I’m all seriousness, how can an AUSA not get a federal grand jury indictment? Ham sandwiches and all that. The federal courts have a conviction rate north of eighty percent.
I’d hate to have been the guy or gal that morosely shuffled into the office and said that a GJ turned him or her down.
It’d have to look like Eeeyore, except I doubt the rest of the office would be as understanding as Christopher Robin and Piglet. They probably got laughed out of the room.
Maybe Barr will do something after the lunch hour. Bring an indictment or something. Hard to see where he’d have the time. He’d be better off counseling his client to stop intimidating witnesses, since he ceased representing the United States and the Constitution.
“This is not a hard case,” U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton said. “I was a good prosecutor for a long time. Deciding whether or not you’re going to charge someone with false statements or perjury is not that hard, factually or legally — maybe politically, but not factually or legally.”
“Shouldn’t I know whether the wool was being pulled over my eyes?” Walton said. “I do have concerns about whether I was being manipulated into stopping this case from moving forward.”