Once again, no consequences. Any Republican would be in jail.

Via Politico:

Tony Podesta and Vin Weber said on Tuesday the Justice Department has told them they’re no longer under investigation for potentially violating foreign lobbying laws for work they did years ago on behalf of Ukrainian interests.

The development brings to a close a case that helped to bring down one of K Street’s most prominent lobbying firms, and that led Weber, a former Republican congressman, to resign from his lobbying firm last month, even though neither Weber nor Podesta was ever charged with wrongdoing.

“We are obviously pleased by this development,” Bob Trout, a lawyer for Weber, said in a statement.

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