Mueller Wants Judge to Consider Jailing Lawyer

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/27/mueller-wants-judge-to-consider-jailing-lawyer/

Mueller Wants Judge to Consider Jailing Lawyer
March 27, 2018 at 10:46 pm EDT
By Taegan Goddard

“In court papers filed late Tuesday, special counsel Robert Mueller’s office argued that a judge shouldn’t rule out jail time for Alex van der Zwaan, a lawyer who pleaded guilty to lying to prosecutors and the FBI in the Russia investigation,” BuzzFeed News reports.

“The special counsel’s office did not take a position on what sentence they thought van der Zwaan should get — according to earlier filings, he faces an estimated sentencing guidelines range between zero to six months. But prosecutors pushed back on van der Zwaan’s arguments in favor of no jail time, such as the fact that his wife, who lives in London, is pregnant and is due in August.”

https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/robert-mueller-van-der-zwaan?utm_term=.hv1KjBmRL#.fcMa2ZykA
Robert Mueller's Office Wants A Judge To Consider Jail Time For A Lawyer Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying

Alex van der Zwaan, who pleaded guilty to lying to special counsel prosecutors and the FBI, is asking for no jail time.

[backtoblue]

1. Lock them up!

If the lawyer gets jail time, it sets a good precedent. Show all the others that they better fess up and tell the truth.

[mountain grammy]

2. My opinion? Lock him up!!!

[Generic Brad]

3. That is a lame excuse

"Dear Judge: Please excuse Alex from jail time because he impregnanted his wife."

You don't do the crime if you won't do the time. Legal responsibility is not negated because you had sex with your spouse. If that was a valid excuse to not go to jail, our prisons would be empty.

[efhmc]

4. Ok so the reasoning here is to avoid jail time just impregnate your wife.

nt

[rainin]

5. trump's new legal strategy

trump: please, honey, I don't want to go to jail

melania: get the f*ck away from me

[safeinOhio]

6. Work Release

break up rocks with a hammer all day and go home to wife 8 hours every night.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

7. Pick lettuce and tomatoes in California...

... for 12 hours a day. So the rest of us can have cheap vegetables.

[tymorial]

9. That's the sound of the lawyer working on the chain

Gang.

[BigOleDummy]

8. Jail

Lying (perjury) is cause for incarceration period. Besides it would send a clear message to anyone else thinking about doing the same. And.......... maybe put some FEAR into Jeff Sessions and the rest of the lying brigade of chumps.