All of a sudden the little fgt cares about conflicts of interest.
Gimme half a break.
Posted on 05/26/2020 4:04:10 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
If NBC News legal analyst and former Robert Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann participates in an upcoming fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, it would mean the end of his contract with the news network, the former special counsel investigator told the Washington Free Beacon.
"If the fundraiser goes forward, I’m withdrawing from MSNBC so I can be in compliance with their policy," Weissmann said in a Friday night phone interview, in reference to the network's policy that employees avoid activities "that may create the appearance of a conflict of interest."
Weissmann, who joined MSNBC as a legal analyst last November, said he notified the network of his plans to headline a June 2 fundraiser for Biden with the understanding that it was prohibited by his contract. "I knew what I was getting into and what the consequences would be," Weissmann said. "They wanted me to adhere to their policy."
An MSNBC spokesman confirmed that Weissmann notified the network of his plans to headline the fundraiser and that there was a mutual agreement that he would need to terminate his contract to proceed.
The Free Beacon reported on Friday afternoon that Weissmann’s political activity would put him in violation of the network’s longstanding employee policy on political activity. The policy prohibits employees from making political contributions or participating in any campaign event without prior approval from the president of NBC News.
Reports of Weissmann's involvement in the Biden campaign fundraiser gave fuel to supporters of President Donald Trump, who have long charged that Weissmann was biased against the president.
"It doesn’t get any swampier than this: trying to stage a partisan coup against the president and then raising money for his political opponent," said Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh.
The decision to overtly campaign for Biden comes shortly after it was announced that Weissmann would be rejoining law firm Jenner & Block, where he was a partner before he was hired by the Department of Justice in 2011. He will take over the firm's investigations division on July 1.
Weissmann was frequently deployed by MSNBC during the failed attempts to impeach Trump late last year, often offering advice to Democrats on how to more effectively execute their case. Trump was ultimately acquitted on both the articles of impeachment brought against him.
The Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the planned fundraiser.
Reads to me like Weissmann is providing MSNBC with a plausible excuse to get rid of him that allows both to look reputable while neither are.
Wonder if this means Weissmann has had to lawyer up...
Is this to suggest that MSLSD demands unbiased opinions of its commentators?
Kind of sad that the extremely low ethics standards of MSNBC are well above those of the US Department of Justice.
Being an obvious partisan didn’t disqualify him from having a license to destroy lives for several years, as Grand High Inquistioner of the Mueller Inquisition.
He needs to experience the same treatment as those he sent to jail that were railroaded
“If the fundraiser goes forward, I’m withdrawing from MSNBC so I can be in compliance with their policy,” Weissmann said in a Friday night phone interview, in reference to the network’s policy that employees avoid activities “that may create the appearance of a conflict of interest.”
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No conflict of interest at MSNBC?! That’s some funny stuff that the Babylon Bee writes.
Trump was impeached
No need to wait. His statement alone offers substantial evidence of his conflict of interest. Totally biased.
Good point.
The COUP PLOTTER even KNEW it was against his contract, yet he signed up for the fundraiser anyway!! HE IS LAW-LESS!
Jenner & Block Law Firm is OBVIOUSLY DIRTY!! Weissmann is one of the DIRTIEST, VILE PEOPLE on the planet!
A Biden victory ensures the entire coup gets swept under the rug.
I like having him out there in public. People get to see how nasty he is. Maybe that’s why he is really leaving.
MSNBC’s policy is ludicrous on its face. They pretend to maintain some kind of political objectivity with this policy, but then they have these misfits actively engaged in political campaigning on the air 24 hours a day.
And like all connected Deep State Democrats, he walks the streets free.
Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference! what a laugh...
29 Apr: Crain’s Chicago Business: Jenner nabs former Mueller prosecutor
Chicago-based law firm Jenner & Block rehired Andrew Weissmann, a lead prosecutor in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
by Lynne Marek
Weissmann, 62, will rejoin the law firm in July at its New York office, becoming co-chair of Jenner’s investigations, compliance and defense practice, the firm said in a statement. He was formerly part of that office from 2006 to 2011, but most of his career has been spent working for the federal government...
He was chief of the fraud section in the Justice Department’s criminal division and also formerly served as the general counsel for the FBI, but his most high-profile role was in working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller in investigating Russia’s involvement in the election of President Donald Trump...
Weissmann left the special counsel’s office around March of last year, and took a role teaching at New York University law school. He also began writing a book about his experience working on the special counsel’s team and entered a book deal with Random House. A date hasn’t been set for publication of the book, according to Patricia Lojo, a Jenner spokeswoman...
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/jenner-nabs-former-mueller-prosecutor
he will no doubt find a friend in Perrelli:
5 Mar 2020: Crain’s Chicago Business: Jenner & Block names new chair, first outside Chicago home office
by Steven R. Strahler
Thomas Perrelli, who co-chairs the law firm’s government controversies and public policy litigation practice, succeeds Craig Martin, who continues as a partner and a member of the firm’s policy committee...
Perrelli, 53, has been in and out of government, serving as the associate attorney general, the No. 3 position in the Justice Department, under President Barack Obama, and lower-level Department of Justice jobs under President Bill Clinton...
The Virginia native started at Jenner in 1992, a year after graduating from Harvard Law School. He served as managing editor of the Harvard Law Review when Obama, a classmate, was its president...
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/jenner-block-names-new-chair-first-outside-chicago-home-office
All of a sudden the little fgt cares about conflicts of interest.
Gimme half a break.
More cannon fodder for the Trump campaign team. Biden associating with a proven corrupt sleaze will be an easy target. More proof that the Mueller Gestapo was a Democrat hit squad paid for by the US Taxpayer, courtesy of Sessions.
Maybe Weismann is not such a big draw for high rollers to meet as the Dems thought he would be. The new revolving-door law firm job in July is probably the real reason he will withdraw from his gig at MSNBC.
“Conflict of interest required” IS in the job description.
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