Saturday, May 9

Latest FBI Misconduct Mirrors PA OAG Missteps in Spanier Case

Court documents related to the Flynn case show that top FBI officials did not have sufficient predicate to conduct investigation and withheld exculpatory evidence...the same happened in the Spanier case and other cases

By
Ray Blehar

May 9, 2020 6:56 PM EDT

According to court filings in the case of former National Security Advisor, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn,  the FBI head of counter-intelligence Bill Priestap framed the impending interview of Flynn in this manner (my emphasis added):

“What’s our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?"
That statement, among other evidence, proved their was insufficient predicate to continue investigating Flynn.  The subsequent interview of Flynn wasn't being conducted to determine if Flynn was guilty of anything, but rather to induce Flynn to commit a crime...."or get him fired." 
The "or get him fired" part of the statement completely damned the FBI and DOJ actions in the case.
When have you ever heard of law enforcement officials wanting to get people fired??
For readers of this blog, the answer is in October 2010 when former PA Attorney General Tom Corbett vowed that that he would eventually cause the removal of PSU President Graham Spanier  From that point forward, the Jerry Sandusky criminal investigation grew legs and got moving.