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Long-time TAP readers will remember that I have a particular interest in seeing the corrupt former Senate Majority Leader, Joe Bruno, brought to justice. The FBI is continuing to issue and deliver subpoenas in the case, including to former employees and Bruno relatives who doubtless profited from Bruno's shady dealings. For some reason, Bruno's lawyers seem to think that serving subpoenas to witnesses is, well, mean or something. They are outraged-- and have filed a complaint with the Justice Department alleging harassment. Clearly, these privileged Republican defense lawyers have never experienced a "DWB" stop or been hand-cuffed for trying to get into their own house, like Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Serving a witness a subpoena at work, or serving one to a defendant's daughter at all, are hardly misconduct.
The full letter of complaint is at the Politicker NY. They make a big deal of it that one of Bruno's top employees was served a subpoena the day after making a whine to the press that Bruno was really innocent-- but Bruno's guys have been doing lots and lots of that... In fact, their nonsense website, "Justice for Bruno" (by which they mean getting away with it...) comes up first on a Google search of Joe Bruno, ahead of the Wikipedia entry, even (and there are Google ads for it running alongside, too). Somebody is trying to try this case in the court of public opinion, methinks. Justice shouldn't be like running for election.
It's all part of a strategy to delay the trial until Bruno joins Kenny-boy Lay in the "rich old guys who beat the justice system through delay and died comfy without atoning for their misdeeds" club.
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