A Conspiracy of Dunces

A Conspiracy of Dunces

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/20/a_conspiracy_of_dunces.html

Excerpt: Just before Christmas, a story broke that seemed too strange -- and too hypocritical -- to be true. As Democratic Party elders were trying to stifle loutish impeachment threats by fanatical House freshmen, it was revealed that Democratic operatives had used cyber fraud to manipulate the 2017 Alabama Senate race. It’s hard to know precisely who masterminded the plot because the perpetrators have lawyered up and are pointing fingers at one another. (...) Mueller’s theory of the case became clear on June 15, when Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben argued in court against a motion by Concord, one of the indicted Russian corporations, to dismiss the charges. The special counsel, Concord argued, targeted it “for a contrived crime not specifically defined in any statute, without notice and under a standard known only to the special counsel.”  “We do not need to prove a criminal violation of the underlying statute,” Dreeben told U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich in response. (This is a very well reasoned argument that ought to scare the bejesus out of both political parties. If this principle is applied correctly here, it can touch almost anyone saying almost anything even remotely political. Link may not be live. Ron P.)