A footnote that most don't know about his pettiness and how vindictive he was. He had a beef with two Georgia state senators, and when Carter got to the White House, he used the Justice Department to go after them for alleged theft. After a while, one of the senators saw a famous psychiatrist who specialized in hypnotism. The senator said the barrage of accusations even had him questioning himself. He underwent extensive sessions, and the doctor told him that he had no suppressed memories of any theft and that he had never stolen anything. Carter arranged for the trial to be held near Plains, Georgia, to get a good jury draw, and as far as I know, it was the only time in our history that a sitting President testified in a criminal trial of a third party. Despite it all and Carter's testimony, the jury was unanimous in its verdict of not guilty, and anyone who is familiar with federal juries and the stacking of charges a U.S. Attorney can employ knows how unusual this is, how poor a case it was, one that smelled to high heaven.
Thank you, I was pretty young when Carter was president, and I didn't realize what a shitbag he really was. At least nowadays, we have independent media to fill in the blanks when our gov't constantly lies and covers up malfeasance.
Now you tell us
I think I've been making this point for about half a century, so...
A footnote that most don't know about his pettiness and how vindictive he was. He had a beef with two Georgia state senators, and when Carter got to the White House, he used the Justice Department to go after them for alleged theft. After a while, one of the senators saw a famous psychiatrist who specialized in hypnotism. The senator said the barrage of accusations even had him questioning himself. He underwent extensive sessions, and the doctor told him that he had no suppressed memories of any theft and that he had never stolen anything. Carter arranged for the trial to be held near Plains, Georgia, to get a good jury draw, and as far as I know, it was the only time in our history that a sitting President testified in a criminal trial of a third party. Despite it all and Carter's testimony, the jury was unanimous in its verdict of not guilty, and anyone who is familiar with federal juries and the stacking of charges a U.S. Attorney can employ knows how unusual this is, how poor a case it was, one that smelled to high heaven.
Didn't know this, either. So lawfare and weaponization of gov't really isn't new...
Thank you, I was pretty young when Carter was president, and I didn't realize what a shitbag he really was. At least nowadays, we have independent media to fill in the blanks when our gov't constantly lies and covers up malfeasance.
Sadly, this article barely scratches the surface.