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  • Whistleblowers are right

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 8 08:55:15 2023
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cnn-legal-analyst-says-only-conclusion-from-doj-reversal-on-hunter-indictment-is-whistleblowers-were-right/ar-AA1gpdEN?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9ddb7efe815946318b534b2affae2cfb&ei=12

    On "Inside Politics," Honig told host Dana Bash that the DOJ's reversal had his head spinning.

    "Yeah, Dana, DOJ is giving me whiplash on this one. Six weeks ago, they did walk into court, and they were ready to get rid of this case for a misdemeanor and dismiss the gun charge. Now they are about to indict him for a felony gun charge, which would
    likely carry jail time if there’s a conviction," he said.

    Honig went on, "The only conclusion that I think is consistent with all this is that the whistleblowers were right. That initially, DOJ was ready to go in there and give this deal away cheaply and when the political pressure amped up, DOJ did a 180, and
    now they’ve made David Weiss special counsel, and now they’re bringing an indictment."

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Fri Sep 8 12:03:59 2023
    On 9/8/23 10:55 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cnn-legal-analyst-says-only-conclusion-from-doj-reversal-on-hunter-indictment-is-whistleblowers-were-right/ar-AA1gpdEN?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9ddb7efe815946318b534b2affae2cfb&ei=12

    On "Inside Politics," Honig told host Dana Bash that the DOJ's
    reversal had his head spinning.

    "Yeah, Dana, DOJ is giving me whiplash on this one. Six weeks ago,
    they did walk into court, and they were ready to get rid of this case
    for a misdemeanor and dismiss the gun charge. Now they are about to
    indict him for a felony gun charge, which would likely carry jail
    time if there’s a conviction," he said.

    Honig went on, "The only conclusion that I think is consistent with
    all this is that the whistleblowers were right. That initially, DOJ
    was ready to go in there and give this deal away cheaply and when the political pressure amped up, DOJ did a 180, and now they’ve made
    David Weiss special counsel, and now they’re bringing an
    indictment."

    Sounds like a failure of imagination on Honig's part. The charges were
    due to political pressure to start with years before the plea deal.

    https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-william-barr-elections-20fd56b64801dd83b1657c630a1ebdfa

    "President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Attorney General William
    Barr to immediately launch an investigation into unverified claims about Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter, effectively demanding that the
    Justice Department muddy his political opponent and abandon its historic resistance to getting involved in elections."

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 8 10:23:30 2023
    mINE109 wrote:

    Sounds like a failure of imagination on Honig's part. The charges were
    due to political pressure to start with years before the plea deal.

    https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-william-barr-elections-20fd56b64801dd83b1657c630a1ebdfa

    "President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Attorney General William
    Barr to immediately launch an investigation into unverified claims about Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter, effectively demanding that the
    Justice Department muddy his political opponent and abandon its historic resistance to getting involved in elections."

    Someone should bring Crusader Jordan up to speed on the TRUE "weaponization of government".

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