??-McCabe Legal Team:"it is clear that NO INDICTMENT has been returned" against McCabe by grand jury

[kpete]

Just in: Andrew McCabe’s legal team says in a new letter to Jesse Liu that based on their conversations with the US Attorney’s office in DC yesterday, “it is clear that no indictment has been returned” against McCabe by the grand jury.

Link to tweet

[DURHAM D]

1. We have always been told you can get an indictment for a ham sandwich.

Guess there was no meat.

[exboyfil]

9. I was going to say it wasn't tasty

Maybe it was a Wish Sandwich:

[Brother Buzz]

10. Damn, I was going there - GMTA

[bearsfootball516]

2. It's easy as hell to get an indictment.

It means there was absolutely nothing they could find.

[ScratchCat]

5. From what I have heard

Its more about the fact that what McCabe was alleged to have done almost always results in a termination of their employment rather than criminal charges. He leaked something he wasn't supposed to have leaked which simply involved the existence of an investigation. Then, he didn't tell the 100% truth to the IG. Career, high level employees of DOJ and similar agencies almost never get prosecuted "by the letter of the law" for these types of things. Further, his "violations" may have simply been of DOJ policy rather than Federal statute.

[DallasNE]

12. Also, How Do These Laws/Policy

Interact with whistleblower laws. Wasn't his leak to counteract government misinformation?

[Flaleftist]

8. A guest on Maddow last night mentioned how rare it is

for them to not be able to get an indictment. IIRC, he said 5 out of tens of thousands were turned down last year.

[TruckFump]

3. A middle finger salute to the Trump-Barr "Injustice" Dept. from the GJ

Fuck 'em, and feed 'em peanuts...assuming no indictment came down.

To not get an indictment out of a Grand Jury? What an embarrassment.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Ironic, is it not,

that the blowhard who uttered the phrase 'witch hunt' hundreds of times in regards to his own malfeasance, is now initiating real witch hunts against his perceived political enemies?;

[Ninga]

6. Right now, 64k question. Will Barr resubmit to a new Grand Jury?

What’s the over under bet?

[malaise]

7. Impeach Barr and the Con

That is all

[Kid Berwyn]

11. Simultaneously

ASAFP

[FBaggins]

13. The NYTimes' title is less deceptive

This one can leave the reader with the impression that we know that charges were rejected. That they voted a "no true bill"

In reality, we just know that no indictment was reported. But that's true of when the same grand jury met months ago. We don't know whether or not indictments were presented to the GJ for approval.

The letter was merely asking DOJ whether it had happened. We can't assume from this that it did happen.

[lame54]

14. Good - Barr is testing the waters for a Hillary indictment

[gordianot]

15. The question would be whom would they indict?

It would be ultimate irony if they went for Comey and Clinton. I put nothing past this bunch.

[lame54]

23. Hillary was his campaign promise

[Botany]

16. This is just like the Steele Dossier has been proven...

... false or the Mueller report exonerated Trump false memes produced by Fox/Trump/the right in order to distract from the truth.

McCabe was doing his job. End of story.

Btw "they" don't really want a trial where McCabe speaks in court and his lawyers can subpoena team Trump.

[not fooled]

17. red don and his pet toad

barr still got some mileage out of this in terms of intimidating the criminal gang's perceived enemies and investigators.

[Pantagruel]

18. Trump would be killed in discovery

No way his stooge Barr lets an indictment proceed.

[FBaggins]

22. Why?

It wouldn’t be a civil trial and the presumed charges have little to nothing to do with Trump.

[CaptainTruth]

19. I think was just a distraction from the impeachment vote & $1 trillion deficit.

Impeachment vote news came out. A couple hours later the $1 trillion deficit news came out. Then it seemed like within an hour or two, "McCabe indicted" (maybe indicted?) news came out.

[TeamPooka]

20. Am I the only one who wants an indictment because it will open all government files

to his defense on his persecution and the rationale behind it. yeah, I spelled that right.

[True Blue American]

21. Vindictive Barr!