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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.

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Given his history you could end that sentence after....charged.

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