The state supreme court has finally brought it to a decisive end.
There should be sanctions and lawsuits, but that probably won’t happen.
[Early-evening update]
The breadth of the documents gathered pursuant to subpoenas and seized pursuant to search warrants is amazing. Millions of documents, both in digital and paper copy, were subpoenaed and/or seized. Deputies seized business papers, computer equipment, phones, and other devices, while their targets were restrained under police supervision and denied the ability to contact their attorneys. The special prosecutor obtained virtually every document possessed by the Unnamed Movants relating to every aspect of their lives, both personal and professional, over a five-year span (from 2009 to 2013). Such documents were subpoenaed and/or seized without regard to content or relevance to the alleged violations of Ch. 11. As part of this dragnet, the special prosecutor also had seized wholly irrelevant information, such as retirement income statements, personal financial account information, personal letters, and family photos.
The court was not impressed.
If rule of law means anything there should be a way to hold these people responsible for this incredible egregious abuse of their power.
Perhaps they need to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the special prosecutor. Let him see how it feels.
Did the court say anything about the prosecutor’s tactics, or just rule that coordinated issue advertising (i.e. the very thing that helped elect two of the judges making this ruling) is constitutionally protected?
Yeah, the court said the prosecutor’s theories are as unsound as your’s, Jim.
To quote paragraph 11 of the opinion line 1 and 2 (emphasis provided for Obama fans): “To be clear, this conclusion ends the John Doe investigation because the special prosecutor’s legal theory is unsupported by reason or law.“
More from the judges:
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It is fortunate, indeed, for every other citizen of this great State who is interested in the protection of fundamental liberties that the special prosecutor chose as his targets innocent citizens who had both the will and the means to fight the unlimited resources of an unjust prosecution. Further, these brave individuals played a crucial role in presenting this court with an opportunity to re-endorse its commitment to upholding the fundamental right of each and every citizen to engage in lawful political activity and to do so free fro the fear of the tyrannical retribution of arbitrary or capricious government prosecution. ”
Jim’s not from the state, but I also suspect he’s not for the protection of fundamental liberties either.
“The breadth of the documents gathered pursuant to subpoenas and seized pursuant to search warrants is amazing. Millions of documents, both in digital and paper copy, were subpoenaed and/or seized. Deputies seized business papers, computer equipment, phones, and other devices, while their targets were restrained under police supervision and denied the ability to contact their attorneys. The special prosecutor obtained virtually every document possessed by the Unnamed Movants relating to every aspect of their lives, both personal and professional, over a five-year span (from 2009 to 2013). Such documents were subpoenaed and/or seized without regard to content or relevance to the alleged violations of Ch. 11. As part of this dragnet, the special prosecutor also had seized wholly irrelevant information, such as retirement income statements, personal financial account information, personal letters, and family photos.”
and
“It is utterly clear that the special prosecutor has employed theories of law that do not exist in order to investigate citizens who were wholly innocent of any wrongdoing.”
Absolutely awesome. And any decent liberal has a moral imperative – if he can check that these charges are true – to demand the punishment of the evil men who did these things to innocent people.
We’ll see.
“It is utterly clear that the special prosecutor has employed theories of law that do not exist in order to investigate citizens who were wholly innocent of any wrongdoing.”
Jim will still find a way to blame the victims short skirts for this though.
” Millions of documents, both in digital and paper copy, were subpoenaed and/or seized.”
Note well that when the Dems want to subpoena and/or seize documents they get them immediately…
Republicans (partly their fault) have to wait years and years…..
Congress has the power to find people in Contempt of Congress, and to punish them for it. They don’t do it often, but the point is exactly these kind of things, when someone is obstructing their investigations.
“coordinated issue advertising ”
Ya, because the Democrats didn’t do that. Why didn’t Democrats get investigated this way?
Because it is not against the law.