The raid on the downtown Washington headquarters of the agency, the Office of Special Counsel, and another at the home of its director, Scott J. Bloch, followed accusations that Mr. Bloch had destroyed evidence on government computers that might demonstrate wrongdoing.
It again raises an important question: What if Mueller had demonstrated serious wrongdoing by Trump?
"Additionally, from what news accounts demonstrate, the alleged wrongdoing is not the work of a few bad apples but is, instead, an institutional problem that has been ongoing for years," said Carrington. "What's the likelihood that an internal investigation is going to acknowledge that?
On June 4, 2008, prosecutor Sheila Tuma recommended 'enhanced disbarment' for Thompson, saying that Thompson demonstrated continued misconduct, a pattern of misconduct and persistently failed to admit any wrongdoing.
"This is a matter which needs to be thoroughly investigated, and if wrongdoing is demonstrated those responsible must face the consequences of their actions" Burns-Williamson said: "I am sure the Independent Police Complaints Commission will do the same for these separate issues of concern indicating possible corrupt practices in the later period around the Macpherson Inquiry".
Commemorations provided by groups responsible for wrongdoing may demonstrate a willingness to acknowledge responsibility for such wrongs, (renewed) respect for the victims, and commitment never to repeat such misdeeds (Barsalou and Baxter 2007, Blustein 2014).
The willing and open invitation for scrutiny suggests the absence of deliberate wrongdoing and demonstrates genuine commitment to customer loyalty and restitution.
"To insist upon fair treatment before passing judgment against a student accused of wrongdoing is to demonstrate that society has high principles and the conviction to honor them," the legal scholar William G. Buss wrote, in an influential law-review article in 1971.
He said an investigation was warranted because the trustee's office had demonstrated "a common thread of potential wrongdoing" in several bankruptcy filings involving Countrywide.
"If the allegations of suspected wrongdoing are true, she has demonstrated extremely poor judgment at best, and behavior that is disrespectful of rules of conduct and the law," said Jill S. Levy, president of the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, in a statement.
