Ex-Navy sailor pardoned by Trump says he's suing Comey and Obama

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A former Navy sailor who is one of five people to receive a pardon from President Donald Trump is planning to file a lawsuit against Obama administration officials, alleging that he was subject to unequal protection of the law.

Specifically, Kristian Saucier, who served a year in federal prison for taking photos of classified sections of the submarine on which he worked, argues that the same officials who meted out punishment to him for his actions chose to be lenient with Hillary Clinton in her use of a private email server and handling of classified information.

His lawyer, Ronald Daigle, told Fox News on Monday that the lawsuit, which he expects to file soon in Manhattan, will name the U.S. Department of Justice, former FBI Director James Comey and former President Barack Obama as defendants, among others.

“They interpreted the law in my case to say it was criminal,” Saucier told Fox News, referring to prosecuting authorities in his case, “but they didn’t prosecute Hillary Clinton. Hillary is still walking free. Two guys on my ship did the same thing and weren’t treated as criminals. We want them to correct the wrong.”

Daigle said that a notice about the pending lawsuit was sent to the Department of Justice and others included in it in December. There is usually a six-month period that must lapse before the lawsuit actually is filed.

“We’ll highlight the differences in the way Hillary Clinton was prosecuted and how my client was prosecuted,” Daigle said. “We’re seeking to cast a light on this to show that there’s a two-tier justice system and we want it to be corrected.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ex-navy-sailor-pardoned-by-trump-says-hes-suing-comey-and-obama/ar-AAydQsQ?li=BBnbcA1

[Takket]

1. D.O.A.

This will be tossed out of court so fast it might exceed the speed of light.

I can't believe any "lawyer" would even try this.

[underpants]

2. First rule of baseball - no betting on baseball

First rule of submarines - no photographs


Okay maybe not the first rule but it's up there.

[Horse with no Name]

3. Accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt

Guess they forgot to tell him that part....

[Phoenix61]

4. Arpaio seemed confused about that too

Must be in the fine print.

[roamer65]

11. And I hope Comey and Obama sue him for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

[Scurrilous]

5. What a good little doggy.

[cynatnite]

6. He tried to destroy the evidence while he was under investigation...

And he knew what he was doing was illegal.

Then the doofus left the camera lying around where it was found by a supervisor who turned the camera over.

He's being treated like a criminal because he is one.

He should be made to wear a stupid sign.

[UTUSN]

7. Yip, lots of a-hole/wingnuts in MyNavy

[Goodheart]

8. My hope is that he's paying big bucks to his lawyer for this nonsense suit.

He obviously won't win and he should be financially punished for his stupid Foxiness.

[TomSlick]

9. I recommend a review of Rule 11, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure before filing the lawsuit.

[NCjack]

10. Saucier has a Trump pardon -- that makes him kinda special. He should show it

to the crew at the next sub's reunion.

[ProudLib72]

12. A lawsuit built on "But, but, but...her emails!"

[salin]

13. This only makes sense if one lives in a Fox/Brietbart alternative reality.

Good luck dude. Your claims of parallelism and thus no culpability, and now (in this suit) blame on Comey and Obama - only makes sense in the alternate reality. Bleed those deep pockets funding you/this suit. You won't gain from it - and it will deplete some $ that would go into other dark money efforts to subvert US democracy.

[budkin]

14. The entire Trump admin use private servers

That’s not a thing anymore.

[Leith]

15. He Needs to Include the RNC and the Bush II Administration

and their 3 million of disappeared e-mails in the list of those who benefited from the two-tier justice system. Also Condaleezza Rice and Colin Powell for using their own cellphones for official business.