The Carter Page lawsuit
You probably remember that Carter Page was accused of all sorts of dreadful things by the FBI in concert with its handmaiden the press, in the service of getting at Trump. Page has been suing, and he’s named as defendants some big fish such as Comey and McCabe.
I wish him luck. I think that if justice were served he’d win the suit, but the forces arrayed against him are mighty, legion, and well-funded. They also are making discovery difficult, because the government agencies are holding onto key information:
Now Page is taking on the same monster that is proving itself as regenerative as the mythical hydra. Not only does Page face the federal government, represented by Department of Justice attorneys, but each defendant has his or her own group of powerhouse D.C. lawyers combatting Page’s push for justice, leaving Page’s small legal team fighting against nine separate teams of defense attorneys.
Page contends that the defendants knew all sorts of facts that should have made them desist, but they did not. What’s more, in the time-honored manner of criminals:
Each defendant sought to “outdo each other in minimizing their respective roles in the fiasco,” the brief noted, “each claiming their culpability in deceiving the FISC, unlawfully disclosing information, and violating Dr. Page’s rights was too minor to impose civil liability on them.” “If the individual defendants are to be believed,” the brief quipped, “these unlawful and false warrants wrote themselves.”…
Then, in summing up their argument on behalf of Page, the brief closed by reminding the judge that “the FBI unlawfully used the power of the federal government, in the form of secret, anti-terrorism surveillance tools, to violate the rights of an innocent American.”
They could not have cared less about that last point.
I think Page has about as much chance of success as Papadopoulis has. The FBI has been corrupt since before they took Nixon down. The DOJ is corrupt and we see American political prisoners for the first time since the Civil War.
Mike K, you mean the first time since the Great War. Woodrow Wilson and A Mitchell Palmer, his nasty Attorney General, filled jails with political prisoners. Harding freed hundreds in his first month in office.
I wish him luck as well. Actually, what I really wish is that I saw as much chance of Page getting legal and public support as the Antifa rioters in the summer of 2020.
I also wish the US Women’s Gymnastics team members could sue the FBI SAC that let them be continually molested for his own career self-interest.
The real problem is we have a DoJ that protects itself while it tramples the rights of others. It is thoroughly corrupt and an example of why government power should always be limited.
Start anew, defund the FBI.
The FBI is, and always has been, corrupt.
I will hold to that opinion unless and until they rename their headquarters.
@ Dan D – you got me interested; I had never heard about that act by Harding, although I’ve read a few things recently that are raising him in my opinion from the stereotypical historical view.
https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/david-keene/69203-a-second-look-at-harding
After some fascinating background, not complimentary to Wilson:
Do tell.
WaPo, for some reason, had a very recent story on Harding, which is behind their paywall and I didn’t read it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/06/warren-harding-eugene-debs/
Avoid Fort Marcy Park.