Convicted Pedo Must Be Freed And Other Consequences of Judge Cannon’s Decision.
I researched other special prosecutors, limiting it to those appointed from private positions, and not the government. There are some big names here in history. Not to mention a little boy raper currently in jail who must be freed if Judge Cannon is right.
We start with two special prosecutors associated with another President who abused power to stay in power, and we move on from there.
Archibald Cox: Working as a law professor when appointed by Elliot Richardson to investigate the Watergate scandal. He subpoenaed White House tapes material to the investigation that was challenged by Nixon, but Cox prevailed at the Court of Appeals. Nixon failed to appeal to the Supreme Court. Cox then secured the guilty plea of John Dean and his cooperation. This led to the notorious Saturday Night Massacre where Nixon fired Cox and sealed off the entire office of the Special Counsel. In the face of the backlash Nixon caved, agreeing to release the records and to the appointment of another special counsel, Leon Jaworski.
Dean was sentenced to one to four years in prison. His time served unconstitutional if Cannon’s decision today is correct.
Leon Jaworski: Appointed by conservative Robert Bork, Javorski left his position at the private law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski. Additional White House tapes were subpoenaed leading to the case of United States v. Nixon where the Supreme Court unanimously endorsed the legality of special counsels and ordered Nixon to produce the tapes. The tapes were devastating on their release and Nixon shortly after resigned.
If Cannon’s decision is correct, Jaworski’s appointment was illegitimate and Nixon should never have been compelled to resign.
Joseph diGenova: Appointed to special counsel in 1997 to investigate the Teamsters. He was appointed from a position in his and his wife’s law firm. The investigation led to an independent review board to monitor the Teamsters, that he was member of. Quite clearly, the Teamsters were screwed.
Kenneth Starr: Appointed to special counsel by a three judge panel and took the job while working with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, which he continued to work for during the duration of his appointment. Starr’s investigation led to the dual sex scandals against sitting President Bill Clinton of Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones which led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton. A sham impeachment if Judge Cannon is right.
Clinton was found in civil contempt of court for lying about byproducts of this investigation, was fined, and had his law license suspended. All wrongful acts if Judge Cannon’s decision today was correct.
Robert Mueller: Appointed as special prosecutor by Trump’s Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to investigate alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 Presidential election and possible coordination with the Trump Campaign. He left his job with a private law firm to do so. The investigation led to numerous indictments of Russians, and convictions of individuals in Trump’s inner circle, though he pardoned many of those.
One conviction included Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who served a three year jail sentence. Cohen’s convictions and time in jail, all celebrated by Trump supporters, were all unconstitutional if Judge Cannon was right today.
Mueller’s investigation also seized the cell phone of a man working with the Trump Administration named George Nader. On Nader’s cell phone Mueller’s team found kiddie porn and evidence that George Nader raped little boys. He is currently in prison on a ten year sentence for just that. Alas, if Judge Cannon’s decision today is correct then the seizure of his cell phone was unconstitutional and the little boy raper must be released.
Robert Hur: A retired United States Attorney appointed from his position in a private law firm to investigate President Biden’s classified documents issue. He concluded there was no prosecutable case against Biden.
However, in MAGA world, he found Biden too incompetent to stand trial. Treating that absurdity as true, it would be a nullity because under Judge Cannon’s ruling today his appointment, and everything he did, was unconstitutional.
