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In reply to the discussion: My nephew is a 29 year cop said this about Ferguson. [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)The fundraising issue has also been rehashed here innumerable times, and the connection between McCulloch and the charitable organization and any donations was, at best, indirect, and not a legal conflict of interest.
I'm not here to defend McCulloch's choices, for I certainly agree that an indictment was warranted and could easily by procured by the grand jury (a conviction would have been far less certain), but absolutely nothing revealed thus far about McCulloch appears to actually be unlawful or against the rules of professional conduct.
Professional organizations, noted and experienced attorneys and activists, and the DOJ, have been monitoring this case and "digging" into McCulloch starting before the presentment to the grand jury. If they had anything substantive, they would have immediately sought judicial intervention, yet the best they could muster was a request for McCulloch to withdraw from the case.
McCulloch may have been an ass, but unless far more incriminating evidence is discovered, the only recourse against him is at the ballot box come 2018.