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Mukasey Subpoenaed To Provide Wecht Jury Tampering Information
The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena asking for Presidential documents and DOJ records related to many issues. The subpoena does not narrowly focus on the President's illegal efforts to retaliate against Valarie Wilson or her husband Ambassador Wilson for disclosing evidence there was no imminent threat of WMD, as required under the laws of war.
Jonathan Turley said Congress is in collusion
with the President in covering up war crimes and other illegal
activity. Members of Congress and legal counsel could individually be prosecuted for malfeasance.
Vincent Bugliosi suggests
Congressional failure/refusal to impeach the President does prevent the
States' prosecutors or attorney Generals from prosecuting the President
for murder or war crimes. Andover Law School is planning a September 2008 conference to organize efforts to prosecute the President outside Congress, outside impeachment.
The subpoena looks at more than the FBI home visits with the Wecht Jury Members, "Wecht Jury Tampering," but seeks evidence from all phases of the prosecution. As with the US Attorney firings and DoD Emails, we would expect to find which DoJ Staff spoke with which White House counsel and GOP-connected staff to coordinate the prosecution against Wecht.
Page 5 through 6 of 11
(Paras 13 through 21) specifically ask for the detailed Presidential,
DOJ, and other US government documents related to the Wecht
Prosecution. For information on Giglio mentioned at 19, see 405 US 150; for information on Brady, requiring disclosure of government evidence favorable to the defense, see 373 US 83.
Para 14 expressly asks for all evidence from the Department of Justice, White House, local and state party officials, and communications with Members of Congress and staff on the Wecht Jury Tampering.
Wecht Jury Tampering is part of the larger GOP agenda of
information warfare to impose an agenda, and thwart opposition. The DoD
emails show the White House was involved with discussions to use
military analysts to sell the war. Scott McClellan in What Happened discussed the President's close coordination with the White House staff, political offices, public affairs, and legal counsel.
Republican lawyers have provided affidavits to the House Judiciary Committee saying they overhead conversations of the White House putting pressure on the prosecutors. The FBI home visits relied on a list of sealed juror names which the government absurdly asks we believe they "derived" from the prospective jurors. The government knew the court sealed the names. Home visits are not permitted under the attorney standards of conduct when the court prohibits contact. Attorneys are not permitted to direct others to do things not permitted under the law or standards of conduct.
The government absurdly argues the jury tampering is the same as a jury poll. This is incorrect and GOP information warfare propaganda. Jury polls are conducted during a trial, before the jury is released, to review whether the jury needs more time to agree. A jury poll has nothing to do with seeking information, after trial, from jurors on their reasons for voting for or against an acquittal, as was illegally done with the Wecht Jury.
Some of the questions the Committee seeks answers are:
Who in the White House spoke with the President and overhead conversations about the Wecht prosecution;
Which DOJ workflows were approved to coordinate the President's position on the Wecht Prosecution with the FBI agents;
How did the FBI agents know which questions to ask, and why did the FBI not ask questions of the President and US Attorney about the improper statements about the Wecht Jury conclusions;
When did the DOJ Staff counsel approve the messages Buchanan and other legal counsel provided;
How did the White House and GOP provide status to the President on the status of the FBI interviews with the Wecht jury members
What factors convinced the President to order the US attorney not to prosecute Wecht after the jury was unable to agree on a verdict, but the US Attorney said there wold be a second trial;
How were the US Attorney (incorrect) media messages on the juror's conclusions affected by the President's discussions with the GOP on the information warfare agenda
How did Mary Beth Buchanan's involvement with the US Attorney Firings as director of the Office of US Attorneys 2005-6 influence her conversations with the White House staff and other DOJ Officials on the Wecht Prosecution.
Comments (5)
All, please be aware that there is no Wecht Jury Tampering. The contact with the jurors occured after they had been released from the trial proceedings. The issue in the contacts is due to the use of the FBI and the impact it could have on potential future jurors.
On numerous occasions the individual who writes these blog posts has misrepresented the facts to push his or her own personal agenda. The person has been notified of the errors and misrepresentations yet refuses to stop.
The issue in the Wecht case is the same as the Siegelman case. The allegation is one of selective prosecution and that is why it is being investigated.
June 29, 2008 8:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obviously someone hasn't been reading the news. The FBI illegally contacted the jury members at their home. That is called jury tampering.
When you learn to read, and obey no contact orders, people might take you seriously.
June 30, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obviously someone has not read the case. The person is known as testing. The issue with the jury contacts is nothing related to jury tampering. At the time the jury was released. The issue was the use of the FBI to do such contacts and the fact the names of the jurors were sealed.
It would help and assist all if you would at least attempt to keep to the facts testing. Instead, you go off half cocked, make up accusations, and attack people the point out the facts.
June 30, 2008 11:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
You have substantially violated the no contacdt order, and not providing any evidence that you're reading the information you're commenting on. Your comments are not helpful, and you are not welcome on this blog.
Learn to read the comments you're commenting on. The information you're missing is contained in comment threads you're commenting on, but not reading.
A. Jury Tampering Statute Provided, Ignored
The case was going to be retried. The FBI contact was improper. It's called jury tampering. Here is the problem with Jury tampering in light of the United States case, Nuremberg, and the requirement to have free and fair trials free from jury tampering.
B. House Judiciary Committee Subpoena provided, ignored
The original prosecutorial abuse has blossomed into jury tampering and other illegal activity, which the House Judiciary committee is asking questions about. The rest of the issues -- above the original prosecutorial abuse -- are listed here on page 5 through 6 of the subpoena, at para 13. These issues have been raised before; the references to the House Judiciary subpoena is a comment thread already provided and discussed.
C. These comments are more misdirection from the larger issues, of interest to the House Judiciary.
This shows evidence of delusion:
This isn't supported:
When there is another trial after a hung jury, the jury contacts are not permitted. The US Attorney and President cannot, through the FBI, tamper with that Jury.
This is irrelevant: The juror names were sealed, and there should not have been any contact, per the Attorney standards of conduct:
This doesn't address the post-trial contact, which is not permitted when the names are sealed.
The issue is the larger violations, beyond the original prosecutorial abuse. Your misdirection fails.
June 30, 2008 11:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
The issue of the Wecht case is selective prosecution. You have attempted to post misinformation constantly to point people to an absurd notion that it is jury tampering. Such is not the case.
When people have pointed out your failures in comprehending the case, you have attacked them.
As for your no contact bullshit, go fuck yourself you little troll. You can not post misinformation and expect not to be challenged. No one should let such actions to be permitted, and I for one will enver back down from the likes of you.
June 30, 2008 11:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
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