There is by now strong reason to believe that they were involved in plans to fire United States attorneys for political reasons, fill other important positions on the basis of partisanship rather than competence and order prosecutions designed to help Republicans win elections.
Me? How is it not awesome that a man risked his entire legal career to shut down political motivated prosecutions designed not just to advance the political career of a Democrat hack, but also designed to undermine the legal permitting and purchasing of firearms?
He told the Guardian: "The threat of prosecution is designed not only to keep me quiet but also all the other hundred or so former undercover officers from ever speaking out.
Francis (see here) said the "threat of prosecution is designed not only to keep me quiet but also all the other hundred or so former undercover officers from ever speaking out".
He denied that the prosecutions were designed to deter legitimate whistle-blowing.
The group's report focused particularly on a few issues where medical personnel played an important role — determining how far a harsh interrogation could go, providing legal cover against prosecution and designing future interrogation procedures.
Mr. Ewing's testimony as a prosecution witness was designed to bolster the federal government's case that Steven E. Kaplan, the club's owner, paid his employees to have sex with prominent athletes to raise its profile and lure paying customers.
Grainne Boyle, a Queen's University student and pro-choice activist, said she believed the prosecution had been designed to instil fear in women – but that it was having the reverse effect.
Prejean was the final witness for the defence in the penalty phase of the trial, in which, having found Tsarnaev guilty on the 17 capital counts, the jury heard new evidence from the prosecution and defence designed to help them weigh "aggravating factors" against "mitigating factors" in deciding whether to put Tsarnaev to death for his crimes.
At a press conference in Washington, FBI director James Comey announced the end of the year-long investigation into whether Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state warranted prosecution under laws designed to protect classified government data.
