Threatening Corruption Prosecutors
Posted by Michael Link on March 20, 2008 at 04:22 PM
It's never a good idea.
Members of the public corruption unit disbanded by US Attorney Thomas O'Brien have allegedly been threatened not to speak out, according to a story in the LA Times. Specifically, the former unit members say that O'Brien threatened to (quoting the LAT) "tarnish their reputations if they challenged the official explanation for the unit's dismantling in conversations with reporters."
Why would they challenge that explanation? Because it doesn't appear to hold up to scrutiny, those looking into it are starting to say. More on this aspect from TPM Muckraker:
Lawyers from that office also say that O'Brien's move might lead to an increase in the number of prosecutions, but they will be more in the mold of "filings against postal employees stealing mail and other relatively minor cases but 'don't look for any long, drawn-out City Hall corruption cases.'"
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