We are the police, we are OMNIPOTENT. The family was unwilling to accept our sincere “oops”. Obviously no sense of humor. We on the other side simply have no sense. Just wait till we get our armored vehicle from Trump.

It’s not disputed that the cops raided the home and found nothing. An apology for that wouldn’t prejudice the case if it was worded correctly.

I can see why they wouldn’t want to use expensive attorney time vetting an apology to make sure it IS worded correctly, but don’t say they can’t do it.

At this stage, they can no longer claim immunity. And it would have been imprudent to apologize earlier because of the possibility [high probability, and I suspect their attorneys anticipated that] of precisely such a stripping of immunity.

Of course they can. They are claiming immunity – not that the raid was appropriate. Just that it didn’t rise to a level of inappropriateness that would wipe out the immunity they are claiming.

They still can, and they could have immediately after the raid.

I wonder, is accusing a son of drug use with no evidence to the father’s face “fighting words?”

By the way, the WaPo article misstated the standard for QI and it also took an unwarranted shot at Jeff Sessions. And the praise of the Obama Administration, which is no stranger to heavy-handed DoJ conduct, was just rich.

They can’t apologize [even if they wanted to, which I doubt] because it might prejudice their case.