FBI/U.S. Attorney's Office cannot investigate or prosecute. First Robaina now Pizzi!

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One has to wonder what kind of criminal justice courses they are teaching at the FBI Quantico Academy these days. We are also curious about how the U.S. Attorney's Office rates attorneys prior to hire them to prosecute cases. First, South Florida suffered the indignity of seeing a white collar career criminal such as former Mayor Julio Robaina and wife Raisa walk out of the courtroom after being found not guilty for tax evasion and loansharking. Now we are treated to a a new spectacle as Mayor Michael Pizzi pumps his fist outside the courthouse claiming innocence and daring to get his job back. Through the local papers we have learned about an insane scheme where Pizzi discarded his bribe money and was able to prove his "innocence". We also learned that poor investigative skills, i.e. not photocopying or photographing the bribe money, failing to check the bathroom where Pizzi counted the money or following Pizzi out of the Lakes Pool Hall to see if he spent the money, contributed to placing doubts in the mind of the jury. These errors were committed by supposedly seasoned FBI Public Corruption special agents. The case was prosecuted even though any AUSA should have seen its many faults. End result is we all have egg on the face and two rats are now proclaiming to be victims of the system. Advice to the local FBI office: hire ex cops who know what they are doing to work your cases not some attorney or accountant who suddenly decides to play with guns. Advice to the U.S. Attorney's Office: measure attorneys by their accomplishment and not their political connections. We have been embarrassed enough already!

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How many cases have our State Attorney’s Office lost, where you were an indispensable witness and the evidence, you thought, was compelling and totally incriminating? You go to trial with the evidence and witnesses you have, but a variable that no agent, police officer or prosecutor can alter is the individual and collective jurors’ mindset. In the Pizzi case, jurors clearly embraced the idea the government had entrapped Pizzi and found accordingly, in spite very compelling evidence to the contrary. Such is the risk the government takes when it proffers a profitable, albeit clearly criminal deed to a target and especially one as wily and legally astute as Pizzi. Juries are fickle and often biased; how many times have you walked out of court scratching your head while muttering in disbelief: What the hell were those people listening to?

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I differ in opinion. You go to trial with the case you build and by now experienced FBI investigators have to know what it takes to win a case. Both the Robaina and Pizzi cases were winable. In the Pizzi case it has been reported that investigative errors left lots of doubts in the mind of the jurors. The prosecutors, if seasoned, should have seen the problems in advance. The Pizzi case was in a development stage and not ready for prosecution. It does not good for our U.S. Attorney to continue to lose these type of prominent cases.

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How many cases have our State Attorney’s Office lost, where you were an indispensable witness and the evidence, you thought, was compelling and totally incriminating? You go to trial with the evidence and witnesses you have, but a variable that no agent, police officer or prosecutor can alter is the individual and collective jurors’ mindset. In the Pizzi case, jurors clearly embraced the idea the government had entrapped Pizzi and found accordingly, in spite very compelling evidence to the contrary. Such is the risk the government takes when it proffers a profitable, albeit clearly criminal deed to a target and especially one as wily and legally astute as Pizzi. Juries are fickle and often biased; how many times have you walked out of court scratching your head while muttering in disbelief: What the hell were those people listening to?

By state attortneys office.....you mean KFR the most corrupt politician in Dade County if not the state.

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By state attortneys office.....you mean KFR the most corrupt politician in Dade County if not the state.

Well, in The Eleventh Circuit, she is it! So I'll reiterate my question: How many complex, major cases have you; most critics, lost because the jury found in the defendant's favor in spite compelling evidence and vigorous prosecutorial efforts? Out of the water, most critics are Olympic Gold Medal winners.

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... and in the water, the FBI can no longer investigate and the U.S. Attorney's Office cannot prosecute. Give it a rest, they blew the case.