McKinney probe enters 3rd month

McKinney probe enters 3rd month
Police unions criticize U.S. attorney

By BOB KEMPER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 06/05/06

Washington – The grand jury investigation of 4th District Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney enters its third month today with no hint from the federal prosecutor about how much longer it will take to settle a case that legal experts said should have been wrapped up in a matter of days.

McKinney was accused of striking a Capitol Hill police officer March 29, and the case was referred to the grand jury April 5. The drawn-out process of deciding whether she should be charged with assault has police fuming that the DeKalb County Democrat is getting preferential treatment from a politically motivated prosecutor.

A federal grand jury investigating Rep. Cynthia McKinney has had the case since April 5.

"Right from the start this U.S. attorney has handled this case differently from every other case," said Chuck Canterbury, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police. "And it's because she is a sitting congresswoman."

McKinney's office and the office of U.S. Attorney Ken Wainstein declined to comment.

The case comes at a time of heightened tensions in Washington. A series of arrests, indictments and criminal investigations involving at least five members of Congress have fueled disputes between Capitol police and Congress and between Capitol Hill and the Justice Department.

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Yeah let's hear it for the 'rule of law' in this country and how no one gets 'special treatment under the law'.

What really irks me is the fact that these overpaid, pompous, windbag jerks, in Congress use 'mealy mouthed platitudes' like 'rule of law' and then try to claim some kind of special treatment while attempting to hide behind the US Constitution.