This week, a former Clinton campaign lawyer was in court with his counsel to fight the indictment by Special Counsel John Durham alleging a false statement to federal investigators. The one missing element, however, was the prior host of liberal legal experts shouting down the defense as frivolous and heralding the prosecution. I was critical of the charge against Flynn as well as the bizarre and abusive treatment that he received by the trial court. §1001(a)(2) allows prosecutors to charge on any misleading or false statement made in often tense or unguarded conversations with a target. Sussmann’s attorney Michael Bosworth insisted “This is an unprecedented false statement prosecution.” Yet, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller brought a series of relatively minor false statement claims against Trump officials that ultimately led to brief periods of incarceration.

Source: Fox News April 01, 2022 20:08 UTC