and are subject to the general contempt powers of the judge.

3. If the judge finds due cause he can refer these idiots to their local bar for disbarment proceedings. Of course he would have to do an investigation before referring. I'm not sure where this writer is coming from. I hope he's not a lawyer.

[Chet 99]

The dismissal wasn’t in the “interest of justice” as Holder stated, but because they wanted to sweep this under the rug.