Robert Luskin Quotes

The special counsel has not advised Mr. Rove that he is a target of the investigation and affirmed that he has made no decision concerning charges.

The role of the federal prosecutor and the purpose of a criminal investigation are well-defined.

Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process in this country.

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.

That D.C. grand jury investigation of Abramoff can't go on forever. Eventually the lawyers at the Public Integrity Section will go to their bosses with some decisions about just who they want to indict. That's when Al Gonzales will have to show his cards.

An indictment is not a conviction.

I've led a grand jury.

A grand jury would 'indict a ham sandwich,' if that's what you wanted.

In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.

I don't believe anyone has leaked grand jury information.

I am not guilty, I am innocent.

I was assigned to do a job by the attorney general, and that was to find out whether crimes were committed.

If you're dealing with criminals, they're not going to want to go to court.

The American system of criminal prosecution is accusatorial, not inquisitional, and the 5th Amendment is its essential mainstay.

A federal grand jury can indict on no evidence at all. I want everyone to understand that the fact that there's an indictment means nothing, zippo, absolutely nothing.

As a former prosecutor, I never presented a case in front of the grand jury that didn't result in an indictment. Bottom line: If a prosecutor wants to indict a case, the case gets indicted.

Investigations by special prosecutors can take on a life of their own.

Ask any lawyer - if a prosecutor thinks he can win a case, he'll prosecute it.

If we start exposing what gets said in a grand jury, you won't get anybody to testify.

Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room.

Under international law, defendants convicted in absentia have the right to a retrial, unless the prosecutors for the authorities who do finally capture them can show that the defendants knew they were under indictment.

The great joy of being a prosecutor is that you don't take whatever case walks in the door. You evaluate the case; you make your best judgement. You only go forward if you believe that the defendant is guilty.

I can't imagine a situation where, as FBI director, I would be giving a press conference on an uncharged individual, much less talking in detail about it.

In civil or criminal litigation in a jury case, the only way for a defendant to avoid a trial is for a judge to rule that there was no evidence from which the jury could find for the other side.