I don't "know" anything-- I have zero inside knowledge--but that was (and is) my guess.
This is laughably thin legal gruel. The Founders would have been gobsmacked by the audacity of the US Attorneys in arguing for this stuff.
Jefferson-- yes. Washington, I'm not so sure. He had people sentenced to death for the Whiskey Rebellion. (Fortunately, he was out of office before the sentences were carried out. Adams commuted the death sentences to life imprisonment, and then Jefferson pardoned them.)
As you probably know - I meant that you know in your heart that they didn't have the charges written up two years ago. The retarded, malicious 900 pound government troll isn't that patient.
Jefferson-- yes. Washington, I'm not so sure. He had people sentenced to death for the Whiskey Rebellion.
Yes, and the old firebrand Samuel Adams certainly changed his tune during the Whiskey Rebellion...