for harsh treatment because of republican vendettas and a desire to distract from donald trump s third indictment. but ilene o connor, who headed the justice department tax division from 2001 to 2007, wrote in the wall street journal that he was singledut for a differenreon. for favorable treatment. d that anyone else in this situation would probably go to prison. fomany years, it has been justice department policy to charge the most serious offense that can be proven, unquote. mr. garland changed that policy in december of 2022, the tax division manual still provides that prosecutors have specifically prohibited for permitting a defendant to plead to a misdemeanor when the elements of a felony can be proven. and according to the whistleblowers accounts, that s what s happening here. i have said before that my gut tells me that any lapse of judgment on joe s part was motivated more by a desire to save a son from addiction than
level. it is leveraging to plea deal, which is why there is such a high conviction rate, everyone pleas, the ones se serves 50 yes plus went before a jury of their peers and within the tax division manual, you are unable to allow or account for a misdemeanor if the elements of a felony can be proven. believe me, if is there is something the government takes seriously, all my years as federal and state criminal attorney, it is their notion of a lost dollar. it is their notion of a dollar of the government s being taken away. punch someone on the subway issue murder a bunch of people, no problem. if it is about money and government income, they will come after you with every felony they have. you are right, charles hurt, thank you. now we bring in jonathan turley on the phone right now. constitutional law, law