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Title: Comey in Trouble, Lawyer Moves to Have Him Disbarred
Post by: 240B on February 04, 2018, 04:53:51 pm

Conservative Tribune
BY BENJAMIN ARIE
FEBRUARY 3, 2018 AT 5:40PM

At what point do public officials need to face professional consequences for their abuses of power?

That’s what an attorney in Maryland is asking, and posing serious questions about former FBI Director James Comey’s credentials as a lawyer in the wake of this week’s memo scandal.

According to The Washington Times, Ty Clevenger has filed a formal grievance to disbar Comey in New York, where the now scandal-plagued ex-director is licensed by the state bar to practice law.

In light of growing evidence that Comey and much of the FBI set out to exonerate Hillary Clinton and undermine Donald Trump based on political bias, Clevenger is claiming that the former FBI chief was dishonest to Congress about the Clinton email investigation.

“Mr. Clevenger said Mr. Comey’s testimony to Congress that he did not predetermine the outcome of the FBI’s probe into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is belied by revelations this week that he in fact started drafting an exoneration months before even speaking with Mrs. Clinton,” The Washington Times reported.

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https://conservativetribune.com/comey-attorney-disbar
Title: Re: Comey in Trouble, Lawyer Moves to Have Him Disbarred
Post by: WingNot on February 04, 2018, 04:55:42 pm
Paging @Oceander

Any chance this could be successful?
Title: Re: Comey in Trouble, Lawyer Moves to Have Him Disbarred
Post by: Oceander on February 04, 2018, 04:56:25 pm
Unfortunately, such complaints won’t go anywhere.  And that’s not because I believe they shouldn’t, but because the bar disciplinary committees are generally extremely deferential to prosecutors and other government attorneys.

One can always hope, of course, some long as one keeps in mind that such hope is mostly pointless.
Title: Re: Comey in Trouble, Lawyer Moves to Have Him Disbarred
Post by: driftdiver on February 04, 2018, 04:58:18 pm
Unfortunately, such complaints won’t go anywhere.  And that’s not because I believe they shouldn’t, but because the bar disciplinary committees are generally extremely deferential to prosecutors and other government attorneys.

One can always hope, of course, some long as one keeps in mind that such hope is mostly pointless.
that's why I never bothered to file a complaint.   Lawyer protect their own

I have fired em tho.  A starving lawyer is a good thing.
Title: Re: Comey in Trouble, Lawyer Moves to Have Him Disbarred
Post by: Oceander on February 04, 2018, 05:01:08 pm
Paging @Oceander

Any chance this could be successful?

Almost none, unfortunately.  Google on Jabbar Collins to see what Brooklyn ADA Michael Vecchione did to him; then realize that the NY disciplinary committee refused to do anything to discipline Vecchione for what he did. 
Title: Re: Comey in Trouble, Lawyer Moves to Have Him Disbarred
Post by: Oceander on February 04, 2018, 05:02:04 pm
that's why I never bothered to file a complaint.   Lawyer protect their own

I have fired em tho.  A starving lawyer is a good thing.

Not private practice attorneys. They get into trouble all the time.  The weak spot is for government attorneys. 
Title: Re: Comey in Trouble, Lawyer Moves to Have Him Disbarred
Post by: WingNot on February 04, 2018, 05:02:58 pm
Almost none, unfortunately.  Google on Jabbar Collins to see what Brooklyn ADA Michael Vecchione did to him; then realize that the NY disciplinary committee refused to do anything to discipline Vecchione for what he did.

Kinda what I thought.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Comey in Trouble, Lawyer Moves to Have Him Disbarred
Post by: INVAR on February 04, 2018, 05:29:27 pm
Now there's a surprise, government lawyers have their own Praetorian Guard Thin Red Lines - NOT!