Two BP engineers have been successful in court fighting off politically motivated criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice in the aftermath of the BP oil spill.  The story of the attempted persecution of Kurt Mix has been covered at American Thinker before.  The decision of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that he is entitled to a new trial leaves him a free man.  The DoJ still has the option of deciding whether it wants to be humiliated again by asking for a new trial.  Don’t hold your breath. The other BP employee, the highest ranking executive to face criminal charges, David Rainey, got one charge thrown out by trial judge Kurt Englehardt and was acquitted by a jury of the second charge.  He had been accused of lying to Congress, but when it came time for the congressmen and their staffs to testify under oath, they begged off, seeking shelter under the Constitution's “speech and debate” clause.  AP News...(Read Full Post)