Has occurred to me they first used this tactic on Petraeus. He was “guilty” but of course they knew he had a girlfriend before he became CIA Director. When he wouldn’t play ball on Benghazi, they used the law to get him out of the way.
Flynn presented the need to take more direct action. Trump was in office, Flynn wasn’t committing any crime, and they were all about to be exposed. So they had to create the “crime” in a hurry.
I want to know when there will be a full review of the George Papadopoulos case.
What was their predicate? It was manufactured by paid human sources who pushed contacts with him along with false information.
Who attempted to frame him by giving him 10,000 cash that he might not declare at the airport? The Special Counsel.
The fraud on the FISA court to violate his rights? This is already established via the Carter Page FISA applications.
The perjury trap. We saw how this was wrong in the Flynn case - why is nobody pointing out the same thing with Papadopoulos?
Barr should be moving to thoroughly investigation ALL of the Special Counsel convictions and how they were obtained. All of them. This was a dirty investigation.
Manafort committed crimes. I don’t think he would have been prosecuted were it not for his links to Trump, but he failed to disclose money. However, he was not alone when he did this.
Why is there not an investigation of the Podesta’s (who he was partnered with) for the same thing?
“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
― Ayn Rand