I can think of a few times that justice prevailed over the FBI/DOJ but not in time to undo the damage. Senator Ted Stevens from Alaska (Judge Emmet Sullivan undercover the FBI’s malfeasance) and the accounting firm Arthur Anderson (85,000 jobs) during the Enron trials. And the 1967 FBI wrongful indictment of four innocent men in MA. Muel…
I can think of a few times that justice prevailed over the FBI/DOJ but not in time to undo the damage. Senator Ted Stevens from Alaska (Judge Emmet Sullivan undercover the FBI’s malfeasance) and the accounting firm Arthur Anderson (85,000 jobs) during the Enron trials. And the 1967 FBI wrongful indictment of four innocent men in MA. Mueller was an assistant US attorney in Boston in the 1980’s as the imprisoned men futilely tried to get their convictions overturned. Mueller after decades still refused to release exonerating evidence that proved their innocence and would not back their release from prison in 2002. In the Greco family’s 2002 plea for a posthumous pardon, their lawyer wrote:
“Louie Greco died an innocent man, despite numerous unheeded pleas of innocence. His innocence was known prior to trial, yet he was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Now, the truth is being revealed and those responsible are facing a Congressional and Justice Department investigation. It is time for Massachusetts to officially acknowledge the wrong done to Mr. Greco and his family and remove this blot from his name.”
But after receiving the letter from Mueller saying they still could be guilty, the Board rejected the family’s petition in July 2003.
Finally, in the waning days of his administration in December 2014, Gov. Deval Patrick issued a proclamation laying out the facts of the corrupt frame up by the FBI and Greco’s innocence.
“Any stigma and disgrace,” the governor wrote, “is hereby removed.”
In 2018, even after the facts of the FBI cover up were revealed the FBI continued the cover up with the approval and authorization of Director Robert Mueller III. $102 million was award the innocent or their relatives in a civil case.
And then who can forget Richard Jewell and the leaky FBI at its best. Tom Brokaw, "The speculation is that the FBI is close to making the case. They probably have enough to arrest him right now, probably enough to prosecute him, but you always want to have enough to convict him as well. There are still some holes in this case."
All I can do is quote from Alex Kozinski from his foreword in Licensed to Lie, a 2014 book by Sidney Powell who defended those in the Arthur Anderson company. “Prosecutors know that if they fail to produce exculpatory evidence, no one is likely to find out. Even when the evidence is fortuitously disclosed after the defendant is convicted, judges are very reluctant to order a new trial, so they sweep the evidence under the rug as “immaterial” or “cumulative.” Sanctions against prosecutors who violate ‘Brady’ are practically unheard-of and professional discipline is non-existent. As a consequence, there is, as I’ve said elsewhere, “an epidemic of ‘Brady” violations abroad in the land.”
I will also add that judges are people too, scrutinized by that very FBI. And there are the State Bars which say it I up to the courts to find a Brady violation and the courts rely on the prosecutors. And then there is the Office of Professional Responsibility within the DOJ. Sad to say when reading her book, she notes that overwhelming those that participate in this are promoted and rewarded. Weissmann is one of them.
I can think of a few times that justice prevailed over the FBI/DOJ but not in time to undo the damage. Senator Ted Stevens from Alaska (Judge Emmet Sullivan undercover the FBI’s malfeasance) and the accounting firm Arthur Anderson (85,000 jobs) during the Enron trials. And the 1967 FBI wrongful indictment of four innocent men in MA. Mueller was an assistant US attorney in Boston in the 1980’s as the imprisoned men futilely tried to get their convictions overturned. Mueller after decades still refused to release exonerating evidence that proved their innocence and would not back their release from prison in 2002. In the Greco family’s 2002 plea for a posthumous pardon, their lawyer wrote:
“Louie Greco died an innocent man, despite numerous unheeded pleas of innocence. His innocence was known prior to trial, yet he was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Now, the truth is being revealed and those responsible are facing a Congressional and Justice Department investigation. It is time for Massachusetts to officially acknowledge the wrong done to Mr. Greco and his family and remove this blot from his name.”
But after receiving the letter from Mueller saying they still could be guilty, the Board rejected the family’s petition in July 2003.
Finally, in the waning days of his administration in December 2014, Gov. Deval Patrick issued a proclamation laying out the facts of the corrupt frame up by the FBI and Greco’s innocence.
“Any stigma and disgrace,” the governor wrote, “is hereby removed.”
In 2018, even after the facts of the FBI cover up were revealed the FBI continued the cover up with the approval and authorization of Director Robert Mueller III. $102 million was award the innocent or their relatives in a civil case.
And then who can forget Richard Jewell and the leaky FBI at its best. Tom Brokaw, "The speculation is that the FBI is close to making the case. They probably have enough to arrest him right now, probably enough to prosecute him, but you always want to have enough to convict him as well. There are still some holes in this case."
All I can do is quote from Alex Kozinski from his foreword in Licensed to Lie, a 2014 book by Sidney Powell who defended those in the Arthur Anderson company. “Prosecutors know that if they fail to produce exculpatory evidence, no one is likely to find out. Even when the evidence is fortuitously disclosed after the defendant is convicted, judges are very reluctant to order a new trial, so they sweep the evidence under the rug as “immaterial” or “cumulative.” Sanctions against prosecutors who violate ‘Brady’ are practically unheard-of and professional discipline is non-existent. As a consequence, there is, as I’ve said elsewhere, “an epidemic of ‘Brady” violations abroad in the land.”
I will also add that judges are people too, scrutinized by that very FBI. And there are the State Bars which say it I up to the courts to find a Brady violation and the courts rely on the prosecutors. And then there is the Office of Professional Responsibility within the DOJ. Sad to say when reading her book, she notes that overwhelming those that participate in this are promoted and rewarded. Weissmann is one of them.
Given his history you could end that sentence after....charged.