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<blockquote data-quote="floridays" data-source="post: 3281995" data-attributes="member: 68849"><p>Think back to April 1, 1940, and a world awash in turmoil, hate and fear. Revered Attorney General <a href="https://www.roberthjackson.org/speech-and-writing/the-federal-prosecutor/" target="_blank">Robert H. Jackson</a> assembled the United States attorneys. In remarks enshrined in the hearts of all good prosecutors, he said, “The citizen's safety lies in the prosecutor who tempers zeal with human kindness, who seeks truth and not victims, who serves the law and not factional purposes, and who approaches his task with humility.”</p><p></p><p>Yet Mueller tapped a different sort of prosecutor to lead his investigation — his long-time friend and former counsel, Andrew Weissmann. He is not just a “tough” prosecutor. Time after time, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-complete-and-utter-humiliation-of-the-enron-task-force-2009-10?op=1" target="_blank">courts have reversed</a> Weissmann’s most touted “victories” for his tactics. This is hardly the stuff of a hero in the law.</p><p></p><p>Weissmann, as deputy and later director of the Enron Task Force, <a href="http://nypost.com/2002/03/15/arthur-andersen-gets-death-penalty-criminal-charges-by-feds-could-be-end-for-firm/" target="_blank">destroyed</a> the venerable accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP and its 85,000 jobs worldwide — only to be reversed several years later by a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053100491.html" target="_blank">unanimous Supreme Court</a>.</p><p></p><p>Next, Weissmann creatively criminalized a business transaction between Merrill Lynch and Enron. Four Merrill executives went to prison for as long as a year. Weissmann’s team made sure they <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-ap-enron-trial-glance-story.html" target="_blank">did not even get bail pending their appeals</a>, even though the charges Weissmann concocted, like those against Andersen, were literally unprecedented.</p><p></p><p>Weissmann’s <a href="http://www.chron.com/business/enron/article/Last-man-standing-in-an-Enron-case-to-get-May-1616556.php" target="_blank">prosecution</a> devastated the lives and families of the Merrill executives, causing enormous defense costs, unimaginable stress and torturous prison time. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals <a href="http://www.secactions.com/prosecutorial-overreach-convictions-of-ml-executives-in-enron-barge-deal-are-reversed/" target="_blank">reversed the mass</a> of the case.</p><p></p><p>Weissmann <a href="http://blog.kir.com/?p=2169" target="_blank">quietly resigned</a> from the Enron Task Force just as the judge in the <a href="http://blog.chron.com/legaltrade/2008/05/enron-prosecutor-i-was-right-or-was-i-updated/" target="_blank">Enron Broadband</a> prosecution began excoriating Weissmann’s team and the press began <a href="http://blog.kir.com/?p=2160" target="_blank">catching on</a> to <a href="http://blog.kir.com/?p=2176" target="_blank">Weissmann’s modus operandi</a>.</p><p></p><p>Mueller knows this history. Is this why he tapped Weissmann to target Paul Manafort?</p><p></p><p>You obviously are unaware that the Bar and State Boards of Responsibility are very concerned with conflicts of interest</p><p>and levy sanctions against such. Jeff Sessions recused himself to avoid any appearance or impartiality, and Mueller stocks his staff with impartial players. I will continue, you called me out, and I knew you would disregard what I would offer as proof. You Sir are not the only person who may read this. Your bias is blatant and you have no regard for the truth. Two facts I was completely aware of when you challenged. It is your choice to remain a useful idiot or entertain the facts, but you love living on the plantation, correct?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="floridays, post: 3281995, member: 68849"] Think back to April 1, 1940, and a world awash in turmoil, hate and fear. Revered Attorney General [URL='https://www.roberthjackson.org/speech-and-writing/the-federal-prosecutor/']Robert H. Jackson[/URL] assembled the United States attorneys. In remarks enshrined in the hearts of all good prosecutors, he said, “The citizen's safety lies in the prosecutor who tempers zeal with human kindness, who seeks truth and not victims, who serves the law and not factional purposes, and who approaches his task with humility.” Yet Mueller tapped a different sort of prosecutor to lead his investigation — his long-time friend and former counsel, Andrew Weissmann. He is not just a “tough” prosecutor. Time after time, [URL='http://www.businessinsider.com/the-complete-and-utter-humiliation-of-the-enron-task-force-2009-10?op=1']courts have reversed[/URL] Weissmann’s most touted “victories” for his tactics. This is hardly the stuff of a hero in the law. Weissmann, as deputy and later director of the Enron Task Force, [URL='http://nypost.com/2002/03/15/arthur-andersen-gets-death-penalty-criminal-charges-by-feds-could-be-end-for-firm/']destroyed[/URL] the venerable accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP and its 85,000 jobs worldwide — only to be reversed several years later by a [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053100491.html']unanimous Supreme Court[/URL]. Next, Weissmann creatively criminalized a business transaction between Merrill Lynch and Enron. Four Merrill executives went to prison for as long as a year. Weissmann’s team made sure they [URL='http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-ap-enron-trial-glance-story.html']did not even get bail pending their appeals[/URL], even though the charges Weissmann concocted, like those against Andersen, were literally unprecedented. Weissmann’s [URL='http://www.chron.com/business/enron/article/Last-man-standing-in-an-Enron-case-to-get-May-1616556.php']prosecution[/URL] devastated the lives and families of the Merrill executives, causing enormous defense costs, unimaginable stress and torturous prison time. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals [URL='http://www.secactions.com/prosecutorial-overreach-convictions-of-ml-executives-in-enron-barge-deal-are-reversed/']reversed the mass[/URL] of the case. Weissmann [URL='http://blog.kir.com/?p=2169']quietly resigned[/URL] from the Enron Task Force just as the judge in the [URL='http://blog.chron.com/legaltrade/2008/05/enron-prosecutor-i-was-right-or-was-i-updated/']Enron Broadband[/URL] prosecution began excoriating Weissmann’s team and the press began [URL='http://blog.kir.com/?p=2160']catching on[/URL] to [URL='http://blog.kir.com/?p=2176']Weissmann’s modus operandi[/URL]. Mueller knows this history. Is this why he tapped Weissmann to target Paul Manafort? You obviously are unaware that the Bar and State Boards of Responsibility are very concerned with conflicts of interest and levy sanctions against such. Jeff Sessions recused himself to avoid any appearance or impartiality, and Mueller stocks his staff with impartial players. I will continue, you called me out, and I knew you would disregard what I would offer as proof. You Sir are not the only person who may read this. Your bias is blatant and you have no regard for the truth. Two facts I was completely aware of when you challenged. It is your choice to remain a useful idiot or entertain the facts, but you love living on the plantation, correct? [/QUOTE]
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