Did the Justice Department withhold or squelch evidence that might have exonerated Davidian defendants at trial?
Confidential memoranda and handwritten notes found during the 1995 House Waco hearings exposed the fact that the Treasury Department, under pressure from the Justice Department and Webster Hubbell, halted its post-February 28th raid shooting review because agents’ stories “did not add up.” In fact, interviewers were generating “exculpatory” material about BATF agents’ misdeeds that could help the Davidian defendants at trial. (Documents show Waco prosecutor Bill Johnston, who recently spoke out against the FBI lying about its pyrotechnic devices, himself called for covering up BATF agent testimony.) Will Congress thoroughly investigate how the Justice Department squelched evidence in this case–and even call for new trials or pardons for the Davidian prisoners? 26. Will Congress finally independently test the Davidians guns? The FBI claims that it found 47 burned up illegal machine guns and a number of illegal grenades and silencers. It also claimed that one pristine machine gun was fou
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