Judge orders investigation of Stevens prosecutors

AP - Yahoo News ^ | April 7, 2009 | AP

[101voodoo]

They were Clinton appointees. You will recall that when Clinton was elected in 1992 he FIRED ALL THE prosecutors and had his own choices to replace them. When Bush was elected he left them all in place and only when he dismissed the 8 late in his second term was there a stink raised by the left.

[Perchant]

Tired of hearing people clap and defend corrupt officials.

...he says while clapping and defending corrupt officials like Johnny Sutton.

[joe fonebone]

here here.....they got what they deserved, and got out early....

[Big_Monkey]

"From the whispers that I hear floating around from some connected clients, there are going to be criminal charges bought up and people are going to be prosecuted.

That's interesting. I wonder how that will effect the contempt hearing that this judge will hold. I'm assuming that the prosecutors still have their 5th Amendment right in a contempt hearing. But, how would a 5th Amendment pleading impact their Judges ruling for a contempt hearing?

[Cyclone59]

It was reported on 97.1 in St. Louis that one of the ring leaders was on the obama election team - a woman whose name I can’t recall.

[freespirited]

Realistically, what do you suppose is the most that will happen to these rogue prosecutors? Do you think they will be disbarred?

I have my doubts that a D.C. jury would convict them of jaywalking, let alone anything related to the unfair treatment of a Republican.

[Big_Monkey]

"They were Clinton appointees.

That not necessarily true. Clinton (like most Presidents) fired the prosecutors that ran the district offices as they are political appointees and they serve at the pleasure of the president. The career prosecutors are civil servants and do not serve at the pleasure of the president. Clinton couldn't fire them just like he couldn't arbitrarily fire a National Park Ranger.

These attorney's weren't appointed. They were hired. That's the difference.

[navysealdad]

***Evidence was withheld from the defense team in the former Alaska senator’s corruption trial.*** And the really sad part is that more Republicans were prosecuted during the Bush years than Democrats. And it was George W Bush’s own Department of Justice who violated their own rules to interfere in primaries and general elections to prevent Republicans from winning office. Democrats would not have been so brazen but Bush....hey, he was trying to be bi-partisan by letting career democrats in the DOJ pick off GOP members. Curt Weldon lost his election to a Dem newcomer/rubber stamp because of a trumped up allegation of wrongdoing and a leaked FBI investigation. No charges were ever filed.
In 2005 a grand jury indicted TomDeLay on criminal charges that he had conspired to violate campaign finance laws during that period. DeLay denied the charges and pled not guilty, saying they were politically motivated. Despite the charges, and DeLay's Constitutional right to a speedy trial, the prosecutor has still not brought the case before a jury
And William Jefferson (D-LA) is still not in jail yet. STILL. Three elections later the guy is still walking the streets while Ted Stevens was getting framed by a US Attorney, Scooter Libby was being railroaded and Ramos & Compean were being throw in prison to keep La Raza and MALDEF from marching in the streets.

[DTogo]

Their punishment did not fit the “crime” while the illegal alien drug smuggler got off scot-free.

[bill1952]

Disbarment is not conditional on prosecution - Ask Clinton.

I do believe that it could be hard to find a jury willing to cut any prosecutor any slack - they know firsthand the results of that.

[Petronski]

Raymond Donovan

[misterrob]

Started under Bush's watch though.

Yet another case of incompetence by GWB. In addition to his failure to clean out the State Dept., he had a CIA and a DOJ that were allowed to fester.

Oh, and Gonzales?

HA HA HA HA HA

[a fool in paradise]

It wasn't just about taking over the Senate. it was about taking over the whole country.

2006’s Culture of Corruption was a media-DNC conspiratorial lie too.

[tarheelswamprat]

Drop the Border Patrol defense: They lied, falsified federal documents...

here here.....they got what they deserved, and got out early....

As you can see, DTogo, Free Republic has more than its share of either pathetically ignorant or aggressively dishonest types (although I will concede that the two are not mutually exclusive).

[Tribune7]

Same as the ones that went after Curt Weldon. It kind of makes you wonder about Dubya.

[mkcc30]

There is only one way to fight back against this kind of subterfuge and we all know what that is but most are afraid to express it. Our courts are generally corrupt, the media, well we all know the answer to that.

I would rather die a patriot than live as a “comrade”!

[buck61]

Sounds like he’s bent on exposing them for the frauds they are

Can Stevens sue the Gov. for miss conduct? If so? could be why the judge is going to sweep this under the rug?

[KansasGirl]

We are seeing this more and more. The Rats are using malicious prosecution and misconduct to take out opponents. This needs to be stopped.

[Ann Archy]

Sames people or were those Republicans? Didn’t get your answer.