April 4, 2018, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to dismiss to Robert Mueller as Special Counsel for withholding exculpatory evidence from Paul Manafort including the Aug. 2, 2017 order only authorizing the investigation into Manafort a week after his home was raided by Mueller:
“The revelation that once again Special Counsel Robert Mueller failed in his basic constitutional responsibility to turn over all exculpatory evidence to Paul Manafort, including the Aug. 2 memo, is inexcusable and yet another fireable offense. Mueller himself knows the importance of following the law as it relates to evidence, as in the 2008 Ted Stevens case that was eventually dismissed due to prosecutorial misconduct and withholding evidence, he had to testify before Congress about the actions of FBI agents under his control involved in the case.
“Mueller’s failure to follow basic evidentiary principles is dwarfed by the revelation that his legal invasion into Paul Manafort’s home complete with groping Manafort’s wife in bed was not originally authorized by Rosenstein, with the authorization to investigate Manafort only coming a week later in a post hoc legal rationalization of the raid.
“The likelihood that Michael Flynn pled guilty prior to learning that the FBI agents who interviewed him recommended against charges being filed is another example of Mueller’s gross misconduct. There is no place for Mueller’s bullying tactics designed to get guilty pleas from defendants in clear violation of Fifth Amendment due process requirements to have all evidence presented affirmed in Brady v. Maryland in 1963.
“Mueller’s actions are a stain on the American system of jurisprudence. While they may make for good television show script fodder, they are anything but in the best interests of justice being served.
“Once again, it is befuddling how Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein can continue to allow this high-profile destruction of the public confidence in our prosecutorial system to continue. It is time for civil liberties advocates on the left to wake up to the importance of maintaining constitutional rights even for your political opponents. Mueller’s conduct has become grotesque in its abuse of the Bill of Rights and in the least he should be dismissed if not also held legally accountable by those he’s abused.”
Attachments:
“Rosenstein memo to Mueller proves special counsel probe into Manafort far beyond scope of Sessions’ original recusal,” By Robert Romano, April 4, 2018 at http://dailytorch.com/2018/04/rosenstein-memo-to-mueller-proves-special-counsel-probe-into-manafort-far-beyond-scope-of-sessions-original-recusal/
“Robert Mueller’s Michael Flynn misconduct may be the key to his dismissal,” By Robert Romano, March 20, 2018 at http://dailytorch.com/2018/03/robert-muellers-michael-flynn-misconduct-may-be-the-key-to-his-dismissal/
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