Jocelyn Ballantine

Jocelyn Scheffel Ballantine is a prosecutor and the Assistant U.S. Attorney at the Department of Justice.[1][2]

Career

She graduated from Columbia University, and Stanford Law School.[3][4]

Department of Justice

Ballantine was one of the Department of Justice attorneys staffed to Michael Flynn's prosecution.[5][6] The Department admitted altering evidence in the case following a reprimand from the judge.[7][8][9] Despite having initially claimed that key evidence was valid and free of alteration, correspondence between Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok and the Department show that the documents were not vouched for accuracy.[1] More specifically, Ballantine confirmed that McCage and Strozk's attorneys examined the accuracy of the evidence, but they had denied this being the case.[1][6][5] Ballantine also provided altered documents to Sidney Powell, and submitted an FBI interview report with redactions to information that was crucial to the case.[5][6] Ballantine declined to sign the motion to dismiss the charges against Flynn.[10]

Ballantine is currently the lead prosecutor on a case regarding the Proud Boys' involvement in the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[6]

References
  1. Cheney, Kyle. "DOJ faces new questions about accuracy of Flynn filings". POLITICO. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  2. "Merrick Garland Promises To Fix The Justice Department. Behind Closed Doors, With No Help From Congress". Above the Law. June 14, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  3. "Jocelyn Scheffel Ballantine U.S. Government Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  4. Inc, Justia. "Jocelyn Scheffel Ballantine". lawyers.justia.com. Retrieved November 14, 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. "DOJ Put Someone Who Enabled Sidney Powell's Lies - Jocelyn Ballantine - in Charge of Prosecuting the Proud Boys". emptywheel. September 14, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  6. "Presence of Trump-friendly DOJ prosecutor on Proud Boys insurrection case raises red flags". Daily Kos. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  7. Mineiro, Megan. "Justice Department calls its evidence mishap in Flynn case inadvertent". Courthouse News Service.
  8. Mineiro, Megan. "Flynn asked Trump to not pardon former national security adviser". Courthouse News Service.
  9. Cheney, Kyle. "Justice Department acknowledges 'inadvertently' altering Flynn document with sticky note". POLITICO. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  10. "Barr-installed top DOJ aide, prosecutor of Trump's Mar-a-Lago trespasser, to serve as acting U.S. attorney in Washington". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 14, 2021.


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