>I've had it bluntly explained to me by a federal prosecutor that they do it specifically so you cannot mount a legal defense due to your inability to hire a quality attorney.
so it's standard procedure for the FBI to try to prevent you from adequately defending yourself, seems about right.
Similar to the way the FBI doesn't record interviews, because it affords them an advantage in court. Who are you going to believe when there is no audio or video, an FBI agent or someone accused of a crime.
Which is exactly what's happening right now in the Sussmann case (brought by Durham), he's being accused of something based on the memory of an FBI agent when a videotaped interview would have made it trivial to prove/disprove.
Vast majority of federal cases are plea deals. Frozen assets, stacked charges, potential for long jail time are all pressure designed to make you accept a deal
Yeah they don't really care about guilt or innocence once you're charged, all they care about is that 98% conviction rate. Cops/Prosecutors may have been decent people at some point but the modern versions do not care about guilt or innocence, only conviction rates and padding their careers with marks scratched in the wall.
so it's standard procedure for the FBI to try to prevent you from adequately defending yourself, seems about right.