->>  EC> Clinton had a prosecutor who was willing to let the charges go in
->> return
->>  EC> for an admission, paying a fine, and handing over his law license.
->>  EC> Libby had a prosecutor who insisted on jail time, but who
in the end
->>  EC> didn't get it.

->> Isn't the term for what you just described in the above paragraph called a
->> "plea bargain"?  :)

 EC> The effect was the same, although Clinton couldn't be
 EC> indicted until after he left office and he wanted to make
 EC> the deal BEFORE losing that protection.

 There is no such protection. A grand jury can indict anyone at
 any time. The power of a grand jury to investigate and indict is
 almost unlimited, as long as they have a potential crime to
 investigate. And they don't even need the prosecutor to go along
 with it. They can investigate and indict pretty much at will.

 Something you learn in the breifing before being put on a grand
 jury.

 And there can be no plea bargain if there is no accusation of a
 crime. That was extortion, not a plea bargain. He pleaded guilty
 to something that is not illegal. Misleading is not illegal, as
 long as you do it without actually lying.



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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