The Mueller Report thread

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(05-07-2020, 04:41 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I guess this is a relevant place to post this:

The DOJ, though not the prosecutors themselves (at least 1 withdrew from the case and asked the court to make note that), made motions to dismiss charges against Michael Flynn, telling judges that they cannot prove that Michael Flynn lied, even though Michael Flynn twice admitted in court that he lied and explicitly stated that he was not entrapped by the FBI.

The DOJ argued that, even if Michael Flynn did lie, they are not sure if there was a legitimate reason to have the investigation, so nothing he could have lied about would have affected an FBI investigation.

This would set a terrible precedent where, in order to avoid the poor optics of pardoning a clearly guilty person (which is well within their power to do), the president can have their DOJ claim that they aren't sure there was ever a legitimate reason to investigate someone and drop all charges even after the person admits multiple times that they committed a crime.

Which,as people smarter than me have said, would be really good for lots of "entrapped" people if the DOJ ever held the same standard for people who weren't close personal friends of the POTUS.

Corruption.  Pure and simple.