Prosecutorial Corruption Masking As Discretion

When I presented extremely strong evidence of fraud upon the court by my ex-wife's attorney to the John Choi's Ramsey County Attorney's office, the reply I got was that lawyers can only commit fraud if they are under oath. Which is ridiculously false. So false the response constituted the crime of obstruction of justice. Yet, like most of the crimes committed by attorneys, such infractions rarely result in punishment. 

It is probably no surprise that the Trump Administration has openly used prosecutorial discretion to act corruptly. Surprisingly, however,  a judge has pushed back on them. 

A U.S. judge ordered the Justice Department on Friday to justify its decision to drop criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, declining to rule immediately on Adani's lawyers' request ‌to dismiss the case.

Brooklyn-based U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said federal prosecutors' May 18 announcement that they would no longer ‌pursue the case, which charged Adani with securities fraud and wire fraud stemming from an alleged bribery scheme, did not sufficiently explain their decision.

I hope such actions bring to light issues of corruption and crime within the justice system. I doubt they will but there is always hope.